The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity Paperback - 2005
by Jeffrey J. Bütz
Revealing the true role of James, the brother of Jesus, in early Christianity, this work argues that James is the most overlooked figure in the history of the Church.
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RELIGION / CHRISTIAN STUDIES James, the younger brother of Jesus, has been the subject of controversy since the founding of Christianity. This book reveals his true role as Jesus' chosen successor and demonstrates that the core message in the teachings of Jesus is an expansion, not a repudiation, of the Jewish religion. James recently made international headlines due to the discovery of an ancient Jewish ossuary that bore the inscription: "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." Evidence that Jesus had siblings contradicts Roman Catholic dogma on the virgin birth, and James is also a symbol of suppressed Christian teachings. While Peter is traditionally thought of as the leader of the apostles and the "rock" on which Jesus built his church, Jeffrey Butz shows that it was James who led the disciples after the crucifixion. It was James, not Peter, who guided them through the Church's first major theological crisis--Paul's interpretation of the teachings of Jesus. Using the canonical Gospels, writings of the Church Fathers, and apocryphal texts, Butz argues that James is the most overlooked figure in the history of the Church. He shows how the core teachings of Jesus are firmly rooted in Hebrew tradition and reveals the bitter battles between James and Paul for ideological supremacy in the early Church, explaining that Paul's interpretations, which became the foundation of the Church, are in many ways a betrayal of Jesus' teachings. Butz reveals a picture of Christianity and the true meaning of Christ's message that are sometimes quite at odds with established Christian doctrine and concludes that James can serve as a desperately needed link between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam that could heal the wounds of centuries of enmity. JEFFREY J. BuTZ is an ordained Lutheran minister and an adjunct professor of world religions at Penn State University's Berks-Lehigh Valley campus. He lives in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.
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- Title The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity
- Author Jeffrey J. Bütz
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Original
- Pages 240
- Language ENG
- Publisher Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-01
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9781594770432
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Themes
- Topical: New Age
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/01/2005, Page 919
- Ingram Advance, 03/01/2005, Page 87
- Library Journal, 02/15/2005, Page 135
- Publishers Weekly, 02/14/2005, Page 73
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