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Buy geza vermes ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. In the authentic gospel of jesus, renowned biblical scholar geza vermes distils a lifetimes knowledge to examine every saying attributed to. The authentic gospel of jesus by geza vermes goodreads. Geza vermes, fba was a british academic, biblical scholar, and judaist of hungarian jewish originone who also served as a catholic priest in his youthand writer on history of religion, particularly judaism and early christianity.
Is it right to attribute the origins of christianity to jesus, or could it be down to st paul. Pdf geza vermes and the third quest for the historical jesus. Geza vermes has created an interesting and accurate read. Professor vermes is the author of the complete dead sea scrolls in english 1997 and the changing faces of jesus 2000. In the authentic gospel of jesus, renowned biblical scholar geza vermes distils a lifetimes knowledge to examine every saying attributed to jesus and return to the true teachings of the man behind the messiah. The authentic gospel of jesus penguin uk, 2004 2004 there can be no doubt that jesus, a religious genius as geza vermes describes him, lived and taught in palestine some 2000 years ago. From 1957 to 1991 he taught in at the universities of newcastle and oxford.
Description of the book the authentic gospel of jesus. He wrote about the dead sea scrolls and ancient works in aramaic such as the targumim, and on the life and religion of jesus. The authentic gospel of jesus penguin uk, 2004 2004. The result is a book of unique value and novelty scraping aside the accretions of centuries to come as close as we can hope to be to the true jesus. Geza vermes is the unchallenged doyen of scholarship in the englishspeaking world on the jewish literature of the age of jesus, especially the dead sea scrolls. The authentic gospel of jesus by geza vermes books. He was one of the most important voices in contemporary jesus research, and he has been described as the greatest jesus scholar of. In the authentic gospel of jesus, renowned biblical scholar geza vermes distils a lifetimes knowledge to examine every saying attributed to jesus and return to. After all he was a jew, and this book helps give an insight into his religion at the time. In the authentic gospel of jesus, vermes subjects all the sayings of jesus to brilliantly informed scrutiny.