Scripting Jesus: The Gospels in Rewrite â How Gospel Writers Crafted Performance Pieces for Four Different Audiences

White, L. Michael

ISBN 10: 006122880X / ISBN 13: 9780061228803

Published by HarperOne, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scripting Jesus: The Gospels in Rewrite â How Gospel Writers Crafted Performance Pieces for Four Different Audiences
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006122880X
• ISBN 13: 9780061228803
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

In Scripting Jesus, Michael White, famed scholar of early Christian history, reveals how the gospel stories of Jesus were never meant to be straightforward historical accounts, but rather were scripted and honed as performance pieces for four different audiences with four different theological agendas. As he did as a featured presenter in two award-winning PBS Frontline documentaries (“From Jesus to Christ” and “Apocalypse!”), White engagingly explains the significance of some lesser-known aspects of The New Testament; in this case, the development of the stories of Jesus—including how the gospel writers differed from one another on facts, points of view, and goals. Readers of Elaine Pagels, Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, and Bart Ehrman will find much to ponder in Scripting Jesus.

About the Author

L. Michael White is Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Classics and Christian Origins and the director of the Institute for the Study of Antiquity and Christian Origins at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of From Jesus to Christianity and has been featured in and co-written two award-winning PBS Frontline documentaries.