Christian Lit—REYNOLDS PRICE—Three Gospels (1996) 1st Edition Hardcover

Description: • For Your Consideration: • A SIGNED First Edition in HARDCOVER: • “THREE GOSPELS” (Simon & Schuster, 1996) (Hardcover, First Edition, First Printing) • BY REYNOLDS PRICE • SIGNING NOTE: The author REYNOLDS PRICE’s signature appears, in black ink, on the Title Page. • ABOUT THIS TITLE: • “In THREE GOSPELS, REYNOLDS PRICE has moved on to set fresh directions for the renewed and widespread effort to examine all our means for comprehending the life of JESUS, a life as important to the shape of our world as any in the history of the human race…. THREE GOSPELS offers eloquent translations of the Gospels of MARK and JOHN as well as a gospel never before seen—an original one written by PRICE himself [which is] grounded meticulously in the earliest known historical and theological evidence; and it aims to render the highest possible contemporary justice to the acts and teaches of JESUS.”—THE PUBLISHER • “With delightful surprises awaiting every turn of the page, REYNOLDS PRICE’s THREE GOSPELS is engaging reading. Here we meet JESUS again, as if for the first time.” —WILLIAM H. WILLIMON, DEAN OF THE CHAPEL & PROFESSOR OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, DUKE UNIVERSITY • ”THREE GOSPELS demonstrates once again that REYNOLDS PRICE is a man of remarkable and unusual intellectual and moral, as well as religious, dimensions and strengths…. A bracing, stimulating and, indeed, truly inspiring book.”—D. MOODY SMITH, JR., GEORGE WASHINGTON IVEY PROFESSOR OF NEW TESTAMENT, THE DIVINITY SCHOOL, DUKE UNIVERSITY • “The author’s unalloyed love of story and literary invention come across vividly in these crisp translations.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • “These beautiful renderings of the biblical stories that have so influenced the pitch and cadence of his own writing are PRICE’s gifts of gratitude. Highly recommended.”—HENRY CARRIGAN, JR., LIBRARY JOURNAL • “Esteemed novelist PRICE’s abiding interest in the Bible as literature bears luscious fruit in his translations of the Gospels of MARK and JOHN and in his own apocryphal gospel. His translations are the result of years of study of the form of classical Greek in which the Gospels were originally written and are underscored by PRICE’s perception that ‘JESUS of Nazareth was a man above all else, merciful and welcoming’…. Not all admirers of PRICE’s fiction will want to read his latest book; on the other hand, for readers unfamiliar with him but interested in biblical literature, it will provide an excellent introduction to his storytelling brilliance.” —BRAD HOOPER, BOOKLIST • “The stylistic integrity…is finely respected.”—ROBERT ALTER, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • “A fine new translation of the Gospels according to MARK and JOHN, and PRICE’s own account of the life of JESUS, along with four lengthy introductory essays in which he explains his purpose and method…. His translations are deliberately conservative, in that they stick closely to the original Greek and avoid paraphrase…. His attempt to compose a Gospel of his own is a harmony of the canonical four with additions from unorthodox apocryphal sources. In the essays preceding each section, PRICE tells us a little about what the Gospels mean to him and how he approaches them. He displays a good working knowledge of Greek and a grasp of the complexities of current New Testament scholarship, much of which, in his capacity as a seasoned critic, he finds absurdly agnostic. Both linguistically and spiritually stimulating.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS • • For other details about this book, please see below. • TITLE: “THE THREE GOSPELS” BY: REYNOLDS PRICE TYPE: HARDCOVER PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: Simon & Schuster (New York), 1996 EDITION: First Edition, First Printing* *RE: On the Copyright Page, this Number Row: “1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.” PAGES: 287ISBN: 0-684-80336-4CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD PLUS. DJ is bright & clean. Price (23.00) is unclipped. Spine tips & corners are bumped. Light edgewear. Light scratching (from normal handling) on sides. CONDITION OF BOOK ITSELF: VERY GOOD. Book is square. Boards are clean. Corners are sharp. Spine is tight & uncreased with bumped tips. There is an inch-long, light (coffee?) stain & scuff on the text-block fore edge that doesn’t affect the interior & a small ding on the bottom edge. A previous owner’s dedication to another appears on the front free endpaper—otherwise, the pages are pointedly clean & bright—with no other writing besides the author’s signature & the owner’s dedication, no underlining, no highlight, no tears, no stains, no foxing, no foul odors, etc. Were it not for the light dampstain on the fore edge, the interior of this copy would be VERY GOOD PLUS. • THE AUTHOR REYNOLD PRICE’s SIGNATURE: Appears, in black ink, on the Title Page. •• SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped with care before being shipped in a cushioned & sturdy box. THANK YOU! ********************** /\___/\=•ᆺ•= “We believe it’s good business to be good to our customers.” *********** FLAPPINCAT’s HOUSE RULES ***********1. GENERAL TREATMENT. 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