Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth | 
|  | | | Title: | Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth | | Author: | Burton L. Mack | | Publisher: | HarperOne | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 06 September, 1996 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0060655186 / 9780060655181 | | List Price: | $17.95 | | You Save: | $4.84 | | Amazon Price: | $13.11 | |
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The Making of the Christian Myth Commencing in mid February 2004, SBS TV (Australia) will run a two–part documentary based on this title. In this groundbreaking and controversial book, Burton Mack brilliantly exposes how the Gospels are fictional mythologies created by different communities for various purposes and are only distantly related to the actual historical Jesus. Mack's innovative scholarship which boldly challenges traditional Christian understanding' will change the way you approach the New Testament and think about how Christianity arose. The clarity of Mack's prose and the intelligent pursuit of his subject make compelling reading. Mack's investigation of the various groups and strands of the early Christian community out of which were generated the texts of Christianity's first anthology of religious literature and makes sense of a topic that has been confusing.
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• Who Wrote The New Testament?: The Making Of The Christian Myth 15 March, 2008
The author throws out an endless stream of interesting facts and observations that are not just his opinions, but the best of current knowledge. He not only shows the history of Christian belief, but how that history was carefully reconstructed.
This is an enjoyable and informative book. This is history told as a story. The author makes you want to know what happens next and why. When you finish, you will certainly have a better understanding of Judeo-Christian culture and the foundations of Western Civilization. But you don't need to be particularly interested in Christian history to find this book enjoyable, it is enough if you find the development of cultures and the creative ways they find to adapt to a changing world interesting.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3OBAUE07OGZ5G
• The Making Of The Christian Myth 11 November, 2008
This book is an interesting and readable account of the history of the Greek scriptures and the communities that produced them. Mack provides an exceptional introduction to the different sects and disagreements that went into creating the Greek scriptures.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2GEZBHKX1J609
• Bad History - One Man's Political Agenda 19 October, 2007
I don't understand how people can take this seriously. This is basically the author's ploy to get his socio/political opinion out there and have it backed by his "Jesus".
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• Wrong Title, Right Subtitle. 23 November, 2008
The subtitle of this densly written book should be the title. Who Wrote the New Testament is a very densely written book full of interesting speculations on the evolution of early Christianity and the New Testament. The author presumes the reader has at least some knowledge of textual critism before reading this book, for example he discusses how the three edits(?), revisions(?) of the Q document affected the early Christ Cult, without describing the evolution of the document itself or the evidence for the various changes in Q.
I did not find the writing style to be very engaging and often found my brain tuned out as I was reading.
If you've got a strong foundation in the development New Testament Criticism, and you want speculation on the origin of the beliefs that make up Orthodox Christianity, this book may be for you.
If you're looking for a review of where the books of the New Testament came from and why they were included in the Cannon, I sugguest you keep looking.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2CSLQRSRGHES
• You Should Also Read... 14 August, 2008
You should also read "The Case For Christ". It is a story of a devout atheist's crusade to disprove the divinity of Jesus only to end up a believer in Him.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1OC2623IYEGAP
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