What the Gospels Meant

ISBN: 014311512X

Author: Wills, Garry

Condition: New

A remarkable achievement-a learned yet eminently readable and provocative exploration of the four small books that reveal most of whats known about the life and death of Jesus. (Los Angeles Times)Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.In his New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant and What Paul Meant, Garry Wills offers tour-de-force interpretations of Jesus and the Apostle Paul. Here Wills turns his remarkable gift for biblical analysis to the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Wills examines the goals, methods, and styles of the evangelists and how these shaped the gospels' messages. Hailed as "one of the most intellectually interesting and doctrinally heterodox Christians writing today" (The New York Times Book Review), Wills guides readers through the maze of meanings within these foundational texts, revealing their essential Christian truths.