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The Jesus
Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in
History
by Michael
Baigent
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.
Despite -- or rather because of -- all the
celebration and veneration that have
surrounded the figure of Jesus for
centuries, Baigent asserts that Jesus and
the circumstances leading to his death
have been heavily mythologized.
As a religious historian and a leading
expert in the field of arcane knowledge,
Baigent has unequaled access to hidden
archives, secret societies, Masonic
records, and the private collections of
antiquities traders and their moneyed
clients. Using that access to full
advantage, Baigent explores the religious
and political climate in which Jesus was
born and raised, examining not only the
conflicts between the Romans and the Jews,
but the strife within the different
factions of the Jewish Zealot movement. He
chronicles the migrations of Jesus's
family, his subsequent exposure to other
cultures, and the events, teachings, and
influences that were most likely to have
shaped his early years. Baigent also
uncovers the inconsistencies and biases in
the accounts of the major historians of
Jesus's time, including Josephus, Pliny,
and Tacitus. The enduring influence of
these accounts in forming our most common
conceptions of Jesus 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. The evidence he
has uncovered has lead him to make
shocking new assertions that threaten the
conventional account of Jesus's life and
death and shake the very foundation of
Western thought, based as it is upon the
assumption of Jesus's divinity.
Ultimately, his investigation raises the
hope that we may gain a new understanding
of Jesus.
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Is the
traditional, accepted view of the life of
Jesus Christ incomplete? Is it possible
that he did not die on the cross? Is it
possible that Jesus married, became a
father, and that his bloodline still
exists today?
Here are a couple of books that will
raise the blood-pressure of many people.
Talk about "radical" ideas! On the other
hand, evidence is presented, much of it
circumstantial, of course, that it is
possible that what we have been taught all
these many years about Christ and
Christianity is dead wrong. I have already
worn out a paperback copy of Holy
Blood, Holy Grail and sent my
bookseller on a quest for the hardback
edition, which is now out of print.
Fortunately, the good bookseller found me
a used hardback in good condition. So I'm
reading it for the umpteenth time.
Bloodline of the Holy Grail is the
newer book of the two and was published
here in 1997.
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"I have recommended both of the above
books to many friends of mine. No one has
been disappointed. I suggest that you
acquire both books, not just one. By
itself, each book is interesting and
provacative, but each is without the
impact that the two books make together.
The ideas are controversial. The ideas
will challenge what you've learned in the
past. Above all, the ideas are really,
really "radical." Are the books telling
the truth? Well, I don't know. Evaluate
the evidence for yourself. Personally, I'm
intrigued, but, as I do so often, I'll
withhold judgment for now." --J.
Dolhenty
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Another
Challenge to the Conventional
Wisdom!
The Hiram Key: Pharaohs, Freemasons
and the Discovery of the Secret Scrolls of
Jesus
"If you've read
Holy Blood, Holy
Grail and/or
Bloodline of the
Holy Grail, then you need to read
this new book which is also presenting a
challenge to the history of Christianity
as we have been taught it. This book may
disturb many, especially those who think
they already know everything there is to
know about the origins of Christianity.
This book is capable of shaking such
confidence. A very interesting read!"
Jonathan Dolhenty
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Still Another
Challenge to the Conventional
Wisdom!
The Templar Revelation: Secret
Guardians of the True Identity of
Christ
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