'He wants to expose sleight of hand and imposture – fantasy and specious reasoning – in the gospels and in biblical commentary.' Photo: Book cover for The Fabricated Christ: Confronting what we know about Jesus and the Gospels
The Fabricated Christ: Confronting what we know about Jesus and the Gospels, by Paul Laffan
Author: Paul Laffan. Review by Jonathan Wooding
by Jonathan Wooding
10th July 2020
In the beginning was a folktale – a folktale about a holy man, a man of the people, cruelly done to death by the powerbrokers of the day. The man was impish and witty. Some say he was a bit of a devil, while others say he could have saved us, and the memory of his loveable brilliance and courage might see us all through to the end of time.
