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The Real Jesus: Then and Now
Author(s): Geza Vermes (Author)
- Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
- Publication Date: 1 July 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 185 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780800697631
- ISBN-13: 0800697634
Book Description
“Geza Vermes is best known as a respected editor and translator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and as the author of a successful series of books on the historical Jesus. In these essays written for the popular press, he reveals himself as an astute and thoughtful cultural critic as well. He writes cogently and candidly on Mel Gibson, Dan Brown, Benedict xvi, the scandal of the delayed publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and, yes, the historical Jesus as well. Small bites, but each one nourishing.” Luke Timothy Johnson Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta
“These elegant and humane essays will enlighten everyone interested in Jesus, the world in which he lived, and the modern efforts to portray him.” E. P. Sanders Arts and Sciences Professor Emeritus of Religion Duke University
The short essays in The Real Jesus, many of which first appeared in The Times of London and other newspapers, open to the general reader the findings of some of the major discoveries of the twentieth century, especially the Dead Sea Scrolls, as they shed light on contemporary religious and biblical questions. Both brilliant and judicious, Vermes proves a capable and entertaining guide to some of the deepest religious impulses of our time.
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About the Author
GEZA VERMES is Emeritus Fellow of the British Academy and Emeritus Professor of Jewish Studies and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford University. He has been an international leader in the field of Dead Sea Scrolls research for more than forty years. Among his Fortress Press volumes are Jesus in His Jewish Context (2003) and An Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls (1999).
