<p>A new presentation of the argument that no historical Jesus existed. A full and comprehensive survey of the question through an examination of the early Christian record, canonical and non-canonical, from Q to the Gospels, from the earliest Pauline epistles to the second century apologists, along with Jewish, Gnostic, and Greco-Roman documents of the time. The philosophy of the era, its religious expression in the pagan mystery cults, fascinating glimpses into the historical background of the period, an in-depth consideration of the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, are only some of the additional topics covered in the book. A richly-detailed, highly lucid and entertaining account of how Christianity began without an historical Jesus of Nazareth, who came to life only on the pages of the Gospels. While based on the author's work for The Jesus Puzzle website, the book is almost entirely an original writing, not a compilation of website articles. Like the website itself, the book has been styled for the general reader, though the scholarly community will find it of value as well.</p>

The Jesus Puzzle. Did Christianity Begin with a Mythical Christ? : Challenging the Existence of an Historical Jesus

Literature & Fiction

Doherty, Earl

Contemporary

Canadian Humanist Pubns

Offers an introduction to philosophies of the time, reviews the issues surrounding the "lost document of Q," and considers similarities between Jesus and other competing savior gods, examining several early Christian era passages that managed to escape Christian censorship which reveal that the Christian authors of the Epistles did not in any way have in mind a human Jesus executed under Pilate.

El Puzzle De Jesus/ the Jesus Puzzle (Spanish Edition)

British & Irish

LA FACTORÍA DE IDEAS

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