Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God
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| Weight | 1.15 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 9.1 × 6.1 × 1.4 in |
Description
“A brilliant book–sometimes frightening, occasionally funny, frequently unsettling and always a thrill to read. It probes painfully into the pathology of belief.” — The Times
From a celebrated classicist and author of The Darkening Age (“[a] ballista-bolt of a book”–New York Times Book Review), a biography of the many, diverse variations of Jesus who thrived in early Christian traditions–and how they were lost until just one “true” Christ survived.
Contrary to the teachings of the church today, in the first several centuries of Christianity’s existence, there was no consensus as to who Jesus was or why he had mattered. Instead, there were many different Christs. One had a twin brother and traveled to India; another consorted with dragons. One particularly terrifying Christ scorned his parents and killed those who opposed him.
Moreover, in the early years of the first millennium there were many other saviors, many sons of gods who healed the sick and cured the lame. But as Christianity spread, they were pronounced unacceptable – even heretical – and they faded from view.
Heretic unearths the different versions of Christ who existed in the minds of early Christians, and the process of evolution–and elimination–by which Jesus became the singular figure we know today.
Mariner Books
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