Title: Nothing earth shaking here
Product review: Granted I haven't gotten past part I, which can be summerized with the statement the the accepted gospels were written to make the life of Jesus agree with the proficies of the Old Testament, hardly earth shaking. Something that was repeated several times over 132 pages. If this book wasn't being discussed at church it would be headed to the local used book emporium. He also discusses the accepted gospels as being writen by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John even though it is known that the earliest copies of these works do not credit authorship, which I feel compromises Spong's scholarship.I have just started "Jesus, Interrupted" by Bart Ehrman, which I purchased at the same time more or less on impulse and I alread find it a more easy of a read. I may recommend it to our minister to be used in my Unitarian Church's Christian Covenant group. I deffinantly would reccommend the above book over Spong's as a study book on the Bible.
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