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1 giu 1997 · The Gospel in Brief is Leo Tolstoy’s integration of the four biblical Gospels into a single account of the life of Jesus. Inspired in large measure by Tolstoy’s meticulous study of the original Greek versions of the Bible, The Gospel in Brief is a highly original fusion of biblical texts and Tolstoy’s own influential religious views.
- Leo Tolstoy
The result: a revolutionary work that challenged long-held doctrines, presented in a way that reflects Tolstoy's views on the divine purpose for human existence in a chaotic world. As brilliantly written as his other literary treasures, The Gospel in Brief is a remarkably modern—and moving—meditation on spirituality.
1 mar 2010 · The Gospel in Brief. ハードカバー – 2010/3/1. Written in 1883, 'The Gospel in brief' is Tolstoy's harmonization of the four Christian gospels into one. So now we have Matthew, Mark, Luke, John - and Tolstoy. It is, he says, 'an examination of Christian teaching not according to the church's interpretations, but solely according to what ...
A lthough the Gospel in Brief was not published in Tolstoy's lifetime, it clearly comes from the period of his religious and moral writings between 1879 and 1902. It is a fusion of the four Gospels, the purpose of which is to seek an answer to the problem of how we should live.
The greatest novelist of all time retells the greatest story ever told, the life of Jesus Christ, in The Gospel in Brief —Leo Tolstoy's riveting, novelistic integration of the four Gospels into a single, twelve-chapter narrative. Virtually unknown to English readers until now, Dustin Condren's groundbreaking translation from the Russian opens ...
Based on his study of early Christian texts, Leo Tolstoy's remarkable The Gospel in Brief—virtually unknown to English readers until this landmark new translation by Dustin Condren—makes accessible the powerful, mystical truth of Jesus's spiritual teaching, stripped of artificial church doctrine.
A brief Summary. The Gospel was proclaimed by Jesus Christ. It was also taught by the Apostles who followed Jesus, and was the same as the teaching of Prophets who lived centuries before Jesus and who wrote the Old Testament. The Gospel is laid out for us in a convenient form in many speeches given by the Apostles and recorded in the Acts of ...
