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. Baigent controversially asserts that despite of rather because of all the celebration and veneration that have surrounded the figure of Jesus for centuries, Jesus and the circumstances leading to his death have been heavily mythologized.
As a religious historian and leading expert in the field of arcane knowledge, Baigent has unequalled access to hidden archives, secret societies, Masonic records, and the private collections of antiquities traders and their clients. Using that access to full advantage, Baigent explores the religious and political climate in which Jesus was born and raised, including the conflicts between the Romans and the Jews, and the significance of the Jewish Zealot movement to Jesus's fate.
Baigent also uncovers the inconsistencies and biases in the major historical accounts of Jesus's time, and given their enduring influence today, 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,
With the evidence he has uncovered, Baigent makes shocking new assertions that threaten the conventional account of Jesus's life and death, and shake the very foundation of Western thought, based on its assumption of Jesus's divinity, Ultimately, his investigation leads to a remarkable new understanding of Jesus, his life and his world.
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