Overview
Not long after Jesus' death, some of his followers began to report that they had seen Jesus, that he had been raised from the dead. Are these stories pious hoaxes? Do they represent living reality? Are they theological fantasies, concocted by the early Christian church as a means to distinguish itself from its religious and political context? With all the books that have been written about this subject, it seems that some kind of consensus might have arisen. Yet, in the late twentieth century previously unknown Gospels and other scriptures were discovered that expand and clarify the New Testament records. In Telling the Untold Stories, John Beverly Butcher explores the canonical and non-canonical Resurrection stories helping readers discover the enormous variety of experiences Jesus friends, family, and followers had of the Risen Christ. At the same time, Butcher's book invites readers to reflect on these first-century stories to discover what the Resurrection means in their own lives. John Beverley Butcher is a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of California and is the author of The Tao of Jesus. For: General audiences; pastors; seminarians; undergraduates>
Full Product Details
Author: John Beverley Butcher
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group - Trinity
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.286kg
ISBN: 9781563383489
ISBN 10: 1563383489
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 January 2001
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Strong section on healing and its essential ingredients (Gospel of Philip) of trust, hope, love, and knowledge. Travis Du Priest, reviewing for The Living Church, April 1, 2001--, The Living Church
John Beverley Butcher has loosed his fertile imagination on both the Canonical Scriptures and the Apocalyptic Gospels and other early texts discovered in the caves at Nag Hammadi in 1945. The result is a highly readable expansive treatment of the Resurrection Stories of Jesus. He pieces together data, fills in the missing details, relates sources one to another, allows his educated guesses to be entertained, and in the process elicits fresh insights, some of which are startlingly new and evocative. Above all else, he cracks open the literal envelope in which so many people seem to keep a hidden and tamed gospel that no longer excites. ----John Shelby Spong Blurb from reviewer
Author Information
John Beverley Butcher is a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of California.
