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This text offers an alternative view of what Jesus really said based on a direct translation from Aramaic. By way of an example, the author explains that the use of the word “good” in the phrase “a good tree brings forth good fruit” in fact translates as “ripe”, thus changing the meaning.

The Hidden Gospel

Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic Jesus

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  • Paperback

    232 pages

  • Release Date

    8 May 2001

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Summary

In two previous books, Neil Douglas-Klotz pioneered a radical new way of translating the words of Jesus—filtering them through the imagistic worldview of the Aramaic language which Jesus himself spoke. Seen through this lens, familiar sayings such as “Blessed are the meek” come into vibrant contemporary focus as “Healthy are those who have softened what is rigid within.”

In The Hidden Gospel, Douglas-Klotz employs this approach to decode the spiritual and prophetic messages hi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780835607957
ISBN-10:083560795X
Author:Neil Douglas-Klotz
Publisher:Quest Books,U.S.
Imprint:Quest Books,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:8 May 2001
Weight:392g
About The Author

Neil Douglas-Klotz

Neil Douglas-Klotz is an internationally known scholar in the fields connecting religious studies (comparative Semitic hermeneutics) and psychology as well as a poet and musician. He is the author of Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus, The Aramaic Jesus Book of Days, Prayers of the Cosmos, and The Hidden Gospel and coauthor of The Tent of Abraham with Sister Joan Chittister and Rabbi Arthur Waskow. He is the past chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of Religion.

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