An exploration into the origins of how Christians spoke of history, especially as it related to the development of the faith in Jesus of Nazareth, by exploring Mark and Luke in comparison to history writing standards of the Greco-Roman world.

The work is academic and thorough. The author casts aspersions on Markan and Lukan authorship and envisions them as written far later. The references regarding the nature of the exposition of history, and the discussions in the ancient world about what it means to write history and what it looks like, are quite valuable.

Good for the specialist and those interested in historiography.

I really enjoyed the Birth of Christian History. I liked how the author took into account other texts and ideas of the time that may have influenced tbe writings of the New Testament. This is a great look at the birth of Christian thinking.