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Title: The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History
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| The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History by HarperOne Michael Baigent writes a fascinating book AGAIN!! | I have never been disappointed in buying a book written by Baigent. He always offers new insights and unexpected twists in his researches into the history of Christianity. I can think of no other author in the genre that can keep my interest for so long. Well done and well worth the price.
| | The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History by HarperOne Where's The Beef | | The author spends too much time going through history and not enough time on his arguments. The final disc is the most interesting whereas the middle discs drag on. | | The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History by HarperOne An interesting read | It's interesting how many reviewers claim that there is "abundant evidence" provided by historical personages for the existence of Jesus. Let's look at these:
Josephus: wrote a passage that mentions Christ, but scholars now agree that this passage is either a later interpolation or that it has been corrupted. Agapius of Manbij quotes this passage, but he quotes from an earlier version of it which is evident by the fact that it is far more conservative than the extant version of the Josephus passage.
Pliny the Younger: wrote to Trajan in about 112 AD about how to deal with Christians who refused to worship the emperor. Just because he mentions "Christus" does not mean he validated the existence of Christ or the beliefs of his followers.
Tacitus: wrote about a class of people, called Christians, who were "hated for their abominations." He mentions Christus, from whom their name is derived, and who suffered the "extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius" at the hand of Pilate. What this passage actually proves is still under debate by scholars.
Suetonius: mentions that the Jews had been creating disturbances at the instigation of "Chrestus" and so Claudius expelled them from Rome. The problem is that this expulsion happened about 20 years after the death of Christ, so for this reason he could be referring to Christians and not to Christ himself. Thus, the passage offers very little information about Christ.
Thallus: Julius Africanus writing in the 3rd century AD refers to Thallus who, according to Eusebius, wrote a history that spanned a period of time from the Trojan War to 109 BC. No actual writings of Thallus survives.
Lucian: was a 2nd century Romano-Syrian satirist who made fun of Christians.
Celsus: mentions Christ, indeed he calls Christ "a mere man."
There is also a document called "The Acts of Pontius Pilate" which is spurious at best.
This leaves us with mainly the documents that came out of the catholic church that we now called the New Testament, and because it came out of the church it could be controlled by the church.
I'm not saying that this book contains the absolute truth about Jesus, but it certainly opens the door to further research and an opportunity to look at what facts we have from a different perspective. | | The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History by HarperOne Was not what I was expecting... | The information in the book is interesting. Problem is that it doesn't have much to do with the topic at hand. The chapters (maybe 3 of them?) covering the topic were good.
The material in the book seemed to be more about the history of the area Jesus inhabited rather than about how the Catholic Church is perpetrating a lie. I won't lie, I am a practicing Catholic, but I was really interested it what he had to say and what evidence he had to back it up. I don't, for a moment, think that what the Catholic Church teaches about Jesus is 100% correct. There is also the fact that there is a great deal of information about Jesus missing from Catholic teachings (from he was the age of 12 or so until he is in his late 20s is all but missing).
I have about 2 chapters left and am greatly disappointed in this book. I borrowed this from my mom (not a practicing Catholic) and I think she was actually more disappointed in it than I was. | | The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History by HarperOne Horrible | | This book was the worst load of crock I have ever read. Unsupported facts, unsupported beliefs. It sounds to me like this man is on a witch-hunt to say everything written in the Bible is wrong. How much sense does that make??? Don't waste your money, instead read from credible resources like The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. He does a good job of providing historical facts to the life, death and ressurection of Jesus. | | The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History by HarperOne Download Description | | " What if everything you think you know about Jesus is wrong? In The Jesus Papers, Michael Baigent reveals the truth about Jesus's life and crucifixion. Despite -- or rather because of -- all the celebration and veneration that have surrounded the figure of Jesus for centuries, Baigent asserts that Jesus and the circumstances leading to his death have been heavily mythologized. As a religious historian and a leading expert in the field of arcane knowledge, Baigent has unequaled access to hidden archives, secret societies, Masonic records, and the private collections of antiquities traders and their moneyed clients. Using that access to full advantage, Baigent explores the religious and political climate in which Jesus was born and raised, examining not only the conflicts between the Romans and the Jews, but the strife within the different factions of the Jewish Zealot movement. He chronicles the migrations of Jesus's family, his subsequent exposure to other cultures, and the events, teachings, and influences that were most likely to have shaped his early years. Baigent also uncovers the inconsistencies and biases in the accounts of the major historians of Jesus's time, including Josephus, Pliny, and Tacitus. The enduring influence of these accounts in forming our most common conceptions of Jesus reveals that spin is not a new phenomenon. Taking us back to sites that over the last twenty years he has meticulously explored, studied, and in some instances excavated for the first time, Baigent provides a detailed account of his groundbreaking discoveries, including many never-before-seen photos. The evidence he has uncovered has lead him to make shocking new assertions that threaten the conventional account of Jesus's life and death and shake the very foundation of Western thought, based as it is upon the assumption of Jesus's divinity. Ultimately, his investigation raises the hope that we may gain a new understanding of Jesus. " |
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