Early History and Scripture

2024

The Contentious Origin of Early Christianity: Paul, his Opponents, and the Historical Jesus (An Examination of Biblical Texts from a Historical Perspective)
The Contentious Origin of Early Christianity: Paul, his Opponents, and the Historical Jesus (An Examination of Biblical Texts from a Historical Perspective)Jonathan Fick

The TRUTH about CHRISTIANITY: Exposing the Christian New Testament and its Central figure Jesus Christ
The TRUTH about CHRISTIANITY: Exposing the Christian New Testament and its Central figure Jesus ChristDarren Knight

Undoing Conquest: Ancient Israel, the Bible, and the Future of Christianity
Undoing Conquest: Ancient Israel, the Bible, and the Future of ChristianityKate Common

2023

Resetting the Origins of Christianity: A New Theory of Sources and Beginnings
Markus Vinzent

Seven Origins of Christianity: A Short History from Genesis to the Trinity
Seven Origins of Christianity: A Short History from Genesis to the TrinityPatrick McMurray

The First Christian Communities, 32 – 380 CE: Quiet Christians, Visible Martyrs, and Compelling Texts
The First Christian Communities, 32 – 380 CE: Quiet Christians, Visible Martyrs, and Compelling TextsJoyce E. Salisbury

Comparing Christianities: An Introduction to Early Christianity
Comparing Christianities: An Introduction to Early ChristianityApril D. DeConick

The Lost Books of the Bible: Unveiling Ancient Secrets and Hidden Wisdom
The Lost Books of the Bible: Unveiling Ancient Secrets and Hidden WisdomWilliam Jones

THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS: Uncovering the Lost gospels of Early Christianity
THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS: Uncovering the Lost gospels of Early ChristianityFrancis Gabriel

The Historical Jesus and the Temple Memory, Methodology, and the Gospel of Matthew
The Historical Jesus and the Temple Memory, Methodology, and the Gospel of MatthewMichael Patrick Barber

Before There Was a Bible
Before There Was a BibleLee Martin McDonald

The Oxford History of the Holy Land
The Oxford History of the Holy LandRobert G. Hoyland (Editor), H. G. M Williamson (Editor)

2022

Mesopotamian Civilization and the Origins of the New Testament
Robin Baker

In Search of Christian Origins: A Timeline of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
J. Steven Paul

The True Origins of Jesus: The myth behind the man
Geoff Roberts, Colm Holland (Editor)

The Word: On the Translation of the Bible
John Barton

When Did Jesus Become God?: A Christological Debate
When Did Jesus Become God?: A Christological DebateBart D. Ehrman, Robert B. Stewart, Michael F. Bird

2021

After Jesus, Before Christianity: A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements
Erin Vearncombe, Brandon Scott, Hal Taussig, The Westar Institute

The Origins Of Christianity
Blake J. Watson

The Origins of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
John Pickard

The Origins of Christianity and the New Testament
Rebecca I. Denova

The Origins of Early Christian Literature: Contextualizing the New Testament within Greco-Roman Literary Culture
Robyn Faith Walsh

The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture
The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred ScriptureKonrad Schmid, Jens Schröter

2020

A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its FaithsJohn Barton

The Dubious Disciples: Doubt and Disbelief in the Post-Resurrection Scenes of the Four Gospels
The Dubious Disciples: Doubt and Disbelief in the Post-Resurrection Scenes of the Four GospelsJ. David Woodington

A History of Muslim Views of the Bible: The First Four Centuries
A History of Muslim Views of the Bible: The First Four CenturiesMartin Whittingham

The Quranic Jesus: A New Interpretation: 5 (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation)
The Quranic Jesus: A New Interpretation: 5 (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation)Carlos Andrés Segovia

Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus?
Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus?Bart D. Ehrman, Craig A. Evans, Robert B. Stewart

Jesus from Outer Space: What the Earliest Christians Really Believed about Christ
Jesus from Outer Space: What the Earliest Christians Really Believed about ChristRichard Carrier

Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth
John G Jackson

Origin and Character of God: Ancient Israelite Religion Through the Lens of Divinity
Theodore J. Lewis

2019

Witnessing a Prophetic Text in the Making: The Literary, Textual and Linguistic Development of Jeremiah 10:1-16
Witnessing a Prophetic Text in the Making: The Literary, Textual and Linguistic Development of Jeremiah 10:1-16Noam Mizrahi

Writing the History of Early Christianity: From Reception to Retrospection
Writing the History of Early Christianity: From Reception to RetrospectionMarkus Vinzent

Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism
Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual CriticismElijah Hixson (Editor), Peter J. Gurry (Editor)

An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of Christianity
An Introduction to the New Testament and the Origins of ChristianityDelbert Burkett

Jesus, Skepticism, and the Problem of History: Criteria and Context in the Study of Christian Origins
Jesus, Skepticism, and the Problem of History: Criteria and Context in the Study of Christian OriginsDarrell L. Bock, J. Ed Komoszewski (Editors)

Questioning the Historicity of Jesus
Questioning the Historicity of JesusRaphael Lataster

Who Wrote the Bible?
Who Wrote the Bible?Richard Friedman. First published 1987

Resurrection: Faith or Fact?: A Scholars’ Debate Between a Skeptic and a Christian
Resurrection: Faith or Fact?: A Scholars’ Debate Between a Skeptic and a Christian Peter S. Williams (Contributor), Richard Carrier (Contributor)

Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels
Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the GospelsCraig S. Keener

2018

Can We Trust the Gospels?
Can We Trust the Gospels?Peter J. Williams

An Evidentiary Analysis of Doctor Richard Carrier’s Objections to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
An Evidentiary Analysis of Doctor Richard Carrier’s Objections to the Resurrection of Jesus ChristS Ross Hickling

Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology: A Book by Book Guide to Archaeological Discoveries Related to the Bible
Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology: A Book by Book Guide to Archaeological Discoveries Related to the BibleJ. Randall Price and H. Wayne House

The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World.Bart D. Ehrman

2017

Jesus Before The Gospels: How The Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, And Invented Their Stories Of The Savior
Jesus Before The Gospels: How The Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, And Invented Their Stories Of The SaviorBart D. Ehrman

The Christian Fallacy: The Real Truth About Jesus and the Early History of Christianity
The Christian Fallacy: The Real Truth About Jesus and the Early History of Christianity.Paul McGrane

Who Really Wrote the Bible?: A Response to the Documentary Hypothesis
Who Really Wrote the Bible?: A Response to the Documentary Hypothesis.Clayton Howard Ford

A New Approach to Textual Criticism: An Introduction to the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method
A New Approach to Textual Criticism: An Introduction to the Coherence-Based Genealogical MethodTommy Wasserman, Peter J. Gurry

2016

Who was Jesus?: A Little Book Of Guidance
Who was Jesus? A Little Book Of Guidance.James Dunn

The Dawn of Christianity: People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles
The Dawn of Christianity: People and Gods in a Time of Magic and Miracles.Robert C. Knapp

The Historical Reliability of the New Testament: Countering the Challenges to Evangelical Christian Beliefs
The Historical Reliability of the New Testament: Countering the Challenges to Evangelical Christian Beliefs.Craig L. Blomberg (Author),‎ Robert B. Stewart (Editor)

2015

Jesus Did Not Exist: A Debate Among Atheists
Jesus Did Not Exist: A Debate Among Atheists.Raphael Lataster

Paul: The Apostle’s Life, Letters and Thought
Paul: The Apostle’s Life, Letters, and Thought.E. P. Sanders

2014

On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt
On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt.Richard Carrier

The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine
The Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine.Margaret M. Mitchell (Editor),‎ Frances M. Young (Editor)

Killing History: Jesus in the No-Spin Zone
Killing History: Jesus in the No-Spin Zone.Robert M. Price

Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths?
Jesus: Evidence and Argument or Mythicist Myths?Maurice Casey

After the New Testament: 100-300 C.E.: A Reader In Early Christianity
After the New Testament: 100-300 C.E.: A Reader In Early Christianity.Bart D. Ehrman

How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee
How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee.Bart D. Ehrman

The Other Gospels: Accounts Of Jesus From Outside The New Testament
The Other Gospels: Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament.Bart D. Ehrman and Zlatko Pleše

Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament: The Lyell Lectures, Oxford
Textual Scholarship and the Making of the New Testament: The Lyell Lectures, OxfordDavid C. Parker

2013

Bart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth: An Evaluation of Ehrman’s Did Jesus Exist?
Bart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth.Richard Carrier,‎ D.M. Murdock,‎ René Salm,‎ and others

The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom
The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom.Candida Moss

The Oral Gospel Tradition
The Oral Gospel Tradition.James D. G. Dunn

2012

The Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed
The Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed.Helen Bond

Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325
Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325.Geza Verme

Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth
Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth.Bart D. Ehrman

