Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes

John Shelby Spong, the Episcopal Bishop of Newark before his retirement in 2000, has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard and at more than 500 other universities all over the world. His books, which have sold well over a million copies, include Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy; The Fourth Gospel: Tales of a Jewish Mystic; Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World; Eternal Life: A New Vision; Jesus for the Non-Religious, The Sins of Scripture, Resurrection: Myth or Reality?; Why Christianity Must Change or Die; and his autobiography, Here I Stand. He writes a weekly column on the web that reaches thousands of people all over the world. To join his online audience, go to www.JohnShelbySpong.com. He lives with his wife, Christine, in New Jersey.

“Bishop Spong’s work is a significant accomplishment.” - Harvey Cox, Thomas Professor of Divinity, Harvard University
“Bishop Spong’s work is a significant accomplishment.” - Harvey Cox, Thomas Professor of Divinity, Harvard University
“Compelling, controversial, substantive, provocative, and original…remarkably convincing.” - Rabbi Jack D. Spiro, director, Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Judaic Studies
“Compelling, controversial, substantive, provocative, and original…remarkably convincing.” - Rabbi Jack D. Spiro, director, Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Judaic Studies