James, Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls
by Robert H. Eisenman
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Was James—rather than Peter—the true spiritual heir to Jesus?James was a vegetarian, wore only linen clothing, bathed daily at dawn in cold water, and was a life-long Nazirite. In this profound and provocative work of scholarly detection, eminent biblical scholar Robert Eisenman introduces a startling theory about the identity of James—the brother of Jesus, who was almost entirely marginalized in the New Testament.Drawing on long-overlooked early Church texts and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Eisenman reveals 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, Eisenman identifies Paul as deeply compromised by Roman contacts. James is presented as not simply the 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.Eisenman...
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- Title
- James, Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Author
- Robert H. Eisenman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670869325
- ISBN 13
- 9780670869329
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- March 1997
- Pages
- 1056
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