Full name: Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth

Author: Burton L. Mack Year: 1995 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Christianity, History, Non Fiction, Atheism Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads LibraryThing Amazon ISBNs: 9780060655181 0060655186

In this groundbreaking and controversial book, Burton Mack brilliantly exposes how the Gospels are fictional mythologies created by different communities for various purposes and are only distantly related to the actual historical Jesus. Mack's innovative scholarship, which boldly challenges traditional Christian understanding, will change the way you approach the New Testament and think about how Christianity arose. The clarity of Mack's prose and the intelligent pursuit of his subject make compelling reading. Mack's investigation of the various groups and strands of the early Christian community, out of which were generated the texts of Christianity's first anthology of religious literature, makes sense of a topic that has been confusing. Similar books: The Lost Gospel by Burton L. Mack Lost Scriptures by Bart D. Ehrman What the Gospels Meant by Garry Wills Jesus, Interrupted by Bart D. Ehrman The Sins of Scripture by John Shelby Spong What Paul Meant by Garry Wills The Bible by Karen Armstrong Liberating the Gospels by John Shelby Spong The Bible by John Riches James the Brother of Jesus by Robert H. Eisenman Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman The Harlot by the Side of the Road by Jonathan Kirsch The Rise and Fall of the Bible by Timothy Beal Asimov's Guide to the Bible by Isaac Asimov 101 Myths of the Bible by Gary Greenberg Who Wrote the Bible? by Richard Elliott Friedman God's Problem by Bart D. Ehrman Did Jesus Exist? by Bart D. Ehrman More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell Hail, Holy Queen by Scott Hahn