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The Authentic Gospel of Jesus

The Authentic Gospel of Jesus Paperback - 2004

by Vermes, Geza

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In his new book, acclaimed religious scholar Geza Vermes subjects all the sayings of Jesus to brilliantly informed scrutiny. Profoundly aware of the limits of our knowledge but immersed in what we do have both the 'official' gospels and associated Jewish and early Christian texts Vermes sieves through every quote ascribed to Jesus to let the reader get as close as possible to the charismatic Jewish healer and moralist who changed the world. The result is a book that creates a revolutionary and unexpected picture of Jesus scraping aside the accretions of centuries to approach as close as we can hope to his true teaching.

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  • Title The Authentic Gospel of Jesus
  • Author Vermes, Geza
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 445
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin, London
  • Date 2004-09-30
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000817078
  • ISBN 9780141003603 / 014100360X
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.94 in (19.81 x 12.90 x 2.39 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Dewey Decimal Code 232.954

Summary

In his new book, acclaimed religious scholar Geza Vermes subjects all the sayings of Jesus to brilliantly informed scrutiny. Profoundly aware of the limits of our knowledge but immersed in what we do have—both the “official” gospels and associated Jewish and early Christian texts—Vermes sieves through every quote ascribed to Jesus to let the reader get as close as possible to the charismatic Jewish healer and moralist who changed the world. The result is a book that creates a revolutionary and unexpected picture of Jesus—scraping aside the accretions of centuries to approach as close as we can hope to his true teaching.

From the publisher

Geza Vermes’s pioneering work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the historical Jesus led to his appointment as the first professor of Jewish studies at Oxford University, where he is now professor emeritus. He is the author of several books, including The Authentic Gospel of Jesus.

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Wonderfully accessible and open-minded... This book will demand that Christians rethink their faith. (The Sunday Times, London)With all the weight of a lifetime of scholarship, Vermes places the recorded words in their Jewish, first-century context. (Independent on Sunday)

About the author

Geza Vermes was born in Hungary in 1924. From 1957 to 1991 he taught in at the Universities of Newcastle and Oxford. Professor Vermes is the author of The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (1997) and The Changing Faces of Jesus (2000). He lives in Oxford.