What if everything you think you know about Jesus is wrong? In The Jesus Papers, Michael Baigent probes into the truth about Jesus's life and crucifixion.As a religious historian, Baigent explores the religious and political climate in which Jesus was born and raised, and the strife within the different factions of the Jewish Zealot movement. He chronicles the migrations of Jesus's family, his subsequent exposure to other cultures and the events, teachings, and influences that were most likely to have shaped Jesus's early years. Baigent also uncovers the inconsistencies and biases in the accou... View More...
What if everything you think you know about Jesus is wrong? In The Jesus Papers, Michael Baigent reveals the truth about Jesus's life and crucifixion. Despite--or rather because of--all the celebration and veneration that have surrounded the figure of Jesus for centuries, Baigent asserts that Jesus and the circumstances leading to his death have been heavily mythologized.As a religious historian and a leading expert in the field of arcane knowledge, Baigent has unequaled access to hidden archives, secret societies, Masonic records, and the private collections of antiquities traders and their m... View More...
Holy Blood, Holy Grail rocked the very foundations of Christianity. Now four more years of research have uncovered shocking material -- and its earthshaking consequences. - What extraordinary meaning lies behind Jesus' title -- "King of the Jews"?- Was there more than one Christ?- Who really constituted Jesus' following -- and what were the real identities of Simon Peter and Judas Iscariot?- Who now has the ancient treasure of the Temple of Jerusalem?- What is the true source of today's Christian "Fundamentalism"?- What links the Vatican, the CIA, the KGB, the Mafia, Freemasonry, and the Knigh... View More...
Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? - Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?- Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists?- Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom?- Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail? According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible -- they are probably true so revolutio... View More...
Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? - Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?- Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists?- Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets of Christendom?- Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail? According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible -- they are probably true so revolutio... View More...
