The Lost Commandment: Have We Missed What Jesus Really Wants? - eBook

The gospel according to Greber, an attorney, is that our conventional depiction of Jesus's deepest message is flawed. While casual believers and nonbelievers alike might assert that the Golden Rule ("Do unto others…") is the core ethical statement of the New Testament, Greber insists that Jesus meant to replace it with "As I have loved you, so you must love one another" (John 13:34). VERDICT While Greber's insistence on the "lostness" of the notion moves strangely close to a Gnosticism he would surely disdain, he follows the implications of his idea with sense and piety. Recommended for church groups and pastors. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.