''The Logia of Yeshua'', by
Guy Davenport and
Benjamin Urrutia, published by
Counterpoint Press, is a compendium of
canonical and extracanonical sayings of
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
that are considered authentic by the authors. The book won critical praise for its scholarship and poetic language. "Throughout, ''The Logia of Yeshua'' freshens familiar New Testament injunctions, encouraging us to think anew about their meanings." "Davenport and Urrutia must be applauded for their desire to awaken the reader by offering these new, bare translations of Jesus' sayings."
[Robert Jonas, ''Shambhala Sun'', September 1996, p. 71.]
The word ''
logia'' applies to teachings of Jesus used as source materials by the gospel writers in the writing of the
canonical gospels
Gospel originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words an ...
. Logia also refers to the logic those teachings imply.
See also
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References
Books about Jesus
1996 books
Counterpoint (publisher) books
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