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The Jesus Legend
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The Jesus Legend Soft cover - 1996

by George Albert Wells

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Open Court Publishing Company, November 1996. Soft Cover. Very Good. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. No marks or writing observed in the text. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.
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Details

  • Title The Jesus Legend
  • Author George Albert Wells
  • Binding Soft Cover
  • Edition First Edition; S
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago
  • Date November 1996
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 66680
  • ISBN 9780812693348 / 0812693345
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.12 x 0.74 in (22.86 x 15.54 x 1.88 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Library of Congress subjects Jesus Christ - Historicity
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96042944
  • Dewey Decimal Code 232.908

From the rear cover

Did Jesus actually exist as a historical personage roughly corresponding to the various stories given in the four New Testament gospels? Was he really born In Bethlehem and crucified by Pilate? These questions are usually answered with an unqualified 'yes', and often with an expression of outrage or ridicule that any such doubts could even be voiced. Yet it is considered quite normal to question the historical existence of other legendary figures, such as King Arthur or William Tell, who, like Jesus, are not attested to by any surviving contemporary records. In The Jesus Legend, G. A. Wells explains how the story of Jesus developed through telling and re-telling, from an early version in the letters of Paul (who does not mention Jesus in connection with any specific time or place) to the more elaborate and detailed pictures later presented in the New Testament gospels. Professor Wells also replies to recent criticisms of his own radical theory of the origin of Christianity.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 12/01/1996, Page 101