The Gospel of the Four: A Unique Conflation of the Four Gospels into a Single Continous Narrative, Explicated by the Author's Commentary [Paperback]

Some of the unique postulations catalogued - that the texts surrounding the Nativity accounts do not contradict each other/that Jesus was most likely conceived on Christmas Day/that there are 42 miracles up to the Resurrection and 7 following, resulting in 50 in all, prior to the Ascension/why the Gospel of Matthew has dislocated narrative/that Jesus preached 4 times to the cities of Galilee and 3 times to the cities of Judea/that the purging of the Temple took place 6 months after the start of Jesus’ ministry and 6 months prior to the end of His ministry/that the Sermon on the Mount took place on the Mount Olives, with the Sermon down the Mount taking place near Capernaum/that John the Baptist must have been imprisoned twice, finally resulting in his death/that Jesus’ mother and brothers came to Him twice/that the ‘Feast’ in John 5:1 is a Feast of Tabernacles/why Matthew and Mark have ‘after 6 days’ before the Transfiguration, whereas Luke has ‘after 8 days’/where Luke’s Central Section takes place/how Luke relates to John over the man with oedema, the 34th miracle/how the Synoptics relate to John over the resurrection of Lazarus, the 40th miracle/that Jesus rode into Jerusalem twice/that the accounts surrounding the Passion and the Resurrection do not contradict each other/that Caiaphas interrogated Jesus twice/that Jesus died ultimately from the stroke of a spear/that Jesus presented Himself to the Father after His resurrection after appearing to Mary first, before appearing to Peter next, and subsequently the rest of the women/that the 5th appearance was to the 10 apostles, and the 6th appearance to the 12/that there were 2 meetings held in Jerusalem after they all returned from Galilee, the last resulting in the Ascension.

Many people read the four Gospels separately, and it becomes very difficult to remember what each Gospel writer refers to that is different to the other one. By reading the four accounts together, as in the text of The Gospel of the Four, the whole and complete story and facts unfold that relate to the same scenario recorded by each Gospel writer. This also enables the reader to witness a more conclusive and accurate account with the consecutive order of all the events also emerging clearer. For readers who do a daily reading of the Gospels, the factor of being able to read the four accounts in their entirety is an appealing option as well.

The author was born in Germany in 1944. In 1948 he came to the West Midlands where he has resided since. He had a formal education and did not attend and educational institutions relating to the subject of this book until in his forties when he attended many lectures at the Centre for the Study of Judaism and Jewish/Christian Relations, Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham. He is also a member of the Council of Christian and Jews. He is married with three grown up children who have all gone on to make lives for themselves.