{"product_id":"the-christian-myth-origins-logic-and-legacy","title":"The Christian Myth: Origins  Logic  and Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book traces Burton Macks intellectual evolution  from a creative analyst of ancient texts  to a scholar searching for the motives and interests of Jesuss followers who composed those texts  and for the social logic of \"the Christian myths\" they created. Mack rejects depictions of Jesus that have emerged from the quest for the \"historical Jesus\"--peasant teacher  revolutionary leader  mystical visionary or miracle-working prophet--on the grounds that they are based on a priori assumptions about Jesus  and are therefore contradictory. In addition  he argues  these portrayals are untrue to the many images of Jesus produced by the early Christians. Using systematic analysis  Mack seeks to describe and understand the cultural and anthropological influences on the conception and adoption of Christian myths and rituals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44962897002549,"sku":"ByrdShop_0826413552","price":168.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780826413550_4833d3a0-52aa-488b-a857-3cac755bb24e.jpg?v=1772658488","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-christian-myth-origins-logic-and-legacy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}