Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary
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Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary

Hardcover – Bargain Price, November 1, 2006

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$56.64
Format
Hardcover
Pages
352
Publisher
HarperOne
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Dimensions
5.5 x 1.13 x 8.25 inches
Weight
1.05 pounds

Description

"Borg pours a lifetime of scholarship into this provocative overview of Jesusx92s life." -- Detriot Free Press Marcus J. Borg is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University and author of the bestselling Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time , The Heart of Christianity , Reading the Bible Again for the First Time , The God We Never Knew , and Jesus .

Features & Highlights

  • From top Jesus expert Marcus Borg, a completely updated and revised version of his vision of Jesus—as charismatic healer, sage, and prophet, a man living in the power of the spirit and dedicated to radical social change.
  • Fully revised and updated, this is Borg's major book on the historial Jesus. He shows how the Gospel portraits of Jesus, historically seen, make sense. Borg takes into account all the recent developments in historical Jesus scholarship, as well as new theories on who Jesus was and how the Gospels reflect that.
  • The original version of this book was published well before popular fascination with the historical Jesus. Now this new version takes advantage of all the research that has gone on since the 80s. The revisions establish it as Borg's big but popular book on Jesus.

Customer Reviews

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The Best

This book is the best resource for learning about the history and the real story about Jesus. His other books are excellent also.
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Borg's Best

This book may Borg's best book ever. Especially intriguing for me was his examination of the spiritual life of Jesus as a Jewish mystic. Having read several of his earlier books, I found it interesting to see how his faith has developed over the years.
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Many of My Opinions Are Validated Here

The author of this non-fiction book about Jesus, His mission, and His teaching has done his homework. I found this book to be very educational regarding what we know about the specifics of what Jesus taught and how he taught it. Some of the ideas are controversial, and some are traditional. Anyone interested in this topic (and anyone that calls him/herself a Christian should be) will learn a great deal by reading this, and perhaps have their minds opened to alternative ways of seeing and thinking about the most important subject there is. It can sometimes be a bit academic and require more focus and attention than casual reading material, but is more than worth a little additional effort. This book will help you.
Michael Travis Jasper, author of the novel, "To Be Chosen"
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