List of books about Jesus
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This is a list of written works with information or interpretations of the life and teachings of Jesus
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Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
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- The New TestamentNew TestamentThe New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
of the BibleBibleThe Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
, especially the Gospels (see List of Gospels). Editions include The Greek New Testament, Aland, United Bible Societies. - The Nag Hammadi Library, etc..
- The DiatessaronDiatessaronThe Diatessaron is the most prominent Gospel harmony created by Tatian, an early Christian apologist and ascetic. The term "diatessaron" is from Middle English by way of Latin, diatessarōn , and ultimately Greek, διὰ τεσσάρων The Diatessaron (c 160 - 175) is the most prominent Gospel harmony...
by TatianTatianTatian the Assyrian was an Assyrian early Christian writer and theologian of the 2nd century.Tatian's most influential work is the Diatessaron, a Biblical paraphrase, or "harmony", of the four gospels that became the standard text of the four gospels in the Syriac-speaking churches until the...
, a harmonisation of the four canonical Gospels. - The Apostolic FathersApostolic FathersThe Apostolic Fathers are a small number of Early Christian authors who lived and wrote in the second half of the first century and the first half of the second century. They are acknowledged as leaders in the early church, although their writings were not included in the New Testament...
. The Apostolic Fathers: Greek texts and English translation of their writings, edited and translated by J B LightfootJoseph Barber LightfootJoseph Barber Lightfoot was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot....
and J R Harmer; 2nd edition edited and revised by Michael W. HolmesMichael W. HolmesMichael W. Holmes is currently Chair of the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. His primary research areas are in New Testament textual criticism and the Apostolic Fathers.-Publications:* The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English...
(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House; c 1992). - Miller, Robert J. (editor), The Complete Gospels: annotated scholars version (Sonoma, California: Polebridge Press; c 1994).
- JosephusJosephusTitus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of...
, Antiquities of the JewsAntiquities of the JewsAntiquities of the Jews is a twenty volume historiographical work composed by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus in the thirteenth year of the reign of Roman emperor Flavius Domitian which was around 93 or 94 AD. Antiquities of the Jews contains an account of history of the Jewish people,...
18.63-64 (18.3.3 in the numbering system of older editions). The authenticity of this passage is disputedJosephus on JesusThis article is part of the Jesus and history series of articles.Josephus was a renowned 1st-century Jewish historian...
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- Akers, Keith. The Lost Religion of Jesus (ISBN 1-930051-26-3).
- Albright, William F.William F. AlbrightWilliam Foxwell Albright was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist and expert on ceramics. From the early twentieth century until his death, he was the dean of biblical archaeologists and the universally acknowledged founder of the Biblical archaeology movement...
Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan: An Historical Analysis of Two Contrasting Faiths (ISBN 0-931464-01-3). - Badenas, Robert. Christ the End of the Law, Romans 10.4 in Pauline Perspective (ISBN 0-905774-93-0).
- Bellinger, Gerhard J.Gerhard J. BellingerGerhard J. Bellinger is a German Theologian, university Professor for Theology of the New Testament and History of Christianity and History of religions at Dortmund University of Technology.-Study and occupation:...
. Jesus: Leben - Wirken - Schicksal (2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-3964-1). - Blomberg, Craig LCraig BlombergCraig L. Blomberg is an American New Testament scholar. Since 1986 he has been Distinguished Professor of the New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado.-Life:...
. The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (ISBN 0-87784-992-7). - Bornkamm, GuntherGünther BornkammGünther Bornkamm was a German New Testament scholar and Professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg.He was a student of Rudolf Bultmann with Ernst Käsemann , Ernst Fuchs and Hans Conzelmann ....
. Jesus of Nazareth (Hodder & Stoughton, 1960). - Brandon, Samuel George FrederickS. G. F. BrandonSamuel George Frederick Brandon was a British priest and scholar of comparative religion. He became professor of comparative religion at the University of Manchester in 1951.-Biography:Brandon was a graduate of the University of Leeds...
. Jesus and the Zealots: a study of political factor in primitive Christianity (Manchester University Press; 1967). - Brandon, Samuel George FrederickS. G. F. BrandonSamuel George Frederick Brandon was a British priest and scholar of comparative religion. He became professor of comparative religion at the University of Manchester in 1951.-Biography:Brandon was a graduate of the University of Leeds...
