{"product_id":"what-the-gospels-meant-9780143115120","title":"What the Gospels Meant","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A remarkable achievement--a learned yet eminently readable and provocative exploration of the four small books that reveal most of what's known about the life and death of Jesus.\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook out for a new book from Garry Wills, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Qur'an Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, coming fall 2017.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eWhat Jesus Meant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat Paul Meant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eGarry Wills offers tour-de-force interpretations of Jesus and the Apostle Paul. Here Wills turns his remarkable gift for biblical analysis to the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Wills examines the goals, methods, and styles of the evangelists and how these shaped the gospels' messages. Hailed as \"one of the most intellectually interesting and doctrinally heterodox Christians writing today\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), Wills guides readers through the maze of meanings within these foundational texts, revealing their essential Christian truths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarry Wills \u003c\/b\u003eis a historian and the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eWhat Jesus Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePapal Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am a Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy Priests?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. A frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359241077010,"sku":"9780143115120","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ba0dc757-da6c-4bc8-a3af-e2280fb65e9f.jpg?v=1749585827","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-the-gospels-meant-9780143115120","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}