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It is the twenty-second century. The Earth is an ecological mess
where the UN has become the dominant political influence. To reduce
the exploitation of resources and pollution on earth, mining
colonies have been established on the Moon and Mars. The jewel in
the UN space development program was 'Project JUPITER', centred on
the UNSV GALILEO, a deep space, survey and mining vessel built to
exploit the vast mineral resources of Jupiter and the asteroid
belt. Jan Maldrick of the Central Intelligence and Security Service
had been given a simple close protection assignment. However, he
found himself being dragged into the centre of conflicting
conspiracies to save the human race and obtain global dictatorial
power, with the GALILEO as the target for both. With no way out, he
becomes embroiled in a complex plot involving espionage, sabotage,
assassination and corruption. The GALILEO was the key. The vessel
needed to be protected and fate had selected him to achieve this.
Only the GALILEO and her crew could guarantee the future of
mankind. Confined to the Earth, humanity remains vulnerable.
Extreme climate change, volcanic activity, asteroid impact or
global nuclear war; any one of these could threaten us with
extinction. We have the technological capability; isn't it about
time we expanded beyond our planet to ensure survival of the
species? The story of the GALILEO Conspiracy seeks to create a
fictional future situation that might lead to a small band of
humanity taking that leap and leaving them in a state of affairs
that sets the scene and raises questions for future stories. What
might happen if a small band of talented and dedicated people made
their home in space? How would they survive? What kind of society
might they build? What would their challenges be? Are we alone?
The best text and the best translation are presented in this
classic introductory book to the "Gospel of Thomas". In December
1945, at the base of cliffs that run along the Nile River near the
modern-day town of Nag Hammadi, an Egyptian farmer discovered a
sealed jar containing thirteen ancient Coptic codices. This
discovery represented arguably the most significant manuscript
discovery of the twentieth century for the study of the New
Testament and Christian origins. Of all the texts found none has
been more important than the "Gospel of Thomas" for our
understanding of early Christianity. This classic book presents the
best text and the best translation of Thomas in user-friendly form.
Additional chapters provide a general introduction to the "Gospel
of Thomas" and tell the fascinating story of that discovery itself
by one who was directly involved in bringing this new Gospel to
light. An annotated list 'for further reading' completes the
volume. This new edition features updated material which takes
account of recent research on the "Gospel of Thomas". The
translation has been refined at points, and the bibliographical
material updated.
What difference does scholarship on the historical Jesus make for
the way we think about the meaning of Christian faith in the
twenty-first century? In "The Historical Jesus Goes To Church,
biblical scholars--Fellows of the Jesus Seminar--speak directly to
the ways in which new knowledge of the Jesus of history requires
and enables us to think differently about the significance of Jesus
and about the reliability and authority of the Bible. They also
imagine what these new understandings imply for public worship,
preaching, prayer and practice, and life in community. These
articles evoke the spirit of Paul, Christianity's first theologian,
who like us found himself standing at the intersection of two eras
and knew that he had to let go of his past if he hoped to have a
future.
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Profiles of Jesus (Paperback)
Robert W Funk, Roy W. Hoover, Marcus Borg, Kathleen E Corley, John Dominic Crossan, …
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Can the authentic words and deed of Jesus identified by the Jesus
Seminar furnish a sufficient basis for a credible profile of the
Jesus of history? That is the challenge faced by the contributors
to this volume. Their efforts have resulted in a unique collection
of studied impressions of Jesus. Here readers will see not Jesus
the icon of myth and creed, but a provocative young man of
first-century Palestine whose vision and determination to live the
vision gave birth to a new form of faith and changed the course of
history.
For most Christian believers, what is truly remarkable and
important about Jesus is not his life, but his resurrection from
the dead. They may believe that Jesus' death is significant not as
the end of Jesus' life, but as the first half of the saving event
that comprises the Christian gospel: the death and resurrection of
Jesus. For Christians, this great divine cosmic event, around which
all of human history pivots, is what saves us from our sins. Apart
from this, the death of Jesus would simply be the meaningless end
to an interesting but insignificant life. In this lively and
provocative work, Patterson reconstructs early Christian
assessments of Jesus' significance and also questions basic
assumptions about modern interpretations of Jesus' death. He
emphasizes the importance of Jesus' life in relation to his death
and resurrection. And he challenges individualistic notions of how
Jesus' death relates to Christian ethics.
"In December 1945, at the base of cliffs that run along the Nile
River near the modern-day town of Nag Hammadi, an Egyptian farmer
discovered, in a sealed jar, thirteen ancient Coptic codices
containing more than fifty separate tracts. This discovery
represented arguably the most significant manuscript discovery of
the twentieth century for the study of the New Testament and
Christian origins. Of all the texts in this Nag Hammadi Library,
none has been more celebrated than the Gospel of Thomas--a Gospel
that has played a crucial role in the newly emerging view of early
Christianity as a very diverse phenomenon and in the recent revival
of historical Jesus studies. Now, after more than fifty years of
study, the best text and the best translation of Thomas are
presented here in user-friendly form by the Berlin Working Group
for Coptic Gnostic Writings, with Stephen J. Patterson and James M.
Robinson. In addition, two essays have been included for persons
who may be unfamiliar with this new Gospel or with events that led
to its discovery and publication. The first, by Patterson, is a
general introduction to the Gospel of Thomas as it appears fifty
years after its discovery. The second, by Robinson, tells the
fascinating story of that discovery itself by one who was directly
involved in bringing this new Gospel to light. An annotated list
""for further reading"" completes the volume. Stephen J. Patterson
is Associate Professor of New Testament at Eden Theological
Seminary and author of The God of Jesus: The Historical Jesus and
the Search for Meaning (Trinity Press). James M. Robinson is the
former director of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity,
Professor Emeritus at The Claremont Graduate School, and editor of
The Nag Hammadi Library."
This book's title conveys its general premise, that is, that the
quest for the historical Jesus has always been closely related to
the Christian search for God. The author says that this is both
good and necessary, provided that one properly understands the
relationship between history and theology ("the Jesus of history"
and "the Christ of faith") and does not confuse the two. An opening
chapter explains the history of the quest for the historical Jesus
and how it has always been related to the search for God. It also
proposes a scheme for understanding the relationship between
history and theology. The remaining chapters focus on various
aspects of Jesus' life and teachings, related in large measure to
the work of the Jesus Seminar. Patterson also develops a theology
that might properly be called a "Jesus theology," and it is here
that his input to the discussions of and about Jesus makes its most
distinctive contribution. The accessible style of writing in the
book makes it useful for lay study groups. It is also suitable for
college and seminary classrooms as a beginning book on the
historical Jesus. Stephen J. Patterson is Associate Professor of
New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary and author of The Gospel
of Thomas and Jesus.
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