The
Hidden Gospel:
Decoding
the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic Jesus
by Neil
Douglas-Klotz
The Hidden
Gospel of Jesus is . . .
not buried in the sands,
not locked in a secret library,
not being channeled by a new messiah.
The Hidden Gospel is in plain sight. We find it in Jesus familiar
sayings
newly translated from Aramaic, the Middle Eastern language he actually
spoke. For the first time in 2000 years, now we may be able to
learn what Jesus really meant to teach. What emerges
is a hopeful, nurturing, and very contemporary spiritual message.
Neil Douglas-Klotz’s lucid commentary guides us
in applying Jesus ancient wisdom to our lives today. Each chapter
includes meditative exercises and body prayers so that we may directly
experience the life-changing spiritual practice of Jesus original
mystical tradition. Quest Books ISBN 0-8356-0780-1 $24.95 hardback,
$14.95 paperback. UK £17/10.99
Neil Douglas-Klotz,
Ph.D., internationally known scholar of religious studies and psychology,
is author of Prayers of the Cosmos and Desert Wisdom. A former
departmental head of comparative spirituality at Holy Names College
in California, he now lectures worldwide. He is a member of the
American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature
and leads the Sister/Brotherhood work of the International Federation
for the Sufi Message. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he
co-directs the Institute for Advanced Learning and Conscious Living.
Reviews:
“This book is a gift to all those wanting to enter into
the spirit of the historical Jesus and the mystic Christ. By honoring
the people of Jesus land and their poetic language, it brings a
needed balance to the historical Jesus movement. It undoes rigid
and dualistic translations of the Christian Scriptures and thereby
awakens, challenges, and makes fresh the Good News that, after
all these centuries, is still news.”
--Matthew Fox, president of the University of
Creation Spirituality in Oakland, California; co-chair of Naropa
Oakland; and author of Original Blessing and The Coming of the
Cosmic Christ
“Neil Douglas-Klotz’s reinterpretations of well-known
phrases are insightful, penetrating, and in some cases dazzling.
This book will change the way many people read the New Testament.”
--Leonard Shlain, M.D., author of The Alphabet versus the Goddess:
The
Conflict between Word and Image
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