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Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography

by John Dominic Crossan · 1994

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Jesus is a magisterial distillation of Crossan's lifelongwork on the gospels & Jesus. It's the controversial, bestselling account of what we know about the life of Jesus. This book is considered a revolutionary biography.

Subject
biographyhistoryphilosophyanthropologyliterary criticism
Themes
religionChristianspiritualityBiblephilosophy
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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