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Category: Books (Religion)
Author: Price, Reynolds
Author: Price, Reynolds
ISBN-10: 068483281X
ISBN-10: 068483281X
ISBN-13: 9780684832814
ISBN-13: 9780684832814
Publisher: Scribner
Publisher: Scribner
Pages: 288
Pages: 288
Binding: Paperback
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 01-Jun-1997
Pub Date: 01-Jun-1997
SKU: 068483281X-11-MPOD
SKU: 068483281X-11-MPOD
Item ID: 100299515
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Reading Group Discussion Points

One of the prime purposes of the gospels, obviously, is to induce belief in the reader -- belief that the man Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah, the only Son of God. If you resist that purpose (as millions of people do) what changes might you have made in the manuscripts of Mark and John -- changes that would have made their central contentions more convincing to you?
Though Mark and John do not set out to give you a detailed, intimate biography of the birth, career, and death of Jesus of Nazareth, deduce from your study of their central figure whatever you can honestly find of biographical and/or physical distinctiveness. Does the fact that Jesus could cover large distances on foot in rocky landscapes suggest that he was an especially robust man, for instance; or does the fact that he died on a cross in about three hours suggest the opposite -- that he was frail and quickly succumbed to torture? Deduce, as well, any mental and emotional traits you find implicit in what the gospels tell you about their main figure.
Given the immensely broad effects of Christianity (for good and for havoc) on the planet and on the lives of all living creatures, what changes do you think Mark and John might make in their works if they could return now and see the result of their efforts some two thousand years ago?
Is there any convincing evidence in either Mark or John that Jesus of Nazareth intended to found a new religious community -- a congregation of believers in his Sonship -- that would capture a great part of the Earth and hold it, even till now?
In his lifetime, Jesus seems to have been most noted for his healings of the sick and perhaps even the raising of the dead. Look at Mark's and John's accounts of those alleged healings and decide which seem most convincing, or most fantastic, to you now. How does he differ, from, say, a televised religious healer of the present? Perhaps hl�2