. The Trial of Jesus of Nazareth (London: Batsford; 1968). - Brown,Raymond E.Raymond E. BrownThe Reverend Raymond Edward Brown, S.S. , was an American Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Sulpician Fathers and a major Biblical scholar of his era...
. An Introduction to the New Testament (1996, ISBN 0-385-24767-2). - Browne, Sir ThomasThomas BrowneSir Thomas Browne was an English author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric....
. Pseudodoxia EpidemicaPseudodoxia EpidemicaPseudodoxia Epidemica or Enquries into very many received tenets and commonly presumed truths, also known simply as Pseudodoxia Epidemica or Vulgar Errors, is a work by Thomas Browne refuting the common errors and superstitions of his age. It first appeared in 1646 and went through five subsequent...
(6th edition, 1672, V:vi). - Bultmann, Rudolf KarlRudolf BultmannRudolf Karl Bultmann was a German theologian of Lutheran background, who was for three decades professor of New Testament studies at the University of Marburg...
. Jesus Christ and Mythology (Scribner's, New York; c. 1958). - Carlyle, ThomasThomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era.He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was...
. On Heroes and Hero-Worship: and the Heroic in History (Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1896). - Carmichael, JoelJoel Carmichael-Early life and education:Joseph Lipsky was born December 31, 1915 in New York. He was the youngest son of Charlotte Schacht and Louis Lipsky, a founder of the American Zionist movement...
. The Death of Jesus (Gollancz, 1963). - Cohen, Shaye J.D. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah (1988, ISBN 0-664-25017-3).
- Craig,William LaneWilliam Lane CraigWilliam Lane Craig is an American analytic philosopher, philosophical theologian, and Christian apologist. He is known for his work on the philosophy of time and the philosophy of religion, specifically the existence of God and the defense of Christian theism...
. The Son Rises: The Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus (ISBN 1-57910-464-9). - Craig,William LaneWilliam Lane CraigWilliam Lane Craig is an American analytic philosopher, philosophical theologian, and Christian apologist. He is known for his work on the philosophy of time and the philosophy of religion, specifically the existence of God and the defense of Christian theism...
. Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?: A Debate Between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan (ISBN 0-8010-2175-8). - Crossan, John DominicJohn Dominic CrossanJohn Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American religious scholar and former Catholic priest known for co-founding the Jesus Seminar. Crossan is a major figure in the fields of biblical archaeology, anthropology and New Testament textual and higher criticism. He is also a lecturer who has appeared in...
. Who Killed Jesus?: Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus - Davenport, GuyGuy DavenportGuy Mattison Davenport was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher.-Life:...
and Urrutia, BenjaminBenjamín UrrutiaBenjamin Urrutia is an author and scholar. With Guy Davenport, Urrutia edited The Logia of Yeshua, which collected what Urrutia and Davenport consider to be Jesus' authentic sayings from a variety of canonical and non-canonical sources...
. The Logia of Yeshua: The Sayings of Jesus (ISBN 1-887178-70-8). - Dibelius, MartinMartin DibeliusMartin Dibelius was a German theologian and a professor for the New Testament at the University of Heidelberg.Martin Dibelius was born in Dresden, Germany in 1883...
. Jesus: a study of the Gospels (S.C.M.Press; 1963). - Dunn, James D.G "Jimmy"James Dunn (theologian)James D. G. Dunn was for many years the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in the Department of Theology at the University of Durham. Since his retirement he has been made Emeritus Lightfoot Professor. He is a leading British New Testament scholar, broadly in the Protestant tradition. Dunn is...
. Jesus, Paul and the Law (ISBN 0-664-25095-5). - Alfred EdersheimAlfred EdersheimAlfred Edersheim was a Jewish convert to Christianity and a Biblical scholar known especially for his book The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah .- Early life and education :...
, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah, 1883. - Eisler, RobertRobert EislerRobert Eisler was an Austrian Jewish art historian and Biblical scholar. He was a follower of the psychology of Carl Jung. His writings cover a great range of topics, from cosmic kingship and astrology to werewolves....
. The Messiah Jesus and John the Baptist, according to Flavius Josephus’ ’Capture of Jerusalem’ (Methuen; 1931). - Ehrman, BartBart D. EhrmanBart D. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar, currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....
. Jesus: apocalyptic prophet of the new millennium (ISBN 0-19-512474-X). - Ehrman, BartBart D. EhrmanBart D. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar, currently the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....
. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings (ISBN 0-19-515462-2). - Fredriksen, PaulaPaula FredriksenPaula Fredriksen is a historian and a scholar of religious studies. She held the position of William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture at Boston University through 2010 and is now the William Goodwin Aurelio Chair Emerita of the Appreciation of Scripture.She earned a Ph.D...
. Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Emergence of Christianity (ISBN 0-679-76746-0). - Fredriksen, PaulaPaula FredriksenPaula Fredriksen is a historian and a scholar of religious studies. She held the position of William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture at Boston University through 2010 and is now the William Goodwin Aurelio Chair Emerita of the Appreciation of Scripture.She earned a Ph.D...
. From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ (ISBN 0-300-08457-9, ISBN 0-300-04018-0). - Funk, Robert WRobert W. FunkRobert W. Funk , an American biblical scholar, was co-founder of the controversial Jesus Seminar and the nonprofit Westar Institute in Santa Rosa, California....
. The Five Gospels: What Did Jesus Really Say? The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus. - Hart, Michael HMichael H. HartMichael H. Hart is an astrophysicist who has also written three books on history and controversial articles on a variety of subjects. Hart describes himself as a Jeffersonian liberal, while his critics call him a conservative and a racial separatist.-Science:Hart, a graduate of the Bronx High...
. The 100The 100The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart, reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history....
: a ranking of the most influential persons in history (New York: Hart Pub. Co., c 1978. ). Jesus is ranked #3 in this list of the most influential figures in history. - Hoskyns, Sir Edwyn Clement and Davey, Noel. The Riddle of the New Testament (Faber and Faber, 1931).
- Jack, James William. The Historic Christ. An examination of Dr. Robert Eisler’s theory according to the Slavonic version of Josephus and the other sources (J. Clarke & Co., London; 1933).
- Johnson, Luke TimothyLuke Timothy JohnsonLuke Timothy Johnson is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University...
. The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels (HarperOne, 1997). - Käsemann, ErnstErnst KäsemannErnst Käsemann, , was a Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament in Mainz , Göttingen and Tübingen .-Study and work:...
. Jesus means freedom: a polemical survey of the New Testament (London: SCM, 1969). - Kierkegaard, SørenSøren KierkegaardSøren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish Christian philosopher, theologian and religious author. He was a critic of idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling and Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel...
. Training in Christianity, and the Edifying Discourse which ’accompanied’ it (Oxford University Press; 1941). - Lewis, C.SC. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was a novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland...
. Mere ChristianityMere ChristianityMere Christianity is a theological book by C. S. Lewis, adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1941 and 1944, while Lewis was at Oxford during World War II...
. A book on Christianity and logical support for Jesus as God, from an Anglo-Catholic perspective (ISBN 0-06-065292-6). - Maccoby, Hyam ZoundellHyam MaccobyHyam Maccoby was a British Jewish scholar and dramatist specializing in the study of the Jewish and Christian religious tradition. His grandfather and namesake was Rabbi Hyam Maccoby , better known as the "Kamenitzer Maggid," a passionate religious Zionist and advocate of vegetarianism and animal...
. Revolution in Judea. Jesus and the Jewish resistance (London: Ocean Books, 1973). - Maccoby, Hyam ZoundellHyam MaccobyHyam Maccoby was a British Jewish scholar and dramatist specializing in the study of the Jewish and Christian religious tradition. His grandfather and namesake was Rabbi Hyam Maccoby , better known as the "Kamenitzer Maggid," a passionate religious Zionist and advocate of vegetarianism and animal...
. Jesus the Pharisee (London: SCM Press; 2003). - In Quest of the Hero (Mythos Series): by Otto Rank, Lord Fitzroy Richard Somerset Raglan, includes "The hero pattern and the life of Jesus" by Alan Dundes (Princeton University Press; 1990).
- McDowell, JoshJosh McDowellJoslin "Josh" McDowell is a Christian apologist, evangelist, and writer. He is within the Evangelical tradition of Protestant Christianity, and is the author or co-author of some 77 books. His best-known book is Evidence That Demands a Verdict, which was ranked 13th in Christianity Today's list of...
. Evidence that Demands a Verdict. Two volumes looking at Jesus from the point of view of evidence. (Vol I: ISBN 0-918956-46-3, Vol. II: ISBN 0-918956-73-0) - Meier, John PJohn P. MeierJohn Paul Meier is a Biblical scholar and Catholic priest. He attended St. Joseph's Seminary and College , Gregorian University [Rome] , and the Biblical Institute [Rome]...
. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, 3 vols (ISBN 0-385-26425-9). - Mendenhall, George E.George E. MendenhallGeorge Emery Mendenhall is an author and Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan’s Department of Near Eastern Studies....
The Tenth Generation: The Origins of the Biblical Tradition (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1973. ISBN 0-8018-1654-8). A study of the earliest traditions of Israel from linguistic and archaeological evidence which also treats the teachings and followers of Jesus in that context. - Mendenhall, George E. Ancient Israel's Faith and History: An Introduction to the Bible in Context (Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. ISBN 0-664-22313-3). Another, less technical, study of the earliest traditions of Israel from linguistic and archaeological evidence which also treats the teachings and followers of Jesus in that context.
- Messori, VittorioVittorio MessoriVittorio Messori is an Italian journalist and writer. According to Sandro Magister, a Vaticanist, he is the "most translated Catholic writer in the world."-Life:...
. Jesus hypotheses (St Paul Publications, 1977, ISBN 0-85439-154-1). The translation from Italian Ipotesi su Gesù. A book which initially explores the question of Jesus from two secular points of view, mythical (Jesus never lived) and critical (Jesus was not God) and finally considers a third hypothesis - faith. - Metzger, BruceBruce MetzgerBruce Manning Metzger was a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor who served on the board of the American Bible Society. He was a scholar of Greek, New Testament and Old Testament, and wrote prolifically on these subjects.- Biography :Metzger was born in Middletown,...
. The New Testament Canon, page 254. - Morison, Frank. Who Moved the Stone? A discussion of the Trial, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Faber & Faber, London; 1930). Frank Morison was the pseudonym of Albert Henry Ross.
- Mitchell, Stephen. The Gospel According to Jesus: A New Translation and Guide to his Essential Teaching for Believers and Unbelievers, (HarperCollins, 1991, hardcover, ISBN 0-06-016641-X; trsde paperback 0-06-092321-0).
- Pelikan, JaroslavJaroslav PelikanJaroslav Jan Pelikan was a scholar in the history of Christianity, Christian theology and medieval intellectual history.-Early years:...
. Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture Yale University Press (1985, hardcover, 270 pages, ISBN 0-300-03496-2; trade paperback, HarperCollins reprint, 304 pages, ISBN 0-06-097080-4; trade paperback, Yale University Press, 1999, 320 pages, ISBN 0-300-07987-7). - Phipps, William E. Was Jesus married? The distortion of sexuality in the Christian tradition (Harper, 1970).
- Reimarus, Hermann SamuelHermann Samuel ReimarusHermann Samuel Reimarus , was a German philosopher and writer of the Enlightenment who is remembered for his Deism, the doctrine that human reason can arrive at a knowledge of God and ethics from a study of nature and our own internal reality, thus eliminating the need for religions based on...
,(1694–1768). The goal of Jesus and his disciples (Leiden: E. J. Brill; 1970). - Renan, Joseph ErnestErnest RenanErnest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany...
. The Life of Jesus (Trübner & Co., London; 1864). - Robinson, John Arthur Thomas. Honest to GodHonest to GodHonest to God is a book written by the Anglican Bishop of Woolwich John A.T. Robinson, criticising traditional Christian theology. It aroused a storm of controversy on its original publication by SCM Press in 1963...
(London: SCM, 1963). - Sanders, E.P.E. P. SandersEd Parish Sanders is a New Testament scholar, and is one of the principal proponents of the New Perspective on Paul. He has been Arts and Sciences Professor of Religion at Duke University, North Carolina, since 1990. He retired in 2005....
. The historical figure of Jesus (Penguin, 1996, ISBN 0-14-014499-4). An up-to-date, popular, but thoroughly scholarly book. - Sanders, E.P.E. P. SandersEd Parish Sanders is a New Testament scholar, and is one of the principal proponents of the New Perspective on Paul. He has been Arts and Sciences Professor of Religion at Duke University, North Carolina, since 1990. He retired in 2005....
. Jesus and Judaism (Fortress Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8006-2061-5). More specialistic than the previous book, though not inaccessible. - Schaberg, JaneJane SchabergJane D. Schaberg is a Professor of Religious Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Detroit Mercy. Schaberg earned a BA in Philosophy from Manhattanville College, an MA in Systematic theology from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from the Union Theological Seminary. She...
