Download or read book The Authentic Gospel of Jesus written by Géza Vermès and published by Allan Lane. This book was released on 2003 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There can be no doubt that Jesus - a religious genius as Geza Vermes describes him, lived and taught in Palestine some 2000 years ago. The influence he has had is incalculable. How can we distinguish between the doctrines shaped by the needs of the burgeoning Chritian Church and the original views laid out by Jesus himself? In this work, Vermes subjects all the sayings of Jesus to an informed scrutiny. The result is a book which scrapes aside the accretions of centuries, attempting to come close to the true Jesus.