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Title: The Lost Gospel Q: The Original Sayings of Jesus by Marcus Borg, Jacob Needleman, Thomas Moore ISBN: 1-57453-212-X Publisher: Audio Literature Pub. Date: April, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: The Correlation With the New Testament is High
Comment: I conclude that the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament are divine. I came to this conclusion by intepreting Jesus' scientific teachings metaphorically. This method of interpretation proves that Jesus was the Son of God as Christians express in the Trinity. When I use metaphorical interpretations, I also conclude that Jesus is speaking to all people throughout the world as well as His audiences.
The authors of this book seem to interpret Jesus literally. Thus, I do not use many of the statements made by them at the bottom of each Q statement. But, the authors work to align Jesus' sayings with our modern languages is excellent and consistent with the sayings of Jesus in the New Testament.
By interpreting Jesus' sayings in this book metaphorically, I again recognize the divinity of Jesus. For instance, look at Q59. In this example, Jesus knows that the people of His audience already know the "causes" of rain and scorching weather but don't know that the "present" (the here and now) is also a cause. Thus, Jesus asks, "Why can't you interpret the here and now." Here, Jesus is telling the audience that the "here and now" is also a cause -- the cause of the future. Here Jesus is teaching a very advanced scientific concept known as causation. One truth about Jesus is that many of His ideas are appearing in our thoughts only recently.
This is a good book for interpreting the sayings of Jesus metaphorically. But, forget the author's literal interpretations and the author's belief that jesus is just another Jewish prophet.
Rating: 1
Summary: The Book That Does Not Exist
Comment: The farce that is the Gospel of Q begins with unbelieving scholars who intend to prove that Jesus did not say 70% of what is recorded in the gospels and Christianity is not about Christ but only about a few selected teachings.
Only after reading deep into this book does one find the carefully worded disclaimer that "Lost Gospel" does not even really exist. It is the imagined set of teachings found in the Gospel of Mark, which are not found in the other synoptic Gospels (Matthew and Luke).
From this comparison (Mark to Matthew & Luke) there are found sayings which are supposed by this author to have been the "original" teachings of Christ. From there it gets ugly. The author falls off the edge of the earth to say that the early community of believers was only interested in Christ's teachings and not in him as the Messiah. This type of unbelief is of the worst type because it uses a comparison of the gospels (a valid scholarly endeavor) to prove a point that is patently unbiblical. For seeker who is pure of heart, the Gospel of Barnabas found in the "Lost Books of the Bible" is a fair more enlightening read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Scholars May Not Be Impressed
Comment: The editors of this book add an interesting note at the end on the subject of the translation of the text. They point out that the sayings of Jesus contained in the book represent a 'paraphrase' since the principal of 'dynamic equivalence' was followed in producing their work. They do not seek a word-for-word translation but rather an overall meaning. Many scholars may be turned off by this approach.
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Title: The Lost Gospel : The Book of Q and Christian Origins by Burton L. Mack ISBN: 0060653752 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 08 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time : The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg ISBN: 0060609176 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 03 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The God We Never Knew : Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authenthic Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg ISBN: 0060610352 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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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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Title: Gospel of Thomas : The Hidden Sayings of Jesus by Marvin W. Meyer ISBN: 006065581X Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 13 November, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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