Socrates Meets Jesus: History's Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ Book

Peter Kreeft, one of the foremost Christian philosophers today, wrote this satirical work about the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates, who is mysteriously resurrected on the modern day campus of "Have It" University. In this dialogue, which is reminiscent of Plato's dialogues, Socrates questions graduate theological students at this elite Ivy League university about Jesus Christ and the claims of the Bible. The dialogue is fascinating, at times hilarious, at other times profound. Socrates reads the Bible and comments on its claims from a philosophical point of view. Then he questions his fellow theology students about their culture, their beliefs and the philosophy that they take for granted. It is fascinating how the philosophical assumptions of modern theologians fall so much more quickly at the feet of Socrates' questioning than do the claims and assumptions of scripture. It is also fascinating to read how a transplant from Ancient Greece would interact with modern American society.

One of the great things about Kreeft is how he is able take the thought and assumptions of various philosophers from the many ages of the Western mind and distill them in a way that allows him to see the world as they would see it, if they were still here. In his "Socrates meets..." series, Kreeft inserts Socrates into the thoughts of many different philosophers and examines their thought through the lens of pure reason as Socrates practiced it. In using humor, Kreeft helps the reader to keep interest in complicated subjects that would bore the student in the lecture hall. And he keeps everything relevant for the non-philosopher as well.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in philosophy, Christianity, and the intersection of the two.