Evidence that demands a verdict: life-changing truth for a skeptical world

Revising Evidence that demands a verdict

He changed my life

Introduction

Prologue: a Theistic universe

Evidence for the Bible. The uniqueness of the Bible ; How we got the Bible ; Is the New Testament historically reliable? ; Have the Old Testament manuscripts been accurately transmitted? ; Gnostic gospels and other nonbiblical texts

Evidence for Jesus. The historical existence of Jesus ; The lofty claims of Jesus ; The trilemma: Lord, liar, lunatic? ; Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in Jesus Christ ; The resurrection: hoax or history? ; Is Christianity a copycat religion? ; The deity of Jesus: an investigation ; The martyrdom of the apostles

Evidence for the Old Testament. The Old Testament and ancient Near Eastern influences ; Biblically faithful approaches to Genesis ; Archaeology and the Old Testament ; The historical Adam ; The historicity of the patriarchs ; The historicity of the exodus ; The historicity of the conquest ; The historicity of the united monarchy ; The historicity of the divided monarchy and the exilic period ; The composition of the Pentateuch ; The composition of the Book of Isaiah ; The historicity of Daniel ; Alleged contradictions in the Old Testament

Evidence for truth. The nature of truth ; The knowability of truth ; Answering postmodernism ; Answering skepticism ; Are miracles possible? ; Is history knowable?

Epilogue: Final thoughts

Appendix: Responding to the challenges of Bart Ehrman.