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The Shadow of the Galilean (SCM Classics)
 
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The Shadow of the Galilean (SCM Classics) (Paperback)
by Gerd Theissen (Author), James D.G. Dunn (Preface)
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Product details
  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: SCM Press; New Ed edition (Oct 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0334028523
  • ISBN-13: 978-0334028529
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 192,895 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Book Description
Combining New Testament study with the terseness of thriller writing, Gerd Theissen succeeds brilliantly in conveying the gospel story in the fresh and imaginative prose of a novel. The story is told by Andreas, and imaginary contemporary of Jesus, who is trapped into becoming an informer for Pilate while trying to help a friend, who emerges as the Barabbas of the passion narratives. In this role as double agent, Andreas meets and talks to a wide variety of Jesus' contemporaries, during which we learn a great deal about Palestinian life and politics, as well as what Jesus (the Galilean of the title) might have been like and how he might have behaved. This is truly a story for our times, or how the gospels might have turned out if they had been written by John Le Carre or Frederick Forsyth: racy, readable, and full of nerve-tingling incident.

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Combining New Testament study with the terseness of thriller writing, Gerd Theissen conveys the gospel story in the fresh and imaginative prose of a novel. The story is told by Andreas, an imaginary contemporary of Jesus, who is trapped into becoming an informer for Pilate while trying to help a friend, who emerges as the Barabbas of the passion narratives. In this role as double agent, Andreas meets and talks to a wide variety of Jesus' contemporaries, during which we learn a great deal about Palestinian life and politics, as well as what Jesus (the Galilean of the title) might have been like and how he might have behaved. This is a story for our times, or how the gospels might have turned out if they had been written by John Le Carre or Frederick Forsyth: racy, readable, and full of nerve-tingling incident.

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