The Complete Jesus: All the Sayings of Jesus Gathered in a Single Volume for the First Time - Softcover

Mayotte, Ricky Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883642779 ISBN 13: 9781883642778

Publisher: Steerforth, 1998

Synopsis

The complete teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, as recorded by ancient writers in the first century following his life and death--collected in a single volume for the first time.

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From Library Journal

Who was Jesus and what did he really say? Though not attempting to answer that question, Mayotte, a self-trained theologian, offers a database of sorts to assist in the process. He has gathered sayings attributed to Jesus from 24 ancient sources, including the New Testament, the New Testament Apocrypha, and the Nag Hammadi Gnostic texts, and arranged them, without comment, into nine categories. He uses standard translations of the apocryphal and Gnostic texts and three versions of the canonical writings (KJV, NKJV, RSV). Though there is some value in extracting these sayings and making them available in one place, weaknesses limit the usefulness of this work. First, there are notable omissions; for example, the words of Jesus in Acts 1, 9, 11, 20, 22, and 26 and 1 Corinthians 11 are excluded. Second, some of Mayotte's "parables" are actually proverbs, and some of his "doctrines" are warnings or commandments. A few of the sayings appear in more than one category. This volume has promise but needs reworking. Not recommended.?Craig W. Beard, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Steerforth
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1883642779
• ISBN 13: 9781883642778
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270