The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic

by John Shelby Spong

Book Overview

John Shelby Spong, bestselling author and popular proponent of a modern, scholarly and authentic Christianity, argues that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourth-century creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literary, interpretive retelling of the events in Jesus' life through the medium of fictional characters, from Nicodemus and Lazarus to the "Beloved Disciple." The Fourth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062011308
• ISBN13: 9780062011305
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 8.9"