This new book aims to make the least-read best-seller readable. Its effort to make the "good book" a good read is a real revelation.
Modern Christianity has been described as the ultimate feel-good religion, but reading the New Testament can be an alarming experience; the gospels are far from being good news for the modern reader. The words of Jesus (or his ghost writers) specifically deny much of Sunday School theology, and only the most selective quotations can give anyone confidence in salvation. Jesus doesn't live up to his Good Shepherd reputation. The promise of a heavenly afterlife comes from Paul, whose views on sex, women, and the family do little for his credibility. Judgement Day could come at any moment.
Excerpting from the King James Version, David Voas's take on the New Testament presents "the word", warts and all. Mixing quotations and narrative, Voas systematically covers every chapter of each book of the gospels. The result is a critical yet entertaining discussion that provides everything the educated adult always suspected about the scriptures but was afraid to ask.
David Voas (La Luz, NM) is professor in the Division of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at New Mexico State University.
209 pages Publication date: 21st September, 1995
ISBN 0-87975-968-2
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