The printed edition this companion is keyed to
This study companion follows the section structure of the widely available Zondervan edition of Lee Strobel's The Case for Christ:
- Title: The Case for Christ
- Author: Lee Strobel
- Publisher: Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Copyright: © 1998 by Lee Strobel
- ISBN: 978-0-310-60383-2
- Pages: approximately 384 pages (1998 mass-market paperback; scan: 422 images)
- Subject: Christian apologetics · Jesus Christ · Resurrection · Evidences
- Internet Archive record: caseforchristbyl0000lees (Internet Archive Books / print-disabled collection)
Page ranges on the section pages follow the 1998 Zondervan edition table of contents (introduction beginning on page 9, conclusion beginning on page 349). If you are using another printing, titles should still match; page numbers may differ slightly.
Copyright
The Case for Christ is still under copyright (© 1998 by Lee Strobel; published by Zondervan). UECF.NET has no licence to reproduce the book, its scanned pages, OCR text, or chapter wording. The Internet Archive item is a controlled digitization in the printdisabled collection with lending/DRM restrictions — not a public-domain text. We have not borrowed that scan, bypassed any access restriction, downloaded restricted files by unauthorised methods, or substituted an unauthorised copy.
What you are reading is an original UECF.NET Web Book / Study Companion: for each section we provide the published title, the chapter's central question, the scholar interviewed (where listed in the table of contents), a public-domain King James Scripture passage chosen for that section's theme, and our own summary, themes, ideas, concepts, references, application, and questions. None of the summarising prose on these pages is Strobel's own wording, and it must not be quoted as if it were. Readers who want Strobel's actual words should read the book, which remains widely available from booksellers and libraries.
This companion does not fabricate quotations from the book. If a future revision ever includes a brief attributed line, it will be kept within ordinary fair-use limits and clearly marked as Strobel's. The present edition contains none.
How this web edition was produced
UECF.NET used publicly available bibliographic information — the Zondervan copyright page, the Internet Archive catalogue record, and the table of contents visible in the 1998 edition — to establish titles, scholar names, and page ranges. The explanatory content on every page was then written by UECF.NET for this study companion. We are responsible for the web presentation, navigation, search, and reading interface. Lee Strobel and the copyright holders of the book are responsible for the book itself, which this companion is designed to send readers back to, not replace.
Scripture quotations
Scripture quoted on these pages is the King James Version (public domain). Strobel's own discussion of these passages — and his NIV quotations in the printed book — are not reproduced.
Corrections
If you notice an inaccuracy in a section title, page reference, scholar name, or Scripture citation, please write to info@uecf.net, quoting the section.