Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

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User Review - DubiousDisciple - LibraryThing

I read this little book several years back, and wanted to make sure it isn’t forgotten. Marcus Borg is one of my favorite writers, and this is what I’ve always considered his “coming out” book. The ... Read full review

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User Review - JRexV - LibraryThing

Powerful book. Insightful and realistic look at who Jesus was and who Jesus has become. Promotes the value and liberation of considering a metaphorical understanding of the story of Jesus Read full review

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User Review - the_awesome_opossum - LibraryThing

Marcus Borg is one of the most influential Jesus scholars we have today. His characterization of Jesus is a "spirit person," one who's especially in touch with the divine and connects the power of God ... Read full review

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User Review - j.m.c. - LibraryThing

Clear writer & thinker. I disagree with his assumptions about what could and could not have happened historically and about who Jesus was and is. Read full review

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User Review - heartyheretic - LibraryThing

I love this book. Borg lays out the difference between the conventional wisdom of the Roman Empire-dominated Mediterranean world in which Jesus lived, and the subversive wisdom of the teachings of ... Read full review

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User Review - CrosswicksQuakers - LibraryThing

In Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, New Testament scholar Marcus Borg attempts to understand how popular images of Jesus connect Christians to their savior and isolate them from him. Borg ... Read full review