Is This Not The Carpenter?: The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of Jesus (Copenhagen International Seminar)
Is This Not the Carpenter? The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of Jesus.Thomas Thompson and Thomas Verenna (Editors)

Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus
Proving History: Bayes’s Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus.Richard Carrier

Paul the Apostle: His Life and Legacy in their Roman Context
Paul the Apostle: His Life and Legacy.Albert Harrill

Forgery and Counter-forgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics
Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics.Bart D. Ehrman

Redating the New Testament
Redating the New Testament.J. A. T. Robinson. First published 1976

Introduction to New Testament History and Literature (Open Yale Courses)
Introduction to New Testament History and Literature (Open Yale Courses)Dale B. Martin

Studies in the Textual Criticism of the New Testament: 33 (New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents)
Studies in the Textual Criticism of the New Testament: 33 (New Testament Tools, Studies and Documents)Bart D. Ehrman

2011

A New History of Early Christianity
A New History of Early ChristianityCharles Freeman

The Christ-Myth Theory and Its Problems
The Christ-Myth Theory and its Problems.Robert M. Price

Forged: Writing in the Name of God–why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are
Forged: Writing in the Name of God – Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are.Bart D. Ehrman

The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings
The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings.Bart D. Ehrman

2010

Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian’s Account of his Life and Teaching
Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian’s Account of His Life and Teaching.Maurice Casey

The Historical Jesus: Five Views
The Historical Jesus: Five Views.James Beilby (Editor)

Sources of Jesus Tradition: Separating History from Myth
Sources of the Jesus Tradition: Separating History from Myth.R. Joseph Hoffmann

Christianity in Ancient Rome: The First Three Centuries
Christianity in Ancient Rome: The First Three Centuries.Bernard Green

The Complete Gospels
The Complete Gospels.Robert J. Miller

Jesus Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don’t Know About Them)
Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them).Bart D. Ehrman

Dethroning Jesus: Exposing Popular Culture’s Quest to Unseat the Biblical Christ
Dethroning Jesus: Exposing Popular Culture’s Quest to Unseat the Biblical ChristDarrell L. Bock, Daniel B. Wallace

2009

The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia
The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and AsiaJenkins Philip

Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography.John Dominic Crossan

Cutting Jesus Down to Size: What Higher Criticism Has Achieved and Where It Leaves Christianity
Cutting Jesus Down to Size: What Higher Criticism Has Achieved and Where It Leaves Christianity.George A. Wells

A New History of Early Christianity
A New History of Early Christianity.Charles Freeman

Jesus: Neither God Nor Man: The Case for a Mythical Jesus
Jesus: Neither God Nor Man.Earl Doherty

Early Christianity: A Brief History
Early Christianity: A Brief History.Joseph H. Lynch

A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 4
A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus.4 vols. John Meier, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2009

2008

Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity
Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian ChristianityChristoph Baumer

The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies
The Oxford Handbook of Biblical StudiesJ. W. Rogerson (Editor), Judith M. Lieu (Editor)

Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend
Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend Bart D. Ehrman

3: Finding the Historical Jesus: Rules of Evidence (Jesus Seminar Guides)
Finding the Historical Jesus: Rules of Evidence.Bernard Brandon Scott (Editor)

Redrawing the Boundaries: The Date of Early Christian Literature
Redrawing the Boundaries: The Date of Early Christian Literature.J. V. M. Sturdy (Author),‎ Jonathan Knight (Editor), 2008

2007

Jesus Legend, The: A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition
The Jesus Legend: A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition.Paul Eddy and Gregory Boyd

Jesus – A Very Jewish Myth
Jesus: A Very Jewish Myth.R.G. Price

Jesus Is Dead
Jesus Is Dead.Robert M. Price

Jesus Reconsidered: Scholarship in the Public Eye (Jesus Seminar Guides)
Jesus Reconsidered: Scholarship in the Public Eye (Jesus Seminar Guides).Marcus J. Borg (Author),‎ Robert W. Funk (Author),‎ Roy W. Hoover (Author),‎ and four more

The Gospel of Mark as Reaction and Allegory
The Gospel of Mark as Reaction and Allegory.R.G. Price

2006

The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Scrolls and Christian Origins v. 3: The Scrolls and Christian Origins (Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls)
The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Vol. 3, The Scrolls and Christian Origins.James Charlesworth (Editor)

Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls.John Collins and Evans Craig (Editors)

The Christian Myth: Origins, Logic, and Legacy
The Christian Myth: Origins, Logic, and Legacy.Burton Mack

Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels
Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels.Craig A. Evans

Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture
Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture.J Ed Komoszewski,‎ M James Sawyer, and Daniel B Wallace

The Historical Jesus in Context
The Historical Jesus in Context.Amy-Jill Levine (Editor),‎ Dale C. Allison (Editor),‎ John Dominic Crossan (Editor)

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. Richard Bauckham

A Student’s Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods & Results
A Student’s Guide to Textual Criticism of the Bible: Its History, Methods & ResultsPaul D Wegner

2005

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries: Essays in Explanation
The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries: Essays in Explanation.William V. Harris (Editor)

Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament
Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament.Bart Ehrman

2004

The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research
The Face of New Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research Scot McKnight and Grant R. Osborne

Paul: His Story
Paul: His Story.Jerome Murphy-O’Connor

The Birthing of the New Testament: The Intertextual Development of the New Testament Writings
The Birthing of the New Testament: The Intertextual Development of the New Testament Writings.Thomas Brodie

Synoptic Problem: A Way Through The Maze
The Synoptic Problem: A Way through the Maze.Mark Goodacre

2003

Jesus Remembered: Christianity in the Making v. 1
Jesus Remembered: Christianity in the Making v.1.James Dunn

Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity
Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity.Larry Hurtado

Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable is the Gospel Tradition?
The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man.Robert M. Price

The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origin and the Question of God)
The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God).N. T. Wright

Christianity in Late Antiquity, 300-450 C.E.: A Reader
Christianity in Late Antiquity, 300-450 C.E.: A Reader.Bart D. Ehrman (Editor),‎ Andrew S. Jacobs (Editor)

Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faith We Never Knew.Bart D. Ehrman

2002

Paul: The Founder of Christianity
Paul, the Founder of Christianity.Paul Lüdemann

Studying the historical Jesus: A Guide to Sources and Methods
Studying the Historical Jesus: a Guide to Sources and Methods.Darrell L. Bock

Mark’s Gospel–Prior or Posterior?: A Reappraisal of the Phenomenon of Order
Mark’s Gospel— Prior or Posterior? A Reappraisal of the Phenomenon of Order.David Neville

Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem
The Case Against Q: Studies in Markan Priority and the Synoptic Problem.Mark Goodacre

2001

Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium.Bart D. Ehrman

2000

Jesus Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin with a Mythical Christ?
The Jesus Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin with a Mythical Christ?Earl Doherty

Deconstructing Jesus
Deconstructing Jesus.Robert M. Price

The Messiah before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Messiah Before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls.Israel Knohl

The Changing Faces of Jesus
The Changing Faces of Jesus.Geza Vermes

1990s

The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls & Related Literature)
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls & Related Literature)Eugene Ulrich, 1999

The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics
The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics.Robert J Miller and others, 1999

Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium
Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium.Bart D. Ehrman, 1999

The Gospel of Jesus: According to the Jesus Seminar
The Gospel of Jesus: According to the Jesus Seminar.Robert Walter Funk and others, 1999

Case for Christ: A Journalists Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Case for Christ: A Journalists Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus Lee Strobel, 1998

The Acts of Jesus: What Did Jesus Really Do?
The Acts of Jesus: What Did Jesus Really Do?Robert Walter Funk and others, 1998

The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus
The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus.John Dominic Crossan, 1998

Who Wrote the Gospels?
Who Wrote the Gospels?Randel Helms, 1997

Honest to Jesus: Jesus for a New Millennium
Honest to Jesus: Jesus for a New Millennium.Robert W Funk, 1996

Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus
Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus.Michael J. Wilkins, 1996

The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say? the Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus
The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say? The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus.Robert Walter Funk and others, 1996

The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels
The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels.Luke Timothy Johnson, 1996

Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth
Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth.Burton L. Mack, 1995

An Introduction to New Testament Christology
An Introduction to New Testament Christology.Raymond Edward Brown, 1994

Lost Gospel : Book of Q and Christian Origins
The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q and Christian Origins.Burton L. Mack, 1993

The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant
The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant.John Dominic Crossan, 1991

From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God
From Jewish Prophet to Gentile God.Maurice Casey, 1991

Who Wrote the Bible?
Who Wrote the Bible?Richard Elliott Friedman, 1997, 1987

1980s and Earlier

The New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings
The New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings.Rudolf Bultmann, 1984

Jesus Christ and Mythology
Jesus Christ and Mythology.Rudolf Bultmann, 2012, 1958

The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of Its Progress From Reimarus to Wrede (Classic Reprint)
The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of Its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede.Albert Schweitzer, 2001. First published in German in 1906