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The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q and Christian Origins

by Burton L. Mack · 1993

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The first book to give the 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.

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medium · 288 pages

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