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Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus
Door Joseph Atwill
Categorie | Religie & Theologie |
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Boeknummer | #340222-XG2 |
Titel | Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus |
Auteur | Atwill, Joseph |
Boektype | Paperback |
Uitgeverij | Ulysses Press |
Jaar van uitgave | 2005 |
ISBN10 | 1569754578 |
ISBN13 | 9781569754573 |
Taal | Engels |
Beschrijving | Paperback, tables, 8vo. |
Samenvatting | Was Jesus the invention of a Roman emperor? The author of this ground-breaking book believes he was. Caesar's Messiah reveals the key to a new and revolutionary understanding of Christian origins. The clues leading to its startling conclusions are found in the writings of the first-century historian Flavius Josephus, whose War of the Jews is one of the only historical chronicles of this period. Closely comparing the work of Josephus with the New Testament Gospels, Caesar's Messiah demonstrates that the Romans directed the writing of both. Their purpose: to offer a vision of a "peaceful Messiah" who would serve as an alternative to the revolutionary leaders who were rocking first-century Israel and threatening Rome. Similarly, Caesar's Messiah will rock our understanding of Chri... (Lees verder)stian history as it reveals that Jesus was a fictional character portrayed in four Gospels written not by Christians but Romans. |
Pagina's | 354 |
Conditie | Goed |
Prijs | € 15,00 |
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