The Book That Jesus Wrote: John's Gospel - Softcover

Thiering, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055214665X ISBN 13: 9780552146654

Publisher: Corgi, 1998

Synopsis

Barbara Thiering's previous works have been bestsellers in her native Australia, and Focus magazine said that the impact of her work '...may turn out to be as profound as that of Darwin's Origin of the Species'. This new book continues to reveal the 'real' Jesus and the history of his time by applying to the New Testament the insights and information contained in the Dead Sea Scrolls. The author argues that the Gospel of John was in fact written in code, by Jesus himself. She carefully analyses all the miracles and supernatural events to show that they did not happen as described. Instead, for those who understand the code, they provide a record of the development of the new religion that went on to lay the foundation of Western culture.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Barbara Thiering was a lecturer at the University of Sydney's Divinity School for 22 years until she recently retired. She has published widely on this subject, for which she has an international and controversial reputation. Her books include Jesus the Man, Jesus of the Apocalypse and The Book That Jesus Wrote. She lives in Sydney and has a grown family.

From the Back Cover

If Jesus did not die on the cross, as Dr Barbara Thiering has maintained in her two previous books, Jesus the Man and Jesus of the Apocalypse, what was his role in the years following 33 AD, and what part did he play in the religious movement we now call Christianity?

In The Book that Jesus Wrote, the author takes yet another bold, controversial step in her unravelling of the New Testament, suggesting that the Book of John was the work of Jesus himself, assisted by his Gentile friend Philip. His sense of humour, the recollection of his own life and his struggle to move away from strict Judaism and to open the door for a new religious philosophy and structure all emerge as clues in his writing.

The result is a clear and rational explanation of how Christianity came into being, and how Jesus himself was an active and inspirational figure behind its emergence both in the East and in Rome, and later in Western Europe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corgi
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 055214665X
• ISBN 13: 9780552146654
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 448