About the Book: Bible Stories
Beginning with the rise of modern Pentecostalism before tracking back
2,500-years, author and academic Gavin Evans traces the history of the Abrahamic
faiths, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. In this book he explores the New
Testament, Hebrew Bible and the Quran.
Delving into recent archaeological research, Bible Stories presents evidence
that tales such as those of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and also Moses, Joshua and
the Exodus, were entirely mythological. Robust interrogation of the evidence
allows Evans to go further still, casting doubt on the Jesus story and arguing
that even if he did exist as an historical figure, we