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The Authentic Gospel of Jesus

By Geza Vermes

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| Hardcover | 9780713995671

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In his new book, acclaimed religious scholar Geza Vermes subjects all the sayings of Jesus to brilliantly informed scrutiny. Profoundly aware of the limits of our knowledge but immersed in what we do have—both the "official" gospels and associated Jewish and early Christian texts—Vermes Continue

In his new book, acclaimed religious scholar Geza Vermes subjects all the sayings of Jesus to brilliantly informed scrutiny. Profoundly aware of the limits of our knowledge but immersed in what we do have—both the "official" gospels and associated Jewish and early Christian texts—Vermes sieves through every quote ascribed to Jesus to let the reader get as close as possible to the charismatic Jewish healer and moralist who changed the world. The result is a book that creates a revolutionary and unexpected picture of Jesus—scraping aside the accretions of centuries to approach as close as we can hope to his true teaching.

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  • A question of faith

    The Authentic Gospel of Jesus by Geza Vermes 440pp, Allen Lane, £20 Our loss of innocence about the New Testament dates back to the mid 19th century, when Protestant pioneers in Germany published lives of Jesus sharply at odds with the gospel record. ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • The elusive face of God

    The biographical note on the jacket of this magisterial book tells us that Professor Geza Vermes was born in Hungary in 1924 and that from 1957 to 1991 he taught at the universities of Newcastle and Oxford. It also tells us that ‘his pioneering work ... (read full critics)

    spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 464 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 071399567X
  • ISBN-13: 9780713995671
  • Publisher: Allen Lane
  • Pub date: Nov 06, 2003
  • Also available as: Paperback and eBook
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