Lost Gospel: (Record no. 61340)
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| International Standard Book Number | 0060653744 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 226.066 Mac |
| Item number | 8 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 226.066 Mac |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mack, Burton L. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lost Gospel: |
| Remainder of title | The book of Q and origins |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Burton L. Mack |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | The Lost Gospel |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | San Francisco, California |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | HarperSanFrancisco |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | ©1993 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 275 p |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Title | Contents: The discovery of a lost gospel The text of the lost gospel The recovery of a social experiment The reconception of christian origins The consequences |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "This is the first full account of the lost gospel of Jesus' original followers, revealing him to be a Jewish Socrates who was mythologized into the New Testament Christ. Compiled by his followers during his lifetime, the Book of Q (from Quelle, German for source) became the prime foundation for the New Testament gospels. Once lost, it has been reconstructed through a century of scholarship. In presenting his own translation, Burton Mack explains how the text of Q was determined and explores the implications of the discovery that Jesus was transformed into the dying and rising messianic savior of Christianity by the New Testament gospels." "Instead of telling a dramatic story about Jesus' life as the Christian gospels do, the Book of Q contained only his sayings. The first followers of Jesus focused not upon his life and destiny, but on the social experiment called for by his teachings. Their book collected his proverbs, aphorisms, and parables to offer instruction in living authentically in the midst of a most confusing time." "In The Lost Gospel, Burton Mack puts forth the first popular translation of Q as scholarly consensus has reconstructed it; shows that Jesus' life story as presented in the New Testament gospels was fictionalized for theological purposes; reveals Jesus to be a countercultural teacher and leader - subsequently mythologized into the Christ of the New Testament; depicts Jesus' followers not as Christians, but as disciples of a wise, antiestablishment teacher; they did not believe him to be the son of God, believe that he rose from the dead, or gather to worship in his name and concludes that Christianity is a mythologized religion (like Buddhism and other religions) rooted in a historical figure and teachings that in reality are quite remote from conventional beliefs."--Jacket |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 65773 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Christianity Origin |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Document Q (Critique biblique) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 200 - 299 |
| Lost status | Barcode | Date last seen |
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| 657738 | 2007-08-01 |