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This book traces Burton Mack's intellectual evolution, from a creative analyst of ancient texts, to a scholar searching for the motives and interests of Jesus's followers who composed those texts, and for the social logic of "the Christian myths" they created. Mack rejects depictions of Jesus that have emerged from the quest for the "historical Jesus"--peasant teacher, revolutionary leader, mystical visionary or miracle-working prophet--on the grounds that they are based on a priori assumptions about Jesus, and are therefore contradictory. In addition, he argues, these portrayals are untrue to the many images of Jesus produced by the early Christians. Using systematic analysis, Mack seeks to describe and understand the cultural and anthropological influences on the conception and adoption of Christian myths and rituals. Reviews “"A fascinating and challenging revisionist reinterpretation of Christian origins and their legacy." --Interpretation” “"This is Mack at his best--thoughtful and sometimes brilliant; articulate and sometimes eloquent; persuasive and sometimes provocative and disturbing. The agenda and focus of the Christian Origins project that this book announces and begins

Who reads The Christian myth : origins, logic, and legacy?

Author

Burton L. Mack

Publisher

Continuum International Publishing Group, Incorporated

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826415431

Category

history

Subjects

Christian, Anthropology, History

Rating

4.3 / 5 (14 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14