The Truth about Jesus
Author : Mangasar Mugurditch Mangasarian
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Christianity
ISBN :
Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All
Author : David Fitzgerald
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 19,21 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780557709915
Book Description
Why would anyone think Jesus never existed? Isn't it perfectly reasonable to accept that he was a real first century figure? As it turns out, no.NAILED sheds light on ten beloved Christian myths, and, with evidence gathered from historians across the theological spectrum, shows how they point to a Jesus Christ created solely through allegorical alchemy of hope and imagination; a messiah transformed from a purely literary, theological construct into the familiar figure of Jesus ' in short, a purely mythic Christ.
The Truth Behind the Christ Myth
Author : Mark Amaru Pinkham
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,84 MB
Release : 2002-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781931882026
Book Description
Return of the Serpents of Wisdom and Conversations With the Goddess author Pinkham tells us the Truth Behind the Christ Myth and presents radically new information regarding Jesus Christ and his ancient legend, includes: The legend of Jesus Christ is based on a much earlier Son of God myth from India, the legend of Murrugan, the Peacock Angel; The symbol of the Catholic Church is Murrugan's symbol, the peacock, a bird native to south-east Asia; Murrugan evolved into the Persian Mithras, and Mithras evolved into Jesus Christ Saint Paul came from Tarsus, the centre of Mithras worship in Asia Minor. He amalgamated the legend of the Persian Son of God onto Jesus' life story; The Three Wise Men were Magi priests from Persia who believed that Jesus was an incarnation of Mithras; While in India, Saint Thomas became a peacock before he died and merged with Murrugan, the Peacock Angel; The Emperor Constantine, the first 'Christian' Emperor of the Roman Empire, was a lifelong devotee of Mithras. He was baptised Christian on his deathbed; The myth of the One and Only Son of God originated with Murrugan and Mithras.
On the Historicity of Jesus
Author : Richard Carrier
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,55 MB
Release : 2023-05-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781914490248
Book Description
This revised edition corrects the numerous typographical and other minor errors listed in "Typos List for On the Historicity of Jesus" at richardcarrier.info/archives/8551
Did Jesus Exist?
Author : G. A. Wells
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 1987-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780879753955
Book Description
Professor Wells argues that there was no historical Jesus, and in thus arguing he deals with the many recent writers who have interpreted the historical Jesus as some kind of political figure in the struggle against Rome, and calls in evidence the many contemporary theologians who agree with some of his arguments about early Christianity. The question at issue is what all the evidence adds up to. Does it establish that Jesus did or did not exist? Professor Wells concludes that the latter is the more likely hypothesis. This challenge to received thinking by both Christians and non-Christians is supported by much documentary evidence, and Professor Wells carefully examines all the relevant problems and answers all the relevant questions. He deliberately avoids polemic and speculation, and sticks so far as possible to the known facts and to rational inferences from the facts.
Jesus from Outer Space
Author : Richard Carrier
Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,87 MB
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1634312082
Book Description
The earliest Christians believed Jesus was an ancient celestial being who put on a bodysuit of flesh, died at the hands of dark forces, and then rose from the dead and ascended back into the heavens. But the writing we have today from that first generation of Christians never says where they thought he landed, where he lived, or where he died. The idea that Jesus toured Galilee and visited Jerusalem arose only a lifetime later, in unsourced legends written in a foreign land and language. Many sources repeat those legends, but none corroborate them. Why? What exactly was the original belief about Jesus, and how did this belief change over time? In Jesus from Outer Space, noted philosopher and historian Richard Carrier summarizes for a popular audience the scholarly research on these and related questions, revealing in turn how modern attempts to conceal, misrepresent, or avoid the actual evidence calls into question the entire field of Jesus studies--and present-day beliefs about how Christianity began.
Jesus the Man
Author : Barbara Thiering
Publisher : Random House
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 43,69 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0552154075
Book Description
"Jesus was the leader of a radical faction of Essene priests. He was not of virgin birth. He did not die on the Cross. He married Mary Magdalene, fathered a family, and later divorced. He died sometime after AD 64. This controversial version of Christ's life is not the product of a mind which wants to debunk Christianity. Barbara Thiering is a theologian and a biblical scholar. But after over twenty years of close study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gospels she has developed a revolutionary new theory which, while upholding the fundamental faith of Christianity, challenges many of its most ingrained supernaturalist beliefs. JESUS THE MAN will undoubtedly upset and even outrage those for whom Christianity is immutable and unchangeable. But for many who have found the rituals of the contemporary church too steeped in medieval thinking, it will provide new insights into Christianity in the context of the 1990's.
Cold-Case Christianity
Author : J. Warner Wallace
Publisher : David C Cook
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 24,52 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1434705463
Book Description
Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniques he developed in the courtroom, Wallace uses illustration to examine the powerful evidence that validates the claims of Christianity. A unique apologetic that speaks to readers’ intense interest in detective stories, Cold-Case Christianity inspires readers to have confidence in Christ as it prepares them to articulate the case for Christianity.
The Truth about Jesus; Is He a Myth?
Author : M. M. Mangasarian
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,43 MB
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3387049501
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Myth of a Christian Nation
Author : Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310267315
Book Description
Arguing from Scripture and history, the author makes a compelling case that getting too close to any political or national ideology is disastrous for the church and harmful to society.
