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Jesus the Magician

A Renowned Historian Reveals How Jesus Was Viewed by People of His Time [Paperback]

by Morton Smith

    • Author

      Morton Smith

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Hampton Roads Publishing Co

    • Published

      September 2014

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    Jesus the Magician

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    "A twentieth-century classic, uncannily smart, incredibly learned."--from the foreword by Bart Ehrman

    This book challenges traditional Christian teaching about Jesus. While his followers may have seen him as a man from heaven, preaching the good news and working miracles, Smith asserts that the truth about Jesus is more interesting and rather unsettling.

    The real Jesus, only barely glimpsed because of a campaign of disinformation, obfuscation, and censorship by religious authorities, was not Jesus the Son of God. In actuality he was Jesus the Magician. Smith marshals all the available evidence including, but not limited to, the Gospels. He succeeds in describing just what was said of Jesus by "outsiders," those who did not believe him.

    He deals in fascinating detail with the inevitable questions. What was the nature of magic? What did people at that time mean by the term "magician"? Who were the other magicians, and how did their magic compare with Jesus' works? What facts led to the general assumption that Jesus practiced magic? And, most important, was that assumption correct?

    The ramifications of Jesus the Magician give new meaning to the word controversial. This book recovers a vision of Jesus that two thousand years of suppression and polemic could not erase. And--what may be the central point of the debate--Jesus the Magician strips away the myths and legends that have obscured Jesus, the man who lived.

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    • Author

      Morton Smith

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Hampton Roads Publishing Co

    • Published

      September 2014

    • Weight

      395g

    • Page Count

      256

    • Dimensions

      153 x 229 x 17 mm

    • ISBN

      9781571747150

    • ISBN-10

      157174715X

    • Eden Code

      4268161

    More Information

    • Author/Creator: Morton Smith

    • ISBN: 9781571747150

    • Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Co

    • Release Date: September 2014

    • Weight: 395g

    • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 17 mm

    • Eden Code: 4268161


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