Full name: Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes

Author: John Shelby Spong Year: 1996 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Christianity, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060675578 0060675578

In this boldest book since Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism, Bishop John Shelby Spong offers a compelling view of the Gospels as thoroughly Jewish tests.Spong powerfully argues that many of the key Gospel accounts of events in the life of Jesus--from the stories of his birth to his physical resurrection--are not literally true. He offers convincing evidence that the Gospels are a collection of Jewish midrashic stories written to convey the significance of Jesus. This remarkable discovery brings us closer to how Jesus was really understood in his day and should be in ours. Similar books: Jesus for the Non Religious by John Shelby Spong Why Christianity Must Change or Die by John Shelby Spong Born of a Woman by John Shelby Spong What the Gospels Meant by Garry Wills The Authentic Gospel of Jesus by Geza Vermes The Sins of Scripture by John Shelby Spong Who Wrote the New Testament? by Burton L. Mack What Paul Meant by Garry Wills The Gospel According to Jesus by Stephen Mitchell Three Gospels by Reynolds Price The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer The Prodigal God by Timothy Keller Heaven by Randy Alcorn Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism by John Shelby Spong Believing God by Beth Moore The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster The Knowledge of the Holy by A. W. Tozer Desiring God by John Piper