Friday, March 20, 2015

Hmm …

… It’s the postmodern experimentation of the New Testament that keeps it new | Books | The Guardian. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The four perspectives of the New Testament offer a prefiguration of another postmodern commonplace – there is no single incontrovertible truth. This multiple Jesus story leaves space for interpretation between the repetitions, revisions and contradictions that punctuate four distinct gospels.
Here's another term to try on for size: anachronism.

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