The Gospel According to Jesus: A New Translation and Guide to His Essential Teachings for Believers and Unbelievers Audible Audiobook – Abridged

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This translation of the life and teachings of Jesus creates an image of not only a great spiritual teacher, but of a real person. Eminent author and translator Stephen Mitchell's approach to the Gospels has been widely praised for its depth, clarity, and radiance. This is a stunning work for believers and non-believers alike.

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3 hours and 4 minutes
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Stephen Mitchell
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Stephen Mitchell
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December 15, 1999
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English
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Phoenix Books
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B0000544PL
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Abridged
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Listening Length	3 hours and 4 minutes
Author	Stephen Mitchell
Narrator	Stephen Mitchell
Audible.com Release Date	December 15, 1999
Publisher	Phoenix Books
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Abridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0000544PL
Best Sellers Rank	#70,759 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #110 in New Testament Bible Study (Audible Books & Originals) #147 in Bibles #156 in Bible Commentaries

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Beach reader

Incredible book

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2019

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Such a fantastic read, so accessible yet foundationally erudite. If you are interested in connections between Jesus and other wisdom religions, this is your book. If you want to get to know Jesus in a way that seems more genuine than whom the early church promoted, this is your eye-opener. Not just scholarly, but witty, wise, and built on a vast scholarship that Mitchell wears like a comfortable old sweater.

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bella

Recommend

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2016

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Very satisfied with service and book as described.

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L. W. Brown

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2016

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Great author - excellent additional point of view

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Karl Perkins

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2015

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Book arrived in perfect condition. Complete satisfaction.

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Dr. Warlphoost

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Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2015

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nice condition. Love the topic!

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Muhammad Khan

The GOspel according to Jesus is in Quran.

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2018

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In reality Gospel according to Jesus is what everyone should be looking.That is what I think.This small booklet is?I don't know.Red letter gospel?or o be truthful in Quran there is a lot on Jesus and Mary and remains unchanged for over 1400 years ago.

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chertx

Not for the discerning Christian

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2014

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Not impressed with his opinions or conjecture. I consider myself very open minded and have studied all the great religions, but I find this book without merit

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timbo

the Zen gospel of Stephen Mitchell

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022

If you take about 50% of this as correct you may have a good book. But half of this isn't true, I'll leave for you to decide which half.

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Tim

Fantastic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2014

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I've read the gospels before, but this really brought Jesus to life for me.

Jesus had a simple message: to love your neighbour as you would yourself; to let the seed of God within you grow and to share this good news with others... in other words, to become fully human and vulnerable to life on life's terms. This is such a simple message that it needs little explanation.

If/when we do reject the mythical aspects of Christianity, we risk throwing away everything - all the good bits, too. And I feel that to do so would be a shame -- when I found myself not believing in the resurrection, I could not help but think of Jesus with a bitter sadness: I felt that he was an 'impostor' whose words had once filled me with such joy and whose message I could no longer believe.

But in my haste to label myself an 'atheist' or 'agnostic' I have separated myself from my fellow man ("I belong to THIS group of people, but not THAT ONE") and missed Jesus's message entirely. He preached unconditional love for mankind and Abba, the Father. Friedrich Nietzsche made an interesting point about Christianity: that the modern-day Christians of his time that he encountered were so pre-occupied with doctrine, their inner spiritual sickness, and their separation from God, that they missed the point that Jesus made: that the Kingdom of God is within you.

Thus, I hope to lose my attachment to labels like atheist, agnostic, Christian, etc., and remember that Christianity should be a verb than a noun -- I am just a human being! Thank you Stephen Mitchell for helping me to see this.

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Ozaru

Be careful which edition you buy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2013

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The book is great, as other reviews say. However, beware! I searched for the cheapest edition, did a "Look Inside", decided the content looked fascinating, and clicked on "Add to Basket". When it arrived it was a tiny booklet, lacking most of what I had seen on screen. What had gone wrong?

It was my own fault. I had failed to notice that I was ordering the "Pocket edition - abridged" and that in "Look Inside" it had warned "This preview shows the 1992 paperback edition, not the 1995 edition you're on the point of buying". The pocket edition includes the Introduction and Gospel sections only; the Commentary, notes and appendices are omitted. Judging by "Look Inside", they're definitely worth reading so I'll now have to order the full size book too. Still, the pocket edition is a convenient size to carry around and browse inconspicuously on those rare (?) occasions when faced with a dull sermon, so it was not in vain.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2015

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Excellent product, excellent service!

C. St John

a very important book for those who care about the truth

Reviewed in Italy on April 30, 2021

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All my life, reading the Bible, the accounts and stories about Jesus, it seemed that two different men were speaking. one about love, forgiveness, mercy, and a loving God, the other, about hell, judgement, eternal suffering and so on, and I could not understand why it sounded like this to me. Then, this book comes in front of me, and there is a very satisfying, in the sense of resonating with my heart and truth, why the Gospels sounded like this to me. If you feel the same, you should explore this book with an open mind.

brian

I liked Mitchell's version of Tao Te Ching

Reviewed in Canada on August 5, 2016

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I liked Mitchell's version of Tao Te Ching, so I thought I would get copy of this one . I am not overly impressed with this book. I was a christian for 35 years but over the past 4 years I have become increasing agnostic concerning the gospels and the way they have been edited over the centuries and I have become increasingly agnostic concerning Christianity in general. His attempt to give Jesus the Buddha make over is a good try but I am not convinced. The Jesus figure was steeped in the Jewish Torah and its hard to imagine him as the enlightened being that Mitchell is trying to portray him as here, in this book. Would I recommend it .... Only if your desperate to see Jesus as having the Buddha nature.

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