The Book Depository The Hidden Gospel by Neil Douglas-Klotz
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Description: The Hidden Gospel : Paperback : Quest Books,U.S. : 9780835607957 : 083560795X : 01 Mar 2001 : In The Hidden Gospel, Douglas-Klotz employs this approach to decode the spiritual and prophetic messages hidden within key words and concepts in the sayings and stories of Jesus. We learn to our delight, for instance, that when Jesus spoke of goodness he used a word which in Aramaic means ripe and refers to actions which are in time and tune with the Sacred Unity of all life. The Hidden Gospel aims to bridge the gap between the historical Jesus of the scholar and the Jesus of faith of Christian believers. It will appeal to everyone looking for an alternative spiritual vision of Jesus and his message. The Book Depository The Hidden Gospel by Neil Douglas-Klotz - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: marc pickard
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Review: This audiobook is a must. If you have been a Christian for a day or most of your life, at some point you ask yourself, as I did. Is there something more that I'm not being told? Is it the real deal or am I being lied to? Well if you want to know the real truth, then this book is the nearest truth, that I have found in more than 10 years of searching. Peace be with you.
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Review: I bought this book because I'm interested in the oral(Aramaic) background to the gospels. I already have a collection of books on this subject but thought another would provide more insights. The author does indeed select (only) some gospel texts and show how, if the Greek is translated into Aramaic, the words can have several meanings and not just those of the Greek. Given the nature of the book, (see below), it remains to be seen if his translations are accurate! With his new list of words he then proceeds to pick out those which fit into his particular picture of Jesus. His paraphrases of the gospel texts end up by creating a Gnostic Wisdom teacher. He inserts into the Gospel texts ideas that are totally foreign to it, to the extent that a first century Jew couldn't understand what Jesus was saying. When compared to the historical Jesus, for whom we have a great deal of information, this portrait looks like a New Age invention, or perhaps a Sufi invention as the author is a Sufi. It certainly doesn't fit in with a first century Jesus. The end result of his, so-called research, is a Jesus who is unbelievable. I am OK about quirky views of Jesus as long as they will fit with the historical person, but here, it is not the case. The spiritual message of Jesus has not been "decoded" by Douglas-Klotz. The "Good News" can be readily found in the gospels and its subtleties can indeed be uncovered by a study of Hebrew words and idioms. But his Jesus is a parody derived from his own personal philosophy. My recent research on the Aramaic foundation to the gospels has revealed that the original oral text is, in fact, Hebrew. Scholars have dismissed the "Aramaic primacy" theory. So, it would seem, both I and Douglas-Klotz are on the wrong track. So don't waste your money by buying the book. NB. I should have known the book would not be based on any proper analysis because it is published by Theosophical Publishing House. Theosophists are not noted for rigourous research and study, but for their unsupported invented theories.
