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Originally Posted by ShellShock
"It seems appropriate to launch a series of short, thought-provoking biographies with a figure who has dominated our collective imagination and cultural iconography for over twenty centuries," said Jay Parini, author of Jesus. "This first book in the series will consider Jesus as the human face of god and dramatize the transformation from man to myth."
Probably not one for atheists then. That sentence is a bit contradictory - is Jesus the human face of God, is that just a myth?
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Whatever your religious leanings, there was a historical figure named Jesus of Nazareth around whom a very broad range of myths have sprung up. Some are religious canon to some, others are generally considered myth by most if not all.
(The DaVinci code, for one.
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As to the value of the line of bios itself, a lot will depend on the quality of scholarship they embody, the target audience, and the typical length. Comprehensive bios can run hundreds and thousand of pages so these "short" bios could end up being novella-length or bigger.