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The Last Supper, the Virgin Birth, the Resurrection: one by one the great beams of Christianity are being tested. Biblical scholars - once the guardians of Christian theology - are now using the tools of archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, computer science, and even particle physics to probe the question "Who was Jesus?" The result is a radical revision of the gospel story that is both surprisingly vivid and, to some people, deeply shocking. In Gospel Truth, Russell. Shorto draws the first composite of Jesus the man. With the skill of a seasoned journalist and the passion of an amateur…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 1998Riverhead Trade · 1 pages · 9781573226592
- Other · English · 1997Hodder & Stoughton · 291 pages · 9780340694008
- Other · English · 1997Riverhead Books · 305 pages · 9781573220569
Jesus SeminarHistory and criticismBiographyHistoricityRationalistic interpretationsHistory of doctrinesDoctrinal TheologyJesus Seminar. fast (OCoLC)fst01407797