We cannot assume that by saying the word Jesus, still less the word Christ, we are automatically in touch with the real Jesus who walked and talked in first-century Palestine. He writes, “Many Christians have been, frankly, sloppy in their thinking and talking about Jesus, and hence, sadly, in their praying and in their practice of discipleship. Out of his own commitment to both historical scholarship and Christian ministry, Wright challenges us to roll up our sleeves and take seriously the study of the historical Jesus. Wright’s lectures and writings have been widely recognized for providing a fresh, provocative and historically credible portrait. In the midst of well publicized and controversial books on Jesus, N. Today a renewed and vigorous scholarly quest for the historical Jesus is underway.
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