. Illegitimacy of Jesus: A Feminist Theological Interpretation of the Infancy Narratives - Schillebeeckx,EdwardEdward SchillebeeckxEdward Cornelis Florentius Alfonsus Schillebeeckx was a Belgian Roman Catholic theologian born in Antwerp. He taught at the Catholic University in Nijmegen. He then continued writing. In his nineties, he still wanted to finish a major book about the Sacraments.He was a member of the Dominican Order...
, Christ, the sacrament of the encounter with God (Sheed and W., 1963, 1977). - Schweitzer, AlbertAlbert SchweitzerAlbert Schweitzer OM was a German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. He was born in Kaysersberg in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire...
. The Quest of the Historical Jesus: a critical study of its progress from Reimarus to Wrede (A & C Black, London; 1910). - Shorto, RussellRussell ShortoRussell Shorto is an American author, historian and journalist, best known for his book on the Dutch origins of New York City, The Island at the Center of the World...
. Gospel Truth, The New Image of Jesus Emerging from Science and History, and Why It Matters (ISBN 1-57322-056-6 New York, Riverhead Books, 1997). - Strauss, David FriedrichDavid StraussDavid Friedrich Strauss was a German theologian and writer. He scandalized Christian Europe with his portrayal of the "historical Jesus," whose divine nature he denied...
. A new Life of Jesus, written for the use of the German People (London, 1865). Originally published in 2 volumes in 1865. - Strauss, David FriedrichDavid StraussDavid Friedrich Strauss was a German theologian and writer. He scandalized Christian Europe with his portrayal of the "historical Jesus," whose divine nature he denied...
. The Christ of faith and the Jesus of history: a critique of Schleiermacher’s Life of Jesus (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, c 1977). Originally published in 1865. - Swami Paramananda. Hidden Teachings in the Bible (ISBN 99903-23-41-0). From what Jesus proclaimed in the Bible to what Krishna taught in the Bhagvad Gita, expertly unravelled and expressed by the author, the reader is inevitably led to the realisation of his unity with God and creation.
- Talmage, James EJames E. TalmageJames Edward Talmage born in Hungerford, Berkshire, England, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1911 until his death in 1933....
. Jesus the Christ (ISBN 0-8757-9326-6). - Theissen, GerdGerd TheissenGerd Theißen is a German Protestant theologian and New Testament scholar. He is Professor of New Testament Theology at the University of Heidelberg.-Education and career:...
, and Annette Merz. The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide (Fortress Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8006-3122-6). An amazing book, tough but rewarding, exceptionally detailed. - Theissen, GerdGerd TheissenGerd Theißen is a German Protestant theologian and New Testament scholar. He is Professor of New Testament Theology at the University of Heidelberg.-Education and career:...
. The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form (Fortress Press). - Thiede, Carsten PeterCarsten Peter ThiedeCarsten Peter Thiede was a German archaeologist and New Testament scholar. He was also a member of PEN and a Knight of Justice in the Order of St John. Thiede often advanced theories that conflicted with the consensus of academic and theological scholarship...
. Jesus: Man or Myth? (Lion Hudson Plc; 2005). - Tolstoy, LeoLeo TolstoyLev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
. The Kingdom of God is Within YouThe Kingdom of God Is Within YouThe Kingdom of God Is Within You is the non-fiction magnum opus of Leo Tolstoy and was first published in Germany in 1894, after being banned in his home country of Russia...
(ISBN 0-8032-9404-2). - Vermes, GezaGeza VermesGéza Vermes or Vermès is a British scholar of Jewish Hungarian origin and writer on religious history, particularly Jewish and Christian. He is a noted authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient works in Aramaic, and on the life and religion of Jesus...
. Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels (ISBN 0-8006-1443-7). - Walvoord, John FJohn WalvoordJohn F. Walvoord was a Christian theologian, pastor, and president of Dallas Theological Seminary from 1952 to 1986. He was the author of over 30 books, focusing primarily on eschatology and theology including The Rapture Question, and was co-editor of The Bible Knowledge Commentary with Roy B....
. Jesus Christ Our Lord. (Moody Press, 1969 ISBN 0-8024-4326-5). - Watchtower SocietyCorporations of Jehovah's WitnessesA number of corporations are in use by Jehovah's Witnesses. They publish literature and perform other operational and administrative functions, representing the interests of the religious organization...
. The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived (1990). - White, Ellen GEllen G. WhiteEllen Gould White was a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer. She, along with other Sabbatarian Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, would form what is now known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church.Ellen White reported to her fellow believers her...
