Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes
by John Shelby Spong
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In this boldest book since Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Bishop John Shelby Spong offers a compelling view of the Gospels as thoroughly Jewish tests.Spong powerfully argues that many of the key Gospel accounts of events in the life of Jesus--from the stories of his birth to his physical resurrection--are not literally true. He offers convincing evidence that the Gospels are a collection of Jewish midrashic stories written to convey the significance of Jesus. This remarkable show more discovery brings us closer to how Jesus was really understood in his day and should be in ours. show lessTags
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Spong's analysis of the the Gospel stories as well as his hypothesis concerning the actual order in which they were presented during the liturgical year of the first "Christians" are quite convincing and provide valuable insights into the meaning of the Gospels.
Offers a more inclusive view of the gospels based on its Jewish roots and the tradition of midrashic stories. Not one for the Bible belt!
NO OF PAGES: 359 SUB CAT I: Christology SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: The author offers a compelling view of the Gospels as thoroughly Jewish texts. The author argues that many of the key Gospel accounts of events in the life of Jesus are not literally true. He offers evidence that the Gospels are a collection of midrashicNOTES: SUBTITLE: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes
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Scholar, author and bishop, John Shelby Spong was born in 1931 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1952 and received his Master of Divinity degree in 1955 from the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary in Virginia. That seminary and St. Paul's College have both conferred on him show more honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees. Ordained in 1955, he is now bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Newark, New Jersey. As the most-published member of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States, Spong is the author of 14 books and more than 90 articles, including Honest Prayer (1973), Dialogue ? In Search of Jewish-Christian Umderstanding (1975), The Living Commandments (1977), Into the Whirlwind: The Future of the Church (1983), Living in Sin? A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality (1988), Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture (1991), and Resurrection: Myth or Reality? (1994). With an active interest in football, basketball and baseball, Bishop Spong was at one time a play-by-play announcer for radio stations in Tarboro, North Carolina, and Lynchburg, Virginia. In addition, he served as sports editor for The Daily Southerner in Tarboro. Bishop Spong resides in Morristown, New Jersey. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- For John Lanier Hylton and Lydia Ann Hylton; The newest grandchildren to enrich our wonderful life
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- Did it really happen?
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Shalom.
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