The Quest of the Historical Jesus
by Albert Schweitzer
This book is nearly 120 years old, but I would put it top of my list of the classics.
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“Yes, this book is nearly 120 years old, but I would put it top of my list of the classics. The reason I chose it is because it’s mainly about what other people have made of Jesus. I think to get at Jesus through what other people have made of him is the best way of going about it. If I were writing a book on Jesus, that’s how I would go about it, and the way Schweitzer did it is marvelous.” Read more...
Robert Morgan, Theologians & Historians of Religion