. The Desire of AgesThe Desire of AgesThe Desire of Ages is a book about the life of Jesus Christ authored by Seventh-day Adventist pioneer, Ellen G. White. It was first published in 1898. It is part of her five volume Conflict of the Ages series, a devotional commentary spanning Bible history from Genesis to the second coming of...
(Pacific Press Publishing Association; 1940). - Wilson, IanIan Wilson (Christianity)Ian Wilson is the prolific author of religious and scientific books. He often mixes the two while examining such topics as the Shroud of Turin or life after death.-Life:...
. Jesus: The Evidence (ISBN 0-297-83529-7). - Witherington III, BenBen Witherington IIIBen Witherington III is an American evangelical Biblical scholar, and professor of New Testament Studies.Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.-Education:...
. The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth (InterVarsity Press; 1997). - Wrede, WilliamWilliam WredeGeorg Friedrich Eduard William Wrede was a German Lutheran theologian.Wrede was born at Bücken in Hannover. He became an associate professor at Breslau in 1893, and full professor in 1896. He died in office in 1906....
. The Messianic Secret in the Gospels (Cambridge, James Clarke; 1971). Originally published in 1901. - Wright, N.T.Tom Wright (theologian)Nicholas Thomas Wright is a leading New Testament scholar and former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England. His academic work has usually been published under the name N. T...
. Jesus and the Victory of God, (SPCK, London; 1996 ISBN 0-281-04717-0). Second in a projected massive five or six volume series on Christian origins, dealing with the life and death of Christ from a very open Evangelical perspective. The author is now Bishop of DurhamDurhamDurham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...
(Church of England). - Yoder, John H.John Howard YoderJohn Howard Yoder was a Christian theologian, ethicist, and Biblical scholar best known for his radical Christian pacifism, his mentoring of future theologians such as Stanley Hauerwas, his loyalty to his Mennonite faith, and his 1972 magnum opus, The Politics of Jesus.-Life:Yoder earned his...
. The Politics of Jesus (ISBN 0-8028-0734-8). - Yogananda, ParamahansaParamahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda , born Mukunda Lal Ghosh , was an Indian yogi and guru who introduced many westerners to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book, Autobiography of a...
. The Second Coming of Christ (ISBN 0-87612-555-0).
Jesus as myth
- Barna, GeorgeGeorge BarnaGeorge Barna is the founder of The Barna Group, a market research firm specializing in studying the religious beliefs and behavior of Americans, and the intersection of faith and culture...
and Viola, FrankFrank ViolaFrank John Viola, Jr. is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins , New York Mets , Boston Red Sox , Cincinnati Reds and Toronto Blue Jays . A three-time All-Star, he was named World Series MVP with the Twins in 1987 and won the AL Cy Young Award in 1988...
. Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices (Carol Stream, IL: BarnaBooks, 2008). - Bauer, BrunoBruno BauerBruno Bauer was a German philosopher and historian. As a student of GWF Hegel, Bauer was a radical Rationalist in philosophy, politics and Biblical criticism...
. (1809–1882) An English edition of Bruno Bauer’s 1843 Christianity exposed: a recollection of the Eighteenth century and a contribution to the crisis of the Nineteenth century (Lewiston; Lampeter: Edwin Mellen, c 2002). - Brandes, GeorgGeorg BrandesGeorg Morris Cohen Brandes was a Danish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century. He is seen as the theorist behind the "Modern Breakthrough" of Scandinavian culture...
. Jesus: A Myth (trans. Edwin Björkman; New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926). - Doherty, EarlEarl DohertyEarl J. Doherty is a Canadian author of Challenging the Verdict , The Jesus Puzzle and Jesus: Neither God Nor Man...
. The Jesus Puzzle. Did Christianity Begin with a Mythical Christ?: Challenging the Existence of an Historical Jesus (ISBN 0-9686014-0-5). - Drews, ArthurArthur DrewsChristian Heinrich Arthur Drews [pronounced "drefs"] was a German philosopher, writer, and important representative of German Monist thought. He was born in Uetersen, Holstein, present day Germany....
. The Christ-Myth (London and Leipsic: T. Fisher Unwin, 1909) - Dupuis, Charles FrançoisCharles François DupuisCharles François Dupuis was a French savant, a professor of rhetoric at the Collège de Lisieux, Paris, who studied for the law in his spare time and was received as avocat in 1770...
. The Origin of All Religious Worship (New York: Garland, 1984). Originally published in 1798. - Freke, TimothyTimothy FrekeTimothy Freke is a British author of books on religion and mysticism. Freke is perhaps best known for his books, co-authored with Peter Gandy, which advocate a Gnostic understanding of early Christianity and the Christ myth theory, including The Jesus Mysteries: Was the "Original Jesus" a Pagan...
and Gandy, Peter. The Jesus MysteriesThe Jesus MysteriesThe Jesus Mysteries: Was the "Original Jesus" a Pagan God? is a 1999 book by British authors Timothy Freke, a philosophy and religions scholar, and Peter Gandy a classics scholar...
: Was the "Original Jesus" a Pagan God? (London: Thorsons, 1999). - Freke, TimothyTimothy FrekeTimothy Freke is a British author of books on religion and mysticism. Freke is perhaps best known for his books, co-authored with Peter Gandy, which advocate a Gnostic understanding of early Christianity and the Christ myth theory, including The Jesus Mysteries: Was the "Original Jesus" a Pagan...
and Gandy, Peter. The Gospel of the Second Coming (London: Hay House, 2007). - Harpur, TomTom HarpurThomas William Harpur is a Canadian author, broadcaster, columnist and theologian. An ordained priest, he is a proponent of the Christ myth theory, the idea that Jesus did not exist but is a fictional or mythological figure...
. The Pagan Christ: recovering the lost light (ISBN 0-88762-145-7). - Hinnels, John R. (editor). Mithraic Studies: Proceedings of the First International Congress of Mithraic Studies (Manchester University Press, 1975).
- Kalthoff, Albert. The Rise of Christianity (London: Watts & Co, 1907).
- Leidner, HaroldHarold LeidnerHarold Leidner was an American patent attorney and amateur scholar of early Christianity.He was born in New York City of Polish-Jewish parentage. He completed his law studies at the College of the City of New York and the New York University School of Law during the 1930s and was admitted in...
. The Fabrication of the Christ Myth (Survey Press, 2000). - Price, Robert McNairRobert M. PriceRobert McNair Price is an American theologian and writer. He teaches philosophy and religion at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, is professor of biblical criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute, and the author of a number of books on theology and the historicity of Jesus, including...
. Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable Is the Gospel Tradition? (ISBN 1-59102-121-9). - John Eleazer RemsbergJohn RemsburgJohn Eleazer Remsburg was an ardent religious skeptic in America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His name is sometimes spelled Remsberg.-Early life:...
(sometimes spelled Remsburg). The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidence of His Existence (New York: The Truth Seeker Company, 1909). - Rieser, MaxSamuel Maximilian RieserSamuel Maximilian Rieser was a Jewish lawyer and philosopher.Born in Kraków, where he went to school, he began the study of law in Vienna. His studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he lived in Switzerland. After the war he returned to Vienna, completed his law studies and obtained...
. The True Founder of Christianity and the Hellenistic Philosophy (Amsterdam and Uithoorn: Graduate Press, 1979). - Robertson, John Mackinnon, Right HonJ. M. RobertsonJohn Mackinnon Robertson was a prolific journalist, advocate of rationalism and secularism, and Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Tyneside from 1906 to 1918.- Biography :...
. The Jesus Problem: a restatement of the myth theory (London: Watts & Co., 1917). - Volney, Constantin-FrançoisConstantin-François ChassebœufConstantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney was a French philosopher, historian, orientalist, and politician...
. The Ruins, or a Survey of the Revolutions of Empires (New York: Davis, 1796). Originally published in 1791. - Wells, George AlbertGeorge Albert WellsGeorge Albert Wells , usually known as G. A. Wells, is an Emeritus Professor of German at Birkbeck, University of London. He is best known as an advocate of the idea that Jesus is a largely mythical rather than a historical figure....
. The Jesus of the Early Christians, a study of Christian Origins (Pemberton Books, 1971). - Wells, George AlbertGeorge Albert WellsGeorge Albert Wells , usually known as G. A. Wells, is an Emeritus Professor of German at Birkbeck, University of London. He is best known as an advocate of the idea that Jesus is a largely mythical rather than a historical figure....
. Did Jesus Exist? (Elek, London; 1975). - Wells, George AlbertGeorge Albert WellsGeorge Albert Wells , usually known as G. A. Wells, is an Emeritus Professor of German at Birkbeck, University of London. He is best known as an advocate of the idea that Jesus is a largely mythical rather than a historical figure....
. The Historical Evidence for Jesus (Prometheus Books; 1982). - Wells, George AlbertGeorge Albert WellsGeorge Albert Wells , usually known as G. A. Wells, is an Emeritus Professor of German at Birkbeck, University of London. He is best known as an advocate of the idea that Jesus is a largely mythical rather than a historical figure....
. Who Was Jesus? A Critique of the New Testament Record (Open Court Publishing Company; 1989). - Wells, George AlbertGeorge Albert WellsGeorge Albert Wells , usually known as G. A. Wells, is an Emeritus Professor of German at Birkbeck, University of London. He is best known as an advocate of the idea that Jesus is a largely mythical rather than a historical figure....
. The Jesus Legend (Open Court, Chicago, c.1996). - Wells, George AlbertGeorge Albert WellsGeorge Albert Wells , usually known as G. A. Wells, is an Emeritus Professor of German at Birkbeck, University of London. He is best known as an advocate of the idea that Jesus is a largely mythical rather than a historical figure....
. The Jesus Myth (Open Court Publishing Company; 1998).
Controversial books on Jesus Christ
- Allegro, John MarcoJohn Marco AllegroJohn Marco Allegro was a scholar who challenged orthodox views of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Bible and the history of religion, with books that attracted popular attention and scholarly derision....
. The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross: A Study of the Nature and Origins of Christianity Within the Fertility Cults of the Ancient Near East (Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1970). - Andrews, Richard and Schellenberger, Paul. The Tomb of God: The Body of Jesus and the Solution to a 2,000-Year-Old Mystery (London: Little, Brown; 1996).
- Baigent, MichaelMichael BaigentMichael Baigent is an author and speculative theorist who co-wrote a number of books that question mainstream perceptions of history and the life of Jesus. He is best known as co-writer of the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail....
, Leigh, RichardRichard LeighRichard Leigh is the name of:*Richard Leigh , Catholic martyr*Richard Leigh *Richard Leigh , co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail...
and Lincoln, HenryHenry LincolnHenry Lincoln is an English author, television presenter, scriptwriter and former Supporting actor. He co-wrote three Doctor Who multi-part serials in the 1960s, and —starting in the 1970s— authored a series of books and inspired documentaries for the British television channel BBC2,...
. The Holy Blood and the Holy GrailThe Holy Blood and the Holy GrailThe Holy Blood and the Holy Grail is a book by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln....
(Jonathan Cape; 1982). - Baigent, MichaelMichael BaigentMichael Baigent is an author and speculative theorist who co-wrote a number of books that question mainstream perceptions of history and the life of Jesus. He is best known as co-writer of the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail....
, Leigh, RichardRichard LeighRichard Leigh is the name of:*Richard Leigh , Catholic martyr*Richard Leigh *Richard Leigh , co-author of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail...
and Lincoln, HenryHenry LincolnHenry Lincoln is an English author, television presenter, scriptwriter and former Supporting actor. He co-wrote three Doctor Who multi-part serials in the 1960s, and —starting in the 1970s— authored a series of books and inspired documentaries for the British television channel BBC2,...
. The Messianic Legacy (Jonathan Cape; 1986). - Baigent, MichaelMichael BaigentMichael Baigent is an author and speculative theorist who co-wrote a number of books that question mainstream perceptions of history and the life of Jesus. He is best known as co-writer of the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail....
. The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-up in History (Harper, San Francisco, 2006). - Browne, SylviaSylvia BrowneSylvia Browne is an American author who describes herself as a psychic and spiritual medium...
. The Mystical Life of Jesus: An Uncommon Perspective on the Life of Christ (London: Piatkus; 2006). - Browne, SylviaSylvia BrowneSylvia Browne is an American author who describes herself as a psychic and spiritual medium...
. The Two Marys: The Hidden History of the Mother and Wife of Jesus (London: Piatkus; 2007). - Carotta, FrancescoFrancesco CarottaFrancesco Carotta is an Italian former IT entrepreneur, publisher and engineer, and has been referred to as an independent linguist and philosopher. Carotta is a co-founder of the German newspaper die Tageszeitung. As author he is best known for his theory that the historical Jesus Christ was...
. Jesus was Caesar. On the Julian Origin of Christianity. An Investigative Report (Soesterberg: Aspekt B V Uitgeverij; 2005). ISBN 9059113969 - Cupitt, DonDon CupittDon Cupitt is an English philosopher of religion and scholar of Christian theology. He is an Anglican priest, heretic and an emeritus professor of the University of Cambridge, though