"Bauckham's proposal is both path-breaking and a tour de force."
- First Things
"As in all of his works, Bauckham has ransacked obscure secondary literature for little-known but immensely helpful information. He has thought creatively about time-worn problems and uncovered possible interpretations of subtle features of ancient testimony - both in the Gospels and about them - with the shrewdness of a good detective."
- Trinity Journal
"The question of whether the Gospels are based on eyewitness accounts has long been controversial. Now Richard Bauckham, in a characteristic tour de force, draws on his unparalleled knowledge of the world of the first Christians to argue not only that the Gospels do indeed contain eyewitness testimony but that their first readers would certainly have recognized them as such. This book is a remarkable piece of detective work, resulting in a fresh and vivid approach to dozens, perhaps hundreds, of well-known problems and passages."
- N. T. Wright, Bishop of Durham
"Richard Bauckham's latest book shakes the foundations of a century of scholarly study of the Gospels. There are surprises on every page. A wealth of new insights will provoke lively discussion for a long time to come. Readers at all levels will be grateful for detective work that uncovers clues missed by so many."
- Graham Stanton, University of Cambridge
"Another blockbuster from the productive pen of Richard Bauckham. Stimulated particularly by Samuel Byrskog's Story as History - History as Story, Bauckham builds an impressive case for recognition of the controlling influence of eyewitness testimony on the formulation and use of the Jesus tradition, which resulted in the Evangelists' 'Jesus of testimony.' Not to be missed!"
- James D. G. Dunn, University of Durham
"A fascinating book! I have not read such a stimulating monograph about Jesus research in a long time. With its high scholarly standards and astute arguments, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses shows new insights and ways of investigation. It will therefore become a pioneer work refuting old and new errors. This book ought to be read by all theologians and historians working in the field of early Christianity. Further, Bauckham's convincing historical method and broad learning will also help pastors and students to overcome widespread modern Jesus-fantasies."
- Martin Hengel, University of Tübingen
"A blockbuster…Bauckham asserts that the Gospels stemmed from colleagues who walked alongside Jesus and from those with whom they shared their recollections."
- Associated Press
"This is the last academic year that Richard Bauckham teaches full-time in his post as professor of New Testament studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland before his retirement. We can only hope that Jesus and the Eyewitnesses is far from the last major monograph that he composes. This work might just be the most important one that he has ever written."
- Craig Blomberg in Denver Journal
"Buackham's final chapter 'The Jesus of Testimony' is worth the price of the book for those who want a better understanding of what we mean and don't mean when we talk about what history, any history, really is. "
- Roanoke Times
"Uses new understandings of oral literature and memory to argue that the four canonical Gospels were closely based on the eyewitness testimony of people who knew Jesus."
- Chronicle of Higher Education
"Bauckham's careful and eloquent presentation of his argument, supported not just by careful scholarship but by admirable common sense, deserves earnest consideration by all."
- Times Literary Supplement
"It will be hard to take seriously future works on the origin of the Gospels that have not interacted with Bauckham. Recommended."
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