3 Peter: A Sceptic's Guide to the Origins of Christianity

Peter Marchant

ISBN 10: 1533335893 / ISBN 13: 9781533335890

Published by Peter Marchant (self published by the author), United Kingdom, 2016

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Firmly bound and clean with some handling wear and marks including minor creasing to corners and front cover. Gift inscription in pencil by the author inside, who considers the claim that the evidence suggests that Jesus was a mythical rather than an historical person.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 3 Peter: A Sceptic's Guide to the Origins of Christianity
• Publisher: Peter Marchant (self published by the author), United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1533335893
• ISBN 13: 9781533335890
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Cover picture by Caravaggio from The Incredulity of Saint Thomas
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

"3 Peter" (the eponymous author's epistle to his nephews) examines the historical background of the New Testament documents and explores the history of the early church as revealed by the texts themselves and by other contemporary historical evidence. It uses the historical critical method to consider the claims about the life of Jesus which make up the Nicene Creed: the nativity, the historical connection to Pilate, crucifixion and burial, and the supposed resurrection. The author considers the claim increasingly heard in recent years that the evidence suggests that Jesus was a mythical being rather than a historical person. The work is fully annotated with many references to the evidence considered. It is written to make a complex and wide-ranging subject accessible to lay and academic readers alike, especially those who have left Christianity behind yet retain a curiosity about how the religion of their upbringing arose. All the major world religions, which still exert a strong influence today, issue from the ancient world and it is therefore the responsibility of the ancient historian to shine a light into the dark corners from which these cults emerged. If you are not satisfied with "folks made stuff up" then this is the book for you.