| Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth Contributor(s): Mack, Burton L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060655186 ISBN-13: 9780060655181 Publisher: HarperOne OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: Burton Mack, the most radical of the premier Jesus scholars, details how the Christian myth was created. 2 maps. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament - Religion | Biblical Commentary - New Testament - General |
| Dewey: 225.6 |
| LCCN: 95008937 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Making of the Christian Myth Commencing in mid February 2004, SBS TV (Australia) will run a two-part documentary based on this title. 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 and makes sense of a topic that has been confusing. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mack, Burton L.: - Burton L. Mack is John Wesley Professor of the New Testament at the school of Theology at Claremont and the author of The Lost Gospel: The Book Q and Christian Origin and A Myth of Innocence: Mark and Christian Origins. |