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Mythologizing Jesus : from Jewish teacher to epic hero /
MacDonald shows how Gospel stories parallel many Greek and Roman epics-from walking on water to visiting the land of the dead-to compel first-century readers into life-changing decisions to follow Jesus. MacDonald doesn't call into question the existence of Jesus but rather asks readers to exam...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The Christian superhero
- Born divine and human
- Empowerment from above and enlisting sailors
- Feeding thousands
- Master of the winds
- Tamer of monsters
- Curing an old woman and bringing a girl back to life
- Water walker
- Land of the dead
- Blind seer
- Daring hero eats with the enemy
- Hero in disguise transformed
- Curing a boy with a demon
- Entering a city in disguise
- Clearing out a den of robbers
- Prophet anointed by a woman
- Following a water carrier
- Preparing for death while friends sleep
- Traitor in the midst
- Cowardly promise breaker
- Preferring a rascal to a hero
- Heroic death and mourning women
- Rescuing a corpse
- Living dead
- Disappearing into the sky
- Appendix. The gospels of Matthew and John.