{"product_id":"reading-jesus-a-writers-encounter-with-the-gospels-9780307277626","title":"Reading Jesus: A Writer's Encounter with the Gospels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal journey through the fundamental Biblical stories. As celebrated author Mary Gordon ponders the intense strangeness of a deity in human form, unresolved moral ambiguities within the text, and the problem posed to her as an enlightened reader by the miracle of the Resurrection. What she rediscovers--and reinterprets with her signature candor, intelligence, and straightforwardness--is a rich store of overlapping, sometimes conflicting teachings that feel both familiar and tantalizingly elusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.22w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307277626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/2010 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Gordon \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Company of Women, Final Payments, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpending\u003c\/i\u003e; the memoirs \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCircling My Mother; \u003c\/i\u003eand a collection of short stories. She is the recipient of a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the 1997 O. Henry Award for best story. She teaches at Barnard College and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45461305524339,"sku":"9780307277626","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_09f055fe-225e-4a20-b16e-cdf5ca15cb46.jpg?v=1788864620","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/reading-jesus-a-writers-encounter-with-the-gospels-9780307277626","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}