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Description of  Holy Fable Volume IV: A Critical Study of Modern Scriptures

163431204X pdf In this fourth volume of Robert M. Prices celebrated Holy Fable series, he turns his critical lens away from the Bible and toward a broader range of scriptural works that were written, or rediscovered, in modern times. Employing the same sympathetic but eagle-eyed treatment that defined past volumes, he offers in-depth analysis of the Joseph Smithpenned Book of Mormon the long-sealed Gospel according to Thomas the New Age Jesus of the Aquarian Gospel the H. P. Lovecraftinvented Necronomicon and the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. With his trademark scholarship and wit, he demonstrates how and why this eclectic mix of contemporary scriptural work provides genuine spiritual inspiration to a colorful variety of religious groups and seekers today.