<p>Large numbers of atheists humanists and conspiracy theorists are raising one of the most pressing questions in the history of religion: 'Did Jesus exist at all?' Was he invented out of whole cloth for nefarious purposes by those seeking to control the masses? Or was Jesus such a shadowy figure-far removed from any credible historical evidence-that he bears no meaningful resemblance to the person described in the Bible?</p><p>In <em>Did Jesus Exist?</em> historian and Bible expert Bart Ehrman confronts these questions vigorously defends the historicity of Jesus and provides a compelling portrait of the man from Nazareth. The Jesus you discover here may not be the Jesus you had hoped to meet-but he did exist whether we like it or not.</p>