About this title: "New York Times"-bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Wills interprets the four Gospels, brilliantly examining the goals, methods, and styles of the evangelists and discussing how these shaped their messages.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2008-02-14
ISBN-13:9780670018710ISBN:0670018716
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Binding: Audio Book
Publisher: Penguin Group USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780143142997ISBN:0143142992
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"Interesting comparison and contrast of the 4 gospels. Heard as book on tape so I was not able to digest comments and think more about the different topics. Would probably be useful listening to it again."
"Drawing heavily on the work & thought of the late scholar Raymond Brown, Garry Wills looks at the individual Gospels as each speaking to a particular Christian community when they were written. For the present then, Wills views the Gospels each embodying aspects of Christ contributing to the whole man and movement. Fascinating in stretches, What the Gospels Meant may serve well as a primer, but one should most likely go directly to Brown. Of the trilogy (What Paul Meant, What Jesus Meant, and What the Gospels Meant) the book on Paul is the most convincing & thoughtful."
"This is a quick read about a difficult and broad subject. Wills is a prolific writer, covering subjects as diverse as Lincoln, the Catholic Church and theology. Most of what Wills has to say about Jesus and the Gospels he gleaned from the theologian Raymond Brown, therefore feels condensed and watered down. Still it is a good starting point to understanding the focus of each gospel, but I felt like wanted to know more. I guess I have to read more Brown for myself."
"Discussion of the similarities and discrepancies in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
I enjoyed Wills's translations, which he did not prettify in the way that many translators do--he kept the sometimes awkward constructions and tense shifts that others smooth out. I especially liked that he translates "the valley of the shadow of death" as simply "the breaking point."
I was always taught that, in the book of John, "the disciple whom Jesus loved" referred to John himself, who was too modest to use his own name. Wills presents evidence that the beloved disciple may have been a young follower of Jesus and that the description may have been an affectionate nickname.
Also, Wills says that just about every theologist now agrees that Jesus had four brothers and two sisters, and that none of them believed He was the Messiah."
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