The Lost Christianity of Jesus
How The Early Church
Chose Paul Over Jesus
by D. Darrell Woomer
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ISBN: 978-1-937943-56-1
Category: Progressive Christianity
Pub Date: June 17, 2020
Binding: Paperback, 212 pages
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Reviews
Darrell Woomer’s research spins our brains in fascinating ways. This former university chaplain makes his case for a new Christianity based not on Paul but on the original Jewish context. He uses the work of Amy Jill Levine, James Tabor, and the work of the Jesus Seminar, three fine sources to validate his premise. It is a stunning work. I commend it to you! —John Shelby Spong, author, Unbelievable: Why Neither Ancient Creeds Nor the Reformation Can Produce a Living Faith Today.
In his book, Darrell Woomer lays out a cogent and compelling argument not only about what it meant to be a follower of Jesus in the earliest days, but also what this might mean for Christianity today. It calls the reader to rethink the legacy of Paul, the Jerusalem Movement and forgotten role of James the Just, and more broadly the relationship between Judaism and Christianity. —Jeffrey W. Robbins, Chair of the Westar Institute’s seminar on “God and the Human Future” and author of Radical Theology: A Vision for Change
Darrell Woomer’s new book is a most valuable addition to the growing corpus of works aimed at recovering what the original Jesus movement was truly like prior to Paul’s reinterpretation of the teachings of Jesus. What is especially valuable is that Woomer breaks new ground in examining the practical implications of what current research into the “Jewish Jesus” means for the growing number of Christians trying to recover a more authentic Christianity–true to the religion that Jesus himself practiced. —The Rev. Jeffrey Butz, Penn State University, author of The Brother of Jesus
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The Rev. Dr. D. Darrell Woomer has a M.Div. and a Th.M in Hebrew Scripture from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a M.A. and a Ph.D in Spirituality from Duquesne University. He has been a pastor, teacher and campus minister for over 40 years and is a prolific author. He is the author of A Reasonable Christianity.
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