Title: The Secret Gospels of Jesus: The Definitive Collection of Gnostic Gospels and Mystical Books About Jesus of Nazareth
Abstract: Marvin Meyer, premier scholar of and other Christian literature outside the Testament, presents every Gnostic and text with a brilliant overall introduction, introductions to each text, and full explanatory notes to aid the reader's understanding. He includes his latest translations of the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, the Gospel of Mary, as well as other texts such as the Secret Book of John, which some scholars regard as the second part of the New Testament of John. The material is largely from the discovery at Nag Hammadi, freshly translated and introduced, but also includes texts found elsewhere. Taken together, they present an image of Jesus as the ultimate wisdom teacher, a kind of mysterious Jewish master who continues to challenge us with his message of radical egalitarianism (regarding women, slaves, the poor, and the marginalised as of equal status, or more, with establishment male believers) and his insistence on living the message over observance only.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-12-01
Language: en
Type: book
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