Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-279) and index.

pt. 1. How do we know about Jesus? Seeing Jesus : sources, lenses, and method / by Marcus Borg -- Knowing Jesus : faith and history / by N.T. Wright -- pt. 2. What did Jesus do and teach? The mission and message of Jesus / by N.T. Wright -- Jesus before and after Easter : Jewish mystic and Christian Messiah / by Marcus Borg -- pt. 3. The death of Jesus. Why was Jesus killed / by Marcus Borg -- The crux of faith / by N.T. Wright -- pt. 4. "God raised Jesus from the dead". The transforming reality of the bodily resurrection / by N.T. Wright -- The truth of Easter / by Marcus Borg -- pt. 5. Was Jesus God? Jesus and God / by Marcus Borg -- The divinity of Jesus / by N.T. Wright -- pt. 6. The birth of Jesus. Born of a virgin? / by N.T. Wright -- The meaning of the birth stories / by Marcus Borg -- pt. 7. "He will come again in glory". The second coming then and now / by Marcus Borg -- The future of Jesus / by N.T. Wright -- pt. 8. Jesus and the Christian life. The truth of the gospel and Christian living / by N.T. Wright -- A vision of the Christian life / by Marcus Borg.

Was Jesus born of a virgin? Did he know he was the messiah? Was he bodily resurrected from the dead? Did he intentionally die to redeem humankind? Was Jesus God? In The Meaning of Jesus two leading Jesus scholars with widely divergent views go right to the heart of these questions and others, presenting the opposing visions of Jesus that shape our faith today. In alternating chapters, Marcus Borg, the most popular revisionist voice on Jesus and a member of the Jesus Seminar, and N.T. Wright, the most prominent standard-bearer for the traditional stance and an outspoken critic of the Jesus Seminar, present their views of who Jesus was, what he taught, and what he did. Candid, spirited, and thoughtfully debated, this compelling discourse will stimulate fresh ideas and intense dialogue among anyone concerned with what it means to be a Christian today.