The Fourth Gospel EPUB
by John Shelby Spong
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Bestselling and controversial bishop and teacher John Shelby Spong reveals the subversive, mystical wisdom of the writer of the Gospel of John and how his teachings point us forward in the twenty-first century
In The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic, Spong turns his attention to the Gospel of John, the fourth Gospel in the Bible. Contrary to what is most often believed, he writes that this gospel was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus. In fact, it is a literary, interpretive retelling of the events in Jesus' life through the medium of Jewish worship traditions and fictional characters, from Nicodemus and Lazarus to the "Beloved Disciple."
The Fourth Gospel not only recaptures the original message of this gospel, but also provides us with a radical new dimension to the claim that in the humanity of Jesus the reality of God has been met and engaged. This book offers a fresh way to read the Gospel of John and a unique primer about how to be a Christian in the post-Christian twenty-first century.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:11/06/2013
- ISBN:9781443424011
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Item not Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:368 pages
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:11/06/2013
- ISBN:9781443424011
