The lost way
Subtitle: how two forgotten gospels are rewriting the story of Christian origins
By: Stephen J. Patterson
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780062330482; 9780062330505
Subjects: Christianity; Origin; Canonical criticism; Criticism, interpretation; Q hypothesis (Synoptics criticism); Church history; Bible; Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)
Description: Reveals the story behind the modern discovery of the earliest gospels, accounts that do not portray Jesus exclusively as a martyr but recover a lost ancient Christian tradition centered on Jesus as a teacher of wisdom.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Another gospel; title: Discoveries; title: The Galilean gospel; title: Q reconstructed; title: Plato's gospel; title: Thomas translated; title: The first gospel; title: The first Christians; title: The lost way.