Book #123723

Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes, Freeing Jesus from 2,000 Years of Misunderstanding - 1st Edition/1st Printing

John Shelby Spong

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Harpersanfrancisco, 1996.

Price: $50.00

A first Printing of the First Edition in Fine condition housed in a lightly scuffed Near Fine dust-jacket, the title page and front cover of the dust-jacket bear the same owner's embossed library stamping;

John Shelby Spong’s book, Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes, offers readers a unique and transformative way of reading the Bible. Spong argues that the gospels were intended primarily as a Jewish document and that, as such, they should be read in light of Jewish thought and tradition. This approach, Spong believes, will help readers to better understand the biblical narratives and to appreciate the gospel message in a whole new way.; 8vo; 361 pages.