Download or read book Authenticating the Words of Jesus written by Bruce D. Chilton and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2002 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reviews the criteria, assumptions, and methods involved in critical Jesus research to clarify the procedures necessary to distinguish tradition that stems from Jesus from tradition and interpretation that stem from later tradents and evangelists, and to inquire into the various forces and situations that led to the emergence of the tradition as we have it.