James, the Brother of Jesus : The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Softcover

Robert H. Eisenman

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9781842930267: James, the Brother of Jesus : The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls

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ISBN 10: 1842930265 ISBN 13: 9781842930267

Publisher: Watkins Publishing, 2002

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Was James - rather than Peter - the true Spiritual heir to Jesus? In this profound and provocative work of scholarly detection, eminent biblical scholar Robert Eisenmann introduces a startling theory about the identity of James - the brother of Jesus, who was almost entirely marginalized in the New Testament. Drawing on suppressed early Church texts and the revelations in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Eisenmann propounds in this groundbreaking exploration that James, not Peter, was the real successor to the movement we now call 'Christianity.' In an argument with enormous implications, Eisenmann identifies Paul as deeply compromised by Roman contacts. James is presented as not simply a leader of Christianity of his day, but the popular Jewish leader of his time, whose death triggered the Uprising against Rome - a fact that creative rewriting of early Church documents has obscured. - Groundbreaking revelations about the leadership of the early Christian Church. - A challenging work of historical detection revealing deliberated falsifications in New Testament documents - A fascinating work of readable and erudite scholarship. - The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered has sold over 200,000 copies

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