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The Christian Myth

By Burton Mack

The Christian Myth

By Burton Mack

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This book traces Burton Mack's intellectual evolution, from a creative analyst of ancient texts, to a scholar searching for the motives and interests of Jesus's followers who composed those texts, and for the social logic of "the Christian myths" they created. Mack rejects depictions of Jesus that have emerged from the quest for the "historical Jesus"--peasant teacher, revolutionary leader, mystical visionary or miracle-working prophet--on the grounds that they are based on a priori assumptions about Jesus, and are therefore contradictory. In addition, he argues, these portrayals are untrue to the many images of Jesus produced by the early Christians. Using systematic analysis, Mack seeks to describe and understand the cultural and anthropological influences on the conception and adoption of Christian myths and rituals.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
238
Release Date:
2003-09-01
Publication Date:
2003-09-01
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0826415431
ISBN13:
9780826415431
Weight:
351 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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