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Title: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
WHAT THE GOSPELS REALLY TEACH US ABOUT JESUS'S BIRTH
By: Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0281060045
ISBN 13: 9780281060047
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Publisher: SPCK PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 21 August, 2008
Pages: 240
Description: 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.
Synopsis: 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 the perspective of both the first and the twenty-first centuries. They successfully show that the Christmas story, read in its original context, is far richer and more challenging than people imagine.
Illustrations: Illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: SPCK Publishing
Returns: Returnable
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