This voice identified itself as none other than the historical Jesus.

Employing social science for models about the past has been another mark of recent research on the historical Jesus.

Some churches are holding study groups to pick over books on the "historical Jesus."

He cannot present himself as a disciple of the historical Jesus.

In the third quest, research on the historical Jesus entered a new phase.

In the 1970s and 1980s, however, critical historians returned to the topic of historical Jesus.

This book remains widely mentioned in discussions about the historical Jesus.

Both believe that research on the historical Jesus needs to be independent of theology but cannot substitute for religious faith.

However, the majority of contemporary historians consider that this material provides no information on the historical Jesus.

Bauer initially left open the question of whether an historical Jesus existed at all.