Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am?

A new book will be appearing early in 2008 entitled Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am?: An Investigation of the Accusations Against Jesus (T&T; Clark). This is an exercise in what has been called “Christology from the side”, using outsiders’ and opponents’ views as a way of investigating the historical figure of Jesus. My own chapter will be on the accusation that Jesus was a “false prophet”. I am particularly looking forward to reading Scot McKnight’s chapter on Jesus as mamzer – I wonder how he will have interacted with my own rather different views on that subject.

I hope that others working in historical Jesus research will find the book useful – and will get their libraries to order copies, with the hope that it will eventually be reprinted in paperback at a price mere mortals can afford!