Re: The Gospel According to the Son
Rick Chapman (rchap@en.com)
Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:03:08 -0400
Dardedar@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-04-23 14:19:24 EDT, you write:
>
> Rick Chapman writes:
> > Martin Blazevich wrote:
> > > Miracle wrote:
> > > > Did any of you see the Book Review in Time magazine of
> the book_The Gospel According to the Son?_. Apparently
> some fundie wrote it as if he were actually Jesus and is actually
> trying to pawn it off as written by Jesus.
>
> JASON
> << I actually found this book at Bookman's last night to
> exchange a CD.
> All I want to know is where the HELL are you guys getting
> your information?
>
> _The Gospel According to the Son_ wasn't written by some
> fundy, but by none less than Norman Mailer! It's _clearly_
> labeled as a work of fiction, a first-person retelling of the
> gospel from Jesus' point of view. In fact, from the dustcover and
> the little bit I skimmed through, I suspect that fundamentalist
> Christians would find it quite blasphemous. At least, the
> thought of pretending to write from Jesus' point of view would
> have scandalized me when _I_ was a Christian. >>
>
> DAR
> Norman Mailer was interviewed on NPR this evening
> regarding his new book. He is definitely on our side. He is in no
> sense a fundie. He made several comments about how much of
> the NT was read like it was "written by committee" and made a
> comment about how even the existence of Jesus is debated.
> Also commented on how he didn't realize how Jewish Jesus
> really was (a common misperception). Etc etc.
>
> D.
I've read several books by Mailer and I would never suggest he was a
fundie.
Rick