This Hebrew Lord

Informationen zum Autor John Shelby Spong, the Episcopal Bishop of Newark before his retirement in 2000, has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard and at more than 500 other universities all over the world. His books, which have sold well over a million copies, include Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy; The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic; Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World; Eternal Life: A New Vision; Jesus for the Non-Religious, The Sins of Scripture, Resurrection: Myth or Reality?; Why Christianity Must Change or Die; and his autobiography, Here I Stand . He writes a weekly column on the web that reaches thousands of people all over the world. To join his online audience, go to www.JohnShelbySpong.com. He lives with his wife, Christine, in New Jersey. Klappentext In this candid, impassioned, and soundly argued exploration, a provocative author illuminates Jesus by examining his thoughts, words, and deeds by the light of the Hebrew tradition into which he was born. Zusammenfassung In This Study I Found A Lord! a center for my being. Behind the supernatural framework of the first century...I discover a life I wanted to know; a life that possessed a power I wanted to possess; a freedom! a wholeness for which I had yearned for years."Illuminating the "figure who stands at the center of all the Christian Church is!" John Shelby Spong explores Jesus under the light of the Hebrew tradition into which he was born. Candid! personal! and soundly argued! this is Spong's spiritual and intellectual pilgrimaged to the Christ he discovered in Jesus of Nazareth.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Shelby Spong
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.03.1993
• EAN: 9780060675202
• ISBN: 978-0-06-067520-2
• Pagine: 208
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 12 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Teologia pratica; Religion: general, HISTORY: WORLD, RELIGION: Christianity / General, RELIGION: BIBLE STUDIES/NEW TESTAMENT, RELIGION: JESUS STUDIES, RELIGION: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, RELIGION: Biblical Commentary / General, RELIGION: Biblical Biography / New Testament