Judas of Nazareth: How the Greatest Teacher of First-Century

Judas of Nazareth: How the Greatest Teacher of First-Century Israel Was Replaced by a Literary Creation
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An investigation into the historical Jesus and the veracity of the Gospels

â€¢ Reveals the biblical Jesus as a composite figure, a blend of the political revolutionary Judas the Galilean and Paulâ€™s divine-human Christ figure

â€¢ Matches the events depicted in the New Testament with historically verifiable events in Josephusâ€™ history, pushing Jesusâ€™ life back more than a decade

â€¢ Demonstrates how each New Testament Gospel is dependent upon Paulâ€™s mythologized Christ theology, designed to promote Paulâ€™s Christianity and serve the interests of the fledgling Gentile Christian communities

Scholars have spent years questioning aspects of the historical Jesus. How can we know what Jesus said and did when Jesus himself wrote nothing? Can we trust the Gospels, written by unknown authors 40 to 70 years after Jesusâ€™ death? And why do other sources from the time not speak of this messianic figure known as Christ?

Drawing on the histories of Josephus, Tacitus, Suetonius, and Pliny as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls, Daniel Unterbrink contends that the â€œJesusâ€ of the Bible was actually a composite figure, a clever blend of the Jewish freedom-fighter Judas the Galilean and Paulâ€™s divine-human Christ figure created in the middle of the first century CE. Revealing why Paul was known as a liar, enemy, and traitor in other Jewish literature, he shows that the New Testament Gospels are not transcripts of actual history but creative works of historical fiction designed to promote Paulâ€™s Christianity and serve the interests of the fledgling Gentile Christian communities. He demonstrates how each Gospel is written in light of the success of Paulâ€™s religion and dependent upon his later perspective.

Matching the events depicted in the New Testament with the historically verifiable events in Josephusâ€™ history, Unterbrink pushes the dating of Jesusâ€™ life back nearly a generation to a revolutionary time in ancient Judea. He shows that the real historical Jesus--the physical man behind the fictional stories in Paulâ€™s Gospels--was Judas the Galilean: a messianic pretender and Torah-observant revolutionary bent on overthrowing the Roman government and galvanizing the Jewish people behind his vision of the coming Kingdom of God. In the greatest cover-up of history, this teacher of first-century Israel was replaced by the literary creation known as Jesus of Nazareth.
Country USA
Brand Bear & Company
Manufacturer Bear & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2014-03-24
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781591431824

Country	USA
Brand	Bear & Company
Manufacturer	Bear & Company
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2014-03-24
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781591431824

Judas of Nazareth: How the Greatest Teacher of First-Century Israel Was Replaced by a Literary Creation

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