MARK and JOHN The First and Last Gospels [Paperback]

John Howard Reid (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 16, 2009

A radical new translation of the New Testament Gospels of Mark and John, this book also includes the three Biblical letters written by John, the Elder, plus the first letter attributed to Peter, which, as Peter himself acknowledges in his postscript, was actually written by Silvanus. One of many innovations in this new translation, is that for the first time in 1,800 years, all Scripture references made by the evangelists have been traced back to the Greek Septuagint which they actually quoted, not the "correct" Hebrew text which most theologians think they should have used. Some of the differences are quite startling.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: lulu.com (October 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0557119219
• ISBN-13: 978-0557119219
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,149,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Howard Reid is the creator of Merryll Manning, the Miami-based police sergeant who made his debut in "Merryll Manning: Trapped on Mystery Island". This book was followed by "Merryll Manning: The Health Farm Murders" and "Merryll Manning: Beachfront Holiday". Next up is "Merryll Manning On the Rim of Heaven."

All 12 books in the series were published overseas from 1985 through 2001. All, except "Merryll Manning: Trapped on Mystery Island", were runaway bestsellers and ran through many editions, including hardcover, paperback (both trade and mass market) and Large Print.

All 12 novels except "Merryll Manning: Beyond Vengeance", on which the critics were divided, attracted highly favorable and indeed overwhelmingly enthusiastic reviews. The author was favorably compared with both Agatha Christie and Graham Greene.

Reid's historical novels, especially "In All His Glory" (set in Ancient Egypt), have also won wide acclaim. His short stories and poems have gained many prizes and commendations. Published prose collections include "Mexican Autumn" and "Micaela Morris in Jo's Heaven". Poetry anthologies include "Anyone for Love?", "Escape to Paradise and Other Poetic Fancies" (published under his "Tom Howard" pseudonym) and "A Salute to Spanish Poetry: 100 Masterpieces from Spain and Latin America rendered into English verse."

Reid is also a widely acknowledged expert on Hollywood movies. His latest book in this field is "Mystery, Suspense, Film Noir and Detective Movies on DVD: A Guide to the Best in Cinema Thrills".

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5.0 out of 5 stars The New Testament Gospels of Mark and John presented as they were originally written!, November 27, 2009

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John Howard Reid (Wyong, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MARK and JOHN The First and Last Gospels (Paperback)

I commenced work on these Gospels way back in the early 1960s. I abandoned the project when it became apparent that a large number of new Biblical translations would shortly be placed on the market. Certainly Bibles like The Jerusalem Bible: Reader's Edition and The New American Bible (With the Revised Book of Psalms and the Revised New Testament) were highly admirable in almost all respects except innovation. As they were produced for church use, it was probably too much expect that these Bibles would tackle any of the many textual problems that all Biblical scholars were well aware of. Church congregations are extremely conservative and don't like to be told that John's Gospel was most definitely not written by an illiterate Galilean fisherman. Nor do they wish to be informed of the canonical status of the two appendices to Mark's Gospel. Nor have they any interest whatever as to which sections of John's Gospel were written by John, the Beloved Disciple (who is quite a different person from John Zebedee, the ex-fisherman) and which were inserted by John, the Elder, his editor. To his everlasting credit, Father Alexander Jones, who edited "The Jerusalem Bible", delves extensively into many of these problems, but his luminous (and often startling) remarks are hidden away in footnotes -- and as everyone knows, most people do not read footnotes. In fact one of my pastors actively discouraged the reading of footnotes. "God did not write the footnotes!" was his constant cry. So here, for the first time in 1,900 years, is the Gospel of Mark as it was originally set down by the evangelist in 65 A.D., and the Gospel of John as it left his editor's desk around 105 A.D.