The Gospels: A new translation, by Sarah Ruden

Author: Sarah Ruden. Review by Jonathan Wooding

'Jesus arrives in our imaginations via the word. Our imagination shapes such characters mysteriously and, we find, mysteriously they shape us.' | Photo: Book cover of The Gospels: A new translation, by Sarah Ruden

Like Scrooge, Elizabeth Bennett and Sherlock Holmes, Jesus arrives in our imaginations via the word. Our imagination shapes such characters mysteriously and, we find, mysteriously they shape us. They may not have a life without us, but equally we would not be who we are without them.

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