{"product_id":"who-chose-the-gospels-probing-the-great-gospel-conspiracy","title":"Who Chose the Gospels?: Probing the Great Gospel Conspiracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bible contains four Gospels which tell the story of Jesus of Nazareth. And yet  many more Gospels once existed. Who  then  determined which Gospels would  for the next two thousand years  serve as the main gateways to Jesus and his teaching?  Recent books and films have traced the decision to a series of fourth-century councils and powerful bishops. After achieving victory over their rivals for the Christian name  these key players  we are now told  conspired to rewrite history to make it look like their version of Christianity was the original one preached by Jesus and his apostles: the Gospels of Matthew  Mark  Luke  and John became the prime tools for their re-sculpting of the Christian story  leading to the destruction of previously treasured writings like the Gospels of Judas  Mary  and Thomas. Are the four canonical Gospels  then  in the Bible as the result of a great  ecclesiastical conspiracy? Or does this explanation itself represent another rewriting of history  this time by a group of modern academics?  Who Chose the Gospels? takes us to the scholarship behind the headlines  examining the great (and ongoing) controversy about how to look at ancient books about Jesus. How the four Biblical Gospels emerged into prominence among their competitors is a crucial question for everyone interested in understanding the historical Jesus and the development of the Christian church.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44958183718965,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199551235","price":132.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199551231.jpg?v=1770367963","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/who-chose-the-gospels-probing-the-great-gospel-conspiracy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}