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The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic
by Spong, John Shelby
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- ISBN 13
- 9780062011305
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US: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, 2013. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. John Shelby Spong, bestselling author and popular proponent of a modern, sc holarly and authentic Christianity, argues that this last gospel to be writ ten was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literary, interpr etive retelling of the events in Jesus' life through the medium of fictiona l characters, from Nicodemus and Lazarus to the "Beloved Disciple." The Fou rth Gospel was designed first to place Jesus into the context of the Jewish scriptures, then to place him into the worship patterns of the synagogue a nd finally to allow him to be viewed through the lens of a popular form of first-century Jewish mysticism. The result of this intriguing study is not only to recapture the original message of this gospel, but also to provide us today with a radical new dimension to the claim that in the humanity of Jesus the reality of God has been met and engaged.
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- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
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- Title
- The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic
- Author
- Spong, John Shelby
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0062011308
- ISBN 13
- 9780062011305
- Publisher
- HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2013
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