The Five Gospels
What Did Jesus Really Say? the Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 19, 1996
Did Jesus claim to be the Messiah?
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- Who it’s for
- The search for Jesus’ authentic words brings scholarly judgment to familiar gospel questions.
- Genres
- Jesus, Gospels & Acts, New Testament Interpretation, Gnosticism
- Published
- HarperCollins, December 19, 1996
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Did Jesus claim to be the Messiah? Did he promise to return and usher in a new age? How did Jesus envision the Kingdom of God? The Five Gospels answers these questions in a bold, dynamic work that will startle traditional readers of the Bible and rekindle interest in it among secular skeptics. In 1985 the Jesus Seminar, comprising a distinguished group of biblical scholars, was founded by Robert W. Funk.
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They embarked on a new translation and assessment of the gospels, including the recently discovered Gospel of Thomas. In pursuit of the historical Jesus, they used their collective expertise to determine the authenticity of more than fifteen hundred sayings attributed to him. Their remarkable findings appear in this book.
Reading the Gospels
The search for Jesus’ authentic words brings scholarly judgment to familiar gospel questions.
Come here for
- Questions about what Jesus said and envisioned
- A historically minded reading of the Gospels
Expect
- A new translation and assessment of five gospels
- Findings on the authenticity of more than fifteen hundred sayings
Where it sits
| Jesus, Gospels & Acts | 74% |
|---|---|
| New Testament Interpretation | 46% |
| Gnosticism | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Religion & Spirituality
- Jesus, Gospels & Acts
- NT Commentary: Gospels & Acts
- Christology
- Authors
- Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 19, 1996
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Religion & Spirituality