The Modern Scholar

The Quest: The Historians' Search for Jesus and Muhammad

By: Prof. F. E. Peters

Narrated by: Prof. F. E. Peters

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Esteemed professor emeritus F. E. Peters compares the similarities and differences in the dual searches for the historical Jesus and the historical Muhammad. These quests have been the focus of considerable effort since the lifetime of each of these venerated figures. Using the primary tools of historical inquiry and the evidence discovered by both believers and unbelievers in the faiths established by Jesus and Muhammad, Professor Peters provides an insightful look into the results thus far found and the surprising truths uncovered.

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©2009 F.E. Peters (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

This isn't a bad lecture

The lecture on a whole isn't bad, but rather, lacked focus, the lecturing style can also be improved upon somewhat, still, one can learn much about the core essence of Religious Historical scholarship by using this set of lectures as a starting point.

Entertaining and informative

I was drawn to this after thoroughly enjoying Prof. Peters lectures on Chritianity, Judaism and Islam. Prof Peters' deep knowledge and casual delivery make for a structured, clear and entertaining lecture series. I hope there is more to come from him.

what an interesting audiobook

fascinating material, authoriative and delivered in a very easy to listen to style. very good value for money!

Truly awful.

FE Peters reminds me of one of the "god professors" of yore. In other words, he seems to think that by his very presence us poor, unintellectual plebians benefit. Life has moved on, however, and it rather seems to me that FE Peters has been given a bottle of gin for each lecture and been given permission to move round and round, to great redundancy, the point of his lectures. If we are lucky, he give us one point of value. If not, we are left without the veritable crumb. He repeats himself ad nauseum, duplicating and triplicating and quadruplicating his message to the point where one sees this audio as a potential cure for insomnia rather than of any educational value. Quite simply, this is embarrassing.

Ignored some data

In addition to Joseephus, there are also historians like Tacitus and Pliny the younger that talked about Jesus. Granted, it was more indirect with Pliny the younger and the part in Tactitus that mentions Jesus is contested by some scholars, but it seems odd that neither were mentioned

so superficial it should be called the stroll

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

i was looking for a scientific in depth analysis for historical information about these 2 major historical figures , like it or not there principles , and lives have shaped man kind
instead I was disappointing with a how to do a historical analysis thesis with very little substance about the two men

not to mention that i think it was not very accurate

Has The Modern Scholar turned you off from other books in this genre?

no

What didn’t you like about the narrator’s performance?

his speech pattern is not the best