UPDATE: I just checked the price again. It's back up to $9.78. The markdown could not have lasted long--I checked the price about 24 hours ago and it was $9.78 then. Sorry. I'll keep monitoring the book's webpage and, hopefully, if there's another markdown I'll catch it sooner than I have the last two times (counting this one).
UPDATE #2: You might be interested in reading
the tirade that I just posted on the "Non-Fiction" thread.
What Have They Done with Jesus? By Ben Witherington III. Print list price $14.95; digital regular price $9.78; Kindle price now
$0.99. Rated 4 1/2 stars from 17 reviews at the present moment. 354 pages. HarperCollins e-books, publisher.
http://www.amazon.com/What-Have-They...+with+Jesus%3F.
Book Description
Strange theories about Jesus seem to ooze from our culture with increasing regularity. Ben Witherington, one of the top Jesus scholars, will have none of it. There were no secret Gnostic teachings in the first century. With leading scholars and popular purveyors of bad history in his crosshairs, Witherington reveals what we can—and cannot—claim to know about the real Jesus. The Bible, not outside sources, is still the most trustworthy historical record we have today.
Utilizing a fresh "personality profile" approach, Witherington highlights core Christian claims by investigating the major figures in Jesus’s inner circle of followers: Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Thomas, Peter, James the brother of Jesus, Paul, and the mysterious "beloved disciple." In each chapter Witherington satisfies our curiosities and answers the full range of questions about these key figures and what each of them can teach us about the historical Jesus. What Have They Done with Jesus?
is a vigorous defense of traditional Christianity that offers a compelling portrait of Jesus’s core message according to those who knew him best.