About this title: Views the Gospels as reflecting everyday reality in their record of human tragedy, the comedy of God's love, and the fairy tale of transformation and renewal.
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780060611569ISBN:0060611561
Description: Good/Good Dust Jacket. 0060611561 Pages unmarked. Some signatures have been stressed, but binding remains firm. Dust jacket worn with discolration along spine. Sticker residue and small scar at base of spine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper San Francisco, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780060611569ISBN:0060611561
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. New Testament Commentary. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Buechner presents the Gospels as a record of the tragedy of human failure, the comedy of being loved overwhelmingly by God despite that failure and the fairy tale of transformation through that love. Hardcover; Dj. Clean text, sound binding. 98 pages. Contact Steels for more New Testament Commentaries. Selling Religious books since 1973. read more
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780060611569ISBN:0060611561
Description: Good in Good jacket. Preaching Books jacket has a couple oif small rips, creases, soiling and wear. Spine is bent. Front flap is clipped. Pages are unmarked. read more
Description: New. Telling the Truth is for the preacher who must pull the little cord that turns on the lectern light, must look out over the people and the silence, must begin to speak of a truth beyond telling. It is for the woman who wants to understand how people... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Row, NY
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780060611569ISBN:0060611561
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0060611561. Book club edition. Fine in a very near fine (short closed edge tear at the top of the front panel) dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780060611569ISBN:0060611561
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. The Gospel as tragedy, comedy & fairy tale. Hardbound with dust jacket both in very good condition. Pages have deckle edging. Some pages contain underlining (neatly applied). Tight binding. Bands and corners are fine. Dust jacket has light soiling. 98 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Date Published: 1977-10-01
ISBN-13:9780060611569ISBN:0060611561
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780060611569. read more
"Buechner has many valid points, many brilliant ones, some that make us scratch our head, but all fascinating. He writes somewhat like Rosenstock-Huessy-that almost stream-of-consciousness prose that rolls and tumbles and spins and defies an editor's pen. The only time the spell falters is when he throws out an image simply too startling for us to swallow, and then we realize that he might have been making it up all along. Still, an insightful and provocative read."
"Great book. Actually provided the preface for "The Final Chase," but I'd never gotten around to reading the whole thing. Gives good fresh insight on the Gospel. One drawback, however, is that it uses particular Gospel passages to illustrate his specific point, as will most commentaries on the Gospel. Balance has always been my philosophy on the Gospel because it does appear to contradict itself so much. I would not recommend this book to someone who is not a perceptive reader or someone who is very impressionable."
"I've not read enough Buechner. This is one of those books, though, that's worth reading. I especially like the final chapter on the Gospel as Fairy Tale (which is the one I just reread)."
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