Project Gutenberg 2014-09-28 Public domain in the USA. 1887 Remsburg, John E. (John Eleazer) 1848 1919 Remsberg, John Eleazer 37019959 The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence" by John E. Remsburg is an analytical work that critiques the historical basis for the existence of Jesus Christ, likely written in the late 19th century. The book addresses the claims of Jesus's divinity and the authenticity of biblical accounts, challenging the traditional views held by orthodox Christianity. The primary focus is the consideration of whether the Christ outlined in the New Testament is a fabrication, drawing on historical, literary, and philosophical arguments to support its conclusions. The opening of the book sets the tone for its critical examination, beginning with powerful quotations from influential thinkers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Carlyle, asserting the need to question the existence of Christ. It lays the groundwork for Remsburg's argument that while a historical figure named Jesus may have existed, the supernatural Christ of Christian doctrine, associated with divine miracles and authority, is a mythological construct. The introduction presents a series of key points that will be elaborated throughout the text: the absence of robust historical documentation from contemporary sources, discrepancies in the gospel narratives, and the claim that later developments in Christianity transformed a possible historical figure into a legendary one surrounded by miraculous tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Rationalism Jesus Christ -- Historicity Jesus Christ -- Rationalistic interpretations BL BT Text Category: History - Religious Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 1357772 2025-08-19T04:25:54.114519 text/html 1294872 2024-10-24T11:06:54 text/html 497773 2025-08-19T04:26:49.793268 application/epub+zip 1226708 2025-08-19T04:26:03.424457 application/epub+zip 1195541 2025-08-19T04:25:58.567491 application/epub+zip 909755 2025-08-19T04:27:01.810176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 722515 2025-08-19T04:26:43.468301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 691281 2022-09-21T10:55:25.099615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 764942 2025-08-19T04:25:49.318059 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 744834 2024-10-24T11:06:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17642 2025-08-19T04:27:01.988164 application/rdf+xml 9362 2025-08-19T04:25:59.079467 image/jpeg 1416 2025-08-19T04:25:58.842473 image/jpeg 432398 2025-08-19T04:25:54.207541 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia