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Title: The Lost Gospel : The Book of Q and Christian Origins by Burton L. Mack ISBN: 0-06-065375-2 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 08 April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.44 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you enjoy Bible mysteries also read new Proverbs book.
Comment: The Lost Gospel of Q is a fascinating and controversial theory on the origins of Christianity. According to Mack for the first followers of Jesus, the importance of Jesus was his teachings. Initially Jesus' death was interpreted as a martyrdom. Later it was embellished as a miraculous event of crucifixion and resurrection which drew on hellenistic mythologies that told about the destiny of a divine being (son of God). If you enjoy Bible mysteries you may also find fascinating THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BOOK OF PROVERBS by Cody Jones which unveils surprising new revelations on authorship on Old Testament books of Proverbs, Isaiah, Song of Songs and Job. The identitiy of King Solomon's secret ghostwriter for the book of Proverbs is unveiled for the first time in any commentary. Many other mysteries and riddles of Proverbs and the Old Testament are explored with surprising new answers.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great book for new testament studies
Comment: Mack takes a very unique and provocative stance on his view of Q and new testament. He sees Jesus as a Cynic sage who traveled around with a sincere desire to teach a community of people who were no longer content in the tradition they lived in. Mack's historical and geographical analysis is very convincing, and the parallel between Q1 and Cynic Philosophy makes one wonder why they are so similar. The book reveals the important step that people are taking concerning religion. We are becoming to notice that being a Christian does not depend on believing in historical event, nor belief in supernatural and cosmic, but in understanding the teaching of Jesus. Mack's portray Jesus as an innovative teacher who urged his follower to govern themselves with individual integrity. I would have liked to Mack to specify what he did to Matthew and Luke to compose his own Q, the work. However, the book is generally well-written, and it is a great sourcebook for new testament studies.
Rating: 1
Summary: Misleading picture of Christian history and theology
Comment: Although I'm not a Christian I must defend theism which is attacked here. B.L. Mack writes in the line of "Jesus Seminar" atheistic textual deconstruction of the Bible. Jesus Seminar's concept of "historical Jesus" follows ultra-liberal Christian, almost Gnostic, interpretation later present in German "Higher Criticism" school of 1920'. It supports New Age idea of Jesus as self-realized Theravada Buddhist master and thus lacks any historical or theological value (though not strong money and media support where it's presented as mainstream).
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Title: Who Wrote the New Testament? : The Making of the Christian Myth by Burton L. Mack ISBN: 0060655186 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 06 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Lost Gospel Q: The Original Sayings of Jesus by Marcus J. Borg, Mark Powelson, Ray Riegert, Thomas Moore ISBN: 1569751897 Publisher: Publishers' Group West Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard E. Friedman ISBN: 0060630353 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 07 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Christian Myth: Origins, Logic, and Legacy by Burton L. MacK ISBN: 0826413552 Publisher: Continuum Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene by Jean-Yves Leloup, Joseph Rowe, Jacob Needleman ISBN: 0892819111 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: 30 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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