摘要：[1]Paul Copan's introduction offers a concise historical review of scholarly discussion surrounding the distinction between the "Jesus of history" and the "Christ of faith." It also gives an overview of the live debate between John Dominic Crossan and William Lane Craig, with accompanying responses from RobertJ. Miller, Craig L. Blomberg, Marcus Borg, and Ben Witherington III, plus concluding remarks by Crossan and Craig.[2]In Part I of the book, Craig's opening statements present two main contentions: that the real Jesus rose from the dead in confirmation of his radical personal claims to divinity, and that if contention one is false -that is, if Jesus did not rise -then Christianity is a fairy tale which no rational person should believe (25). From these two contentions, he develops four "facts" which Craig claims "provide adequate inductive grounds for inferring Jesus' resurrection" (26). Crossan's opening remarks express his own presuppositions regarding history and language, and do not address Craig's claims directly. The tone of the opening statements,rebuttals, and closing remarks is generally deferential, interspersed with occasional ad hominemattacks and fallacious appeals to authority, usually at the instigation of Buckley, and usually at Crossan's expense
