The Three Gospels

by Reynolds Price

Book Overview

In Three Gospels, the esteemed novelist, dramatist, scholar, essayist, and poet, Reynolds Price turned his attention back to a literary love he had discovered earlier in his career: translation. But... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684803364
• ISBN13: 9780684803364
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A literary translation

The essays with the translations are full of information. The translations are done by a person who is sensitive to the literary techniques of the original so the translations have a similar feel as the Greek. Unlike many translators, Price has no problem of properly using "I AM" when Jesus clearly is saying that. If you wonder who Jesus said he was, read this. It is clear.

Marvelous contribution to gospel scholarship; accessible to everyone

Price has done a beautiful thing here with his dedicated and solid work on the gospels. And thank Heaven he speaks up for John bar Zebedee being the author of his gospel. The commentary is deeply moving -- some of the best writing on the gospels I've seen anywhere. I'm grateful for this book. I return to it again and again. Of late, academic scholarship has done so much to tear the gospels to shreds, to rob them of their intensity and depth, to deny their individual personality and power. Reynolds is a wonderful corrective to all this, a brilliant writer who approaches the texts we have with profound respect and fascinating insight, and his writing is truly elegant and expressive and sensitive -- an inspiration. This is a gem of a book.

Mistake Again!

Ahem.Mr Price is not the Editor. He's the author! (I wonder if any one reads these reviews and notes its contents). Its still a wonderful book, with a fresh new look at the Gospels of Mark and John. And frankly, after reading it, one gets a new perspective of the relationship between God and man. It certainly gave me a stronger foundation and background to the two gospels and an insight into Christ.

A fresh look at the life of Jesus and told by Mark and John

Having been away from the life of Jesus for almost 40 years, I found this book enthralling. It made me think about what Price calls "the Jesus sect" in a very different way. I recommend it to anyone who lost faith in a childhood Christianity but seeks something spiritual in their life.

This book should be required reading for any theology class.

The best thing about The Three Gospels, to me, is that Mr. Price's translation and exegesis adds to the mystery of Mark and John while making them real, everyday people at the same time. Mr. Price inspires a passionate study of the Gospels, not to disprove or make intellectual arguments, but to enter more deeply the divine mystery of Jesus's life, death, and resurrection. This book should be required reading for any theology program. Cynthia M. Pease