Who This Author Is

Burton L. MacK has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 9 catalog-linked books across 1993 to 2019, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1993 to 2019; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harpercollins and Wipf & Stock Publishers.

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Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Harpercollins and Wipf & Stock Publishers

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1993 to 2019; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Harpercollins and Wipf & Stock Publishers.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth

    Harpercollins • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 336 pages.

  2. The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q and Christian Origins

    Harpercollins • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1994 • 288 pages.

  3. The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q & Christian Origins

    Harpercollins • 1993 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 275 pages.

  4. Lost Gospel

    HarperCollins Publishers • 2013 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2013 • 288 pages.

  5. Christian mentality

    Equinox Pub. • 2010 • standard commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  6. Patterns of Persuasion in the Gospels

    Wipf & Stock Publishers • 2008 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 240 pages.

  7. Critical Times for America

    Wipf & Stock Publishers • 2019 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2019 • 116 pages.

  8. Myth and the Christian Nation

    Routledge • 2014 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2014.

  9. Who Wrote the New Testament?

    Audio Literature • 1997 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 1997.

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