Each book is signed by the author. This is like a Gospel harmony on steroids! It is a literal English translation of the Greek Gospels, broken down word-by-word in four columns, and reassembled chronologically into one flowing story. Scholars are calling it a masterpiece. It is the field manual for the Octagon Tours to the Holy Land - the only tour entirely dedicated to the life of Jesus!
This book is a complete verse-by-verse Four Gospel Harmony in four chronologically-aligned columns, side-by-side. The sets of parallel verses shared between the Gospels were unified on a word-for-word basis using a sixteen-step merging process to produce a unified Gospel text (Merger) in the fifth column, which is known as "The Synoptic Gospel". Without the duplication and repetition between the parallel sections of the Gospels this story is more than 21% shorter to read, compared to reading the individual four Gospel accounts back-to-back, and with all of the sayings and events in order the story is clear and easy to understand. Told in 360 Scenes of Action, understanding the Gospel story is further enhanced with more than 300 quotations and references from the Old Testament. Dates and Locations for each Scene, along with nine Maps of Israel and Jerusalem, make it easy to see not only what happened, but also when and where Jesus was when the event or saying occurred. Included in this edition are seven Articles on why the FIVE COLUMN four Gospel Harmony and The Synoptic Gospel word-for-word Merger were created, along with a full set of the Notes that detail the features of this book. The Gospel Verse Cross-Reference Appendix shows which verses from the four original Gospels are part of a parallel set with another Gospel(s), and where within FIVE COLUMN and The Synoptic Gospel series those verses can be found. This 378 page Paperback book includes: - The complete Gospel Story in 360 Scenes of Action - 300+ References to the Old Testament Scriptures - full set of Articles and Notes - nine Maps of Israel and Jerusalem that show where Jesus traveled - Appendix 1: Synoptic Gospel Scene Contents - Appendix 2: Gospel Verse Cross-Reference (shows every verse from the four Gospels) Other Amazon Editions: * FIVE COLUMN - Hard Cover Verse-By-Verse Edition * The Synoptic Gospel - The fifth column unified Gospel text. (available in Hard Cover, Paperback and Kindle Editions) * The Red Letter Gospel - A red-letter Edition with all of the Words of Jesus Christ in Red font, making it easy to see every Word that He spoke. (available in Hard Cover, Paperback and Kindle Editions) To see the full detail of the parallel Gospel verse merging process get the Word-For-Word Edition of FIVE COLUMN (552 pages).
246 pages, printed and shipped by Amazon. One complete Gospel united from Four! This word-for-word harmony of the Four Gospels shows all of the events from the life of Jesus Christ in chronological order; all of His teachings, His deeds, and His miracles. With the parallel sections of verses from the four Gospels unified, this Gospel is 22% shorter to read compared to reading the four Gospels back-to-back. Dates and locations are added to show when and where each event happened, so now you can follow the buildup of action, from the beginning of the life and ministry of Jesus, to His trials and crucifixion, through to His resurrection and ascension into Heaven. Synoptic means "seeing together as one" and the text of this book is reprinted from the fifth column of four Gospel harmony and merger "FIVE COLUMN", which aligns all of the sets of parallel verses from the four Gospel accounts according to a chronological timeline for the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, and then unifies all of their words according to a 16 step harmonization and merging process. The result is one clear, easy to read account, with all of the events in order. This 246 page Complete Edition of "The Synoptic Gospel" includes:1) 300+ references to the Old Testament Scriptures and historical figures,2) The chapter maps of Israel and of Jerusalem, which show where Jesus travelled during each year of His ministry, 3) The Table of Chapter Contents found at the start of each Chapter,4) Note 5: An Overview of the Four Gospels + The Four Gospel Comparison Chart,5) Seven Articles about the four Gospel harmony and merger FIVE COLUMN,6) The Gospel Verse Cross-Reference (Appendix) which shows if a verse from the four original Gospels is part of a synoptic set, and where that verse is located within "The Synoptic Gospel" and within the four Gospel harmony "FIVE COLUMN". "The Synoptic Gospel" is available as an Amazon Kindle edition, and also look for "The Red Letter Gospel" (book and Kindle edition), which shows all of the words of Jesus in red letters, so that it is easy to see everything that He spoke.
One complete Gospel united from Four! Synoptic means -seeing together as one- and this book is the reprint of the fifth column of the world's most complete and accurate word-for-word merged harmony of the four Gospels of the New Testament ever compiled: FIVE COLUMN - The Synoptic Gospel. Now the entire story of all of the teachings, deeds and miracles of Jesus Christ from each of the four Gospels is laid out like a play, and divided into chapters and acts with 360 scenes of action. Read one scene a day, and know the entire Story of The Life of Jesus in a year! With all of the 83,680 words of the four Gospels harmonized according to a sixteen step alignment and merging process that removes the overlap and duplication, this book tells a single, complete Gospel Story that is 22% shorter to read, compared to reading each of the four Gospels back-to-back. With all of the events arranged according to a single timeline for the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, this combined Gospel story is quick to read, and easy to understand! Dates and locations show where Jesus was when He said and did everything. This electronic version includes all of the Articles on why the FIVE COLUMN database and The Synoptic Gospel was created, and the Notes that detail the features of this book. Because it is complete, accurate, and easy to read, you need this book to know and understand the Gospel Story of The Life of Jesus Christ!
The Acts of Peter, one of the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles that detail the exploits of the key figures of early Christianity, provides a unique window into the formation of early Christian narrative. Like the Gospels, the Acts of Peter developed from disparate oral and written narrative from the first century. The apocryphal text, however, continued to develop into a number of re-castings, translations, abridgements, and expansions. The Acts of Peter present Christian narrative in an alternate universe, in which canonization did not halt the process of creative re-composition. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Thomas examines the sources and subsequent versions of the Acts, from the earliest traditions through the sixth-century Passions of the Apostles, arguing the importance of its "narrative fluidity": the existence of the work in several versions or multiforms. This feature, shared with the Jewish novels of Esther and Daniel, the Greek romance about Alexander the Great, and the Christian Gospels, allows these narratives to adapt to accommodate the changing historical circumstances of their audiences. In each new version, the audiences' defining conflicts were reflected in the text, echoing a historical consciousness more often identified with primary oral societies, in which the account of the past is a malleable script explaining the present. Although the genre most closely comparable to these works is the ancient novel, their serious historical intent separates them from the later, more self-consciously fictive novels, and maintains them within the realm of the earlier historical novels produced by ethnic subcultures within the Roman empire.
