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The Gospel in brief

Author: Leo Tolstoy, graf; Isabel Florence Hapgood; F A Flowers
Publisher: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The Gospel in Brief is Leo Tolstoy's integration of the four biblical Gospels into a single account of the life of Jesus. Inspired in large measure by Tolstoy's meticulous study of the original Greek versions of the Bible, The Gospel in Brief is a highly original fusion of biblical texts and Tolstoy's own influential religious views. Tolstoy explains that his goal is a solution to "the problem of life", not an answer  Read more...
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Named Person: Leo Tolstoy, graf
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Leo Tolstoy, graf; Isabel Florence Hapgood; F A Flowers
ISBN: 0803294328 9780803294325
OCLC Number: 35723743
Description: 215 p. ; 21 cm.
Other Titles: Soedinenie, perevod i issledovanie chetyrekh Evangelii?.
Responsibility: Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Isabel Hapgood ; edited and with a preface by F.A. Flowers III.
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The Gospel in Brief is Leo Tolstoy's integration of the four biblical Gospels into a single account of the life of Jesus. Inspired in large measure by Tolstoy's meticulous study of the original Greek versions of the Bible, The Gospel in Brief is a highly original fusion of biblical texts and Tolstoy's own influential religious views. Tolstoy explains that his goal is a solution to "the problem of life", not an answer to theological or historical questions. As a result, he sets aside such issues as Jesus' genealogy and divinity, or whether Jesus in fact walked on water. Instead, he focuses on the words and teachings of Jesus, stripped of what Tolstoy regarded as the Church's distortions and focus on dogma and ritual. The result is a work that emphasizes the individual's spiritual condition in a chaotic and indifferent world. Like Tolstoy's celebrated literary achievements, The Gospel in Brief has the distinct bearing of a classic: in its urgency and directness it is remarkably current, as if it were written only yesterday rather than a century ago.

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