Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes / 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.

Other Title	Freeing Jesus from 2000 years of Misunderstanding
GMD	Book
Corporate Author	Bible.NewTestament--Criticismandinterpretation
Classification	226.06 SPO
Publisher	New York, USA, HarperSanFrancisco, 1997
Subject	Bible. New Testament--Criticism and interpretationChristianity--Controversial literatureBible N.T. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible. O.T. Pentateuch--Liturgical useHaftarotSynoptic problemBible. O.T. Pentateuch--Relation to the New TestamentBible. O.T. Prophets (Neviím)--Relation to the New TestamentMidrash--Commentaries
Description	361
ISBN	9780060675578
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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.