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First Christmas
John Dominic Crossan
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Description for First Christmas
Paperback. Shows how history has biased our reading of the nativity story as it appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. This book explores the beginning of the life of Christ, peeling away the sentimentalism that has build up over two thousand years around this most well known of all stories to reveal the truth of what the Gospels actually say. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCG7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
In The First Christmas, two of today's top Jesus scholars, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan, show how history has biased our reading of the nativity story as it appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The First Christmas explores the beginning of the life of Christ, peeling away the sentimentalism that has build up over two thousand years around this most well known of all stories to reveal the truth of what the Gospels actually say. Borg and Crossan help us to see this familiar narrative afresh by answering the question 'What do these stories mean' from ... Read more
In The First Christmas, two of today's top Jesus scholars, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan, show how history has biased our reading of the nativity story as it appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The First Christmas explores the beginning of the life of Christ, peeling away the sentimentalism that has build up over two thousand years around this most well known of all stories to reveal the truth of what the Gospels actually say. Borg and Crossan help us to see this familiar narrative afresh by answering the question 'What do these stories mean' from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281060047
SKU
V9780281060047
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About John Dominic Crossan
Marcus J. Borg is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University and the author of many books, including Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time and The Heart of Christianity. John Dominic Crossan is the author of several bestselling books including God and Empire and The Historical Jesus. He lives in Minneola, Florida.
Reviews for First Christmas
"The Last Week: 'One of the most careful and insightful readings of the Bible I've ever come across... [an] important, fascinating and well-written book.' Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christian"