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Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God?

Morton Smith

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Description:"Who do men say that I am?"To this, the most famous question of Jesus, the author of The Secret Gospel replies, "It depends whom you talk to."To his followers and evangelists, Jesus was much like our common perception of him today: a man come from heaven, going about doing good works, preaching the good news, and working miracles.But there is another, unsettling Jesus, only barely glimpsed through the centuries-long censorship by the Christian church, according to Morton Smith. This is the Jesus the majority of his contemporaries knew: Jesus the Magician.To support this startling contention, history scholar Smith marshals all the available evidence, including — but not limited to — the Gospels. Smith succeeds in describing just what was said of Jesus by "outsiders," those who did not believe in him. Dr. Smith deals in fascinating detail with the inevitable questions his argument suggests. What did people of that time mean by "magician"? What was the nature of magic? Who were other magicians, and how did their magic compare with Jesus' works? What facts led to the general assumption that Jesus practiced magic? And, most important, was that assumption correct?In documenting his reply to this last question, Professor Smith challenges the accepted Christian view at every point. By examining the language of miracles and demons in the New Testament and explaining the actual historical meaning of the mythological world in which Jesus lived, Smith provides strong evidence for the case of Jesus as magician. The ramifications of Jesus the Magician give new meaning to the word "controversial." This book recovers a vision of Jesus that two thousand years of suppression and polemic could not erase. And — what may be the central point of the debate sure to follow — Jesus the Magician strips away the cultural veneer surrounding Christianity since the days of Constantine and faces Christians themselves with the flesh-and-blood person of their ultimately enigmatic Savior.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God?. To get started finding Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God?, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 248

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Publisher: Ulysses Press (Berkeley, CA)

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ISBN: 1569751552

Description: "Who do men say that I am?"To this, the most famous question of Jesus, the author of The Secret Gospel replies, "It depends whom you talk to."To his followers and evangelists, Jesus was much like our common perception of him today: a man come from heaven, going about doing good works, preaching the good news, and working miracles.But there is another, unsettling Jesus, only barely glimpsed through the centuries-long censorship by the Christian church, according to Morton Smith. This is the Jesus the majority of his contemporaries knew: Jesus the Magician.To support this startling contention, history scholar Smith marshals all the available evidence, including — but not limited to — the Gospels. Smith succeeds in describing just what was said of Jesus by "outsiders," those who did not believe in him. Dr. Smith deals in fascinating detail with the inevitable questions his argument suggests. What did people of that time mean by "magician"? What was the nature of magic? Who were other magicians, and how did their magic compare with Jesus' works? What facts led to the general assumption that Jesus practiced magic? And, most important, was that assumption correct?In documenting his reply to this last question, Professor Smith challenges the accepted Christian view at every point. By examining the language of miracles and demons in the New Testament and explaining the actual historical meaning of the mythological world in which Jesus lived, Smith provides strong evidence for the case of Jesus as magician. The ramifications of Jesus the Magician give new meaning to the word "controversial." This book recovers a vision of Jesus that two thousand years of suppression and polemic could not erase. And — what may be the central point of the debate sure to follow — Jesus the Magician strips away the cultural veneer surrounding Christianity since the days of Constantine and faces Christians themselves with the flesh-and-blood person of their ultimately enigmatic Savior.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God?. To get started finding Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God?, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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