Jesus, Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary

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	• Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary Marcus J. Borg HarperOne, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 37 reviews view larger image
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Jesus, Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary

A scholarly work, easy to read, not too difuse, nor is it doctrinaire. A worthwile book both for the biblical scholar and the general reader.

A wealth of knowledge for christians and non-christians alike

Marcus Borg has been fine tuning his view of emerging Christianity for many years and each time he writes another book the message becomes more clear and compelling. This book focuses on Jesus but he also takes this opportunity to once again explain his important understanding about how to read the Bible and about how to live a Christian life. Modern Christianity has lost its ability to tell a convincing story about Jesus but in this book Borg shows us how to tell the story to the many people today that can no longer follow the religious-right. I can't imagine anyone reading this book without making a decision to follow Jesus. The story is compelling once you learn to strip away the dogma and Borg does an excellent job of helping us with that task.

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Continuing Enlightenment

Marcus Borg is one of the most important writers about religion, especially Christianity, today. WHile he has continued to attempt to open Biblical text to seekers, it appears that he has done so with the understanding that people can't take too many new truths at once. This book is a thrill for those of us who are in step with Borg, and hopefully will prove to be mind-expanding, rather than mind-closing, for those who are a few steps behing.

Helped Me Understand the Historical Jesus

I really enjoyed this book. Borg did a great job of flushing out some of Jesus's most complex parables, and he made Jesus, the person, real. Reading this book was a very intense experience for me. My only criticism is that he didn't get deep enough into the conflict between Jesus and the Rabbis of that time. I think Borg was scared to offend people.

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A Revitalization of Scripture

Borg brings the New Testament back to life with his updated perspective. He provides a new, modern day, way of looking at the scriptures that gives them a deeper meaning and relevance for 21st century Christians. He exposes the "real" pre-Easter Jesus, the man we can all relate to and whose teachings we can all aspire to follow and, by separating him from the post-Easter Jesus, gives greater meaning to them both.

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