Who Wrote the New Testament

Informationen zum Autor Burton L. Mack is John Wesley Professor of the New Testament at the school of Theology at Claremont and the author of The Lost Gospel: The Book Q and Christian Origin and A Myth of Innocence: Mark and Christian Origins. Klappentext The Making of the Christian Myth Commencing in mid February 2004, SBS TV (Australia) will run a two–part documentary based on this title. In this groundbreaking and controversial book, Burton Mack brilliantly exposes how the Gospels are fictional mythologies created by different communities for various purposes and are only distantly related to the actual historical Jesus. Mack‘s innovative scholarship which boldly challenges traditional Christian understanding‘ will change the way you approach the New Testament and think about how Christianity arose. The clarity of Mack‘s prose and the intelligent pursuit of his subject make compelling reading. Mack‘s investigation of the various groups and strands of the early Christian community out of which were generated the texts of Christianity‘s first anthology of religious literature and makes sense of a topic that has been confusing. Zusammenfassung The Making of the Christian Myth Commencing in mid February 2004! SBS TV (Australia) will run a two–part documentary based on this title. In this groundbreaking and controversial book! Burton Mack brilliantly exposes how the Gospels are fictional mythologies created by different communities for various purposes and are only distantly related to the actual historical Jesus. Mack‘s innovative scholarship which boldly challenges traditional Christian understanding‘ will change the way you approach the New Testament and think about how Christianity arose. The clarity of Mack‘s prose and the intelligent pursuit of his subject make compelling reading. Mack‘s investigation of the various groups and strands of the early Christian community out of which were generated the texts of Christianity‘s first anthology of religious literature and makes sense of a topic that has been confusing. ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mack L Burton, Burton L Mack, Burton L. Mack
• Verlag: Harper Collins Usa
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.08.1996
• EAN: 9780060655181
• ISBN: 978-0-06-065518-1
• Seiten: 336
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 205 mm x 18 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Bibles, Theology, Christianity, History of Religion, Judaism, Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, Ancient religions and Mythologies, HISTORY: Ancient / General, RELIGION: Spirituality, RELIGION: Christianity / History, RELIGION: BIBLE STUDIES/NEW TESTAMENT, RELIGION: Biblical Studies / Bible Study Guides, RELIGION: Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, BIBLES: Christian Standard Bible / Study, RELIGION: Christian Theology / Anthropology, RELIGION: Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General, Religion / Bible Studies/New Testament