Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I The Crucifixion in the New Testament
1 Discrepancies in the Gospel Accounts
2 False Old Testament Prophecies
3 Historical Problems in the Gospel Accounts of the Trial
4 The Unhistorical Theological "Suffering Messiah"
5 The Jewish and Roman Roles in the Crucifixion
6 The Date of the Crucifixion
7 The Historical Unreliability of the Gospels and Paul's Writings
8 Criteria of Authenticity
Part II The Crucifixion in Classical and Early Jewish Sources
9 Overview of the Early Non-Christian Sources
10 Flavius Josephus
11 Classical Sources
12 Jewish Rabbinic Sources
13 The Historical Unreliability of Non-Christian Sources
Part III The Genesis of a Belief
14 Alternative Scenarios
15 Unshakable Faith
16 The Crucifixion between Theology and Selective History
Part IV The Crucifixion in the Qur'an
17 The Qur'an Interprets Itself
18 Why Did the Jews Try to Kill Jesus?
19 The Qur'an's Denial of Jesus' Crucifixion
20 Reading the Crucifixion into the Qur'an
21 Divine Protection and Rescue
22 Crucifying the Wrong Man
23 The Dead Jesus
24 God's Taking (tawaffī) of Jesus
25 The Raising (rafʿ) of Jesus
26 After the Crucifixion
27 Conclusion: A Crucifixion of History by Faith
References
Index of Qur'anic Verses
Index of Old Testament Verses
Index of New Testament Verses
Index of Rabbinic Passages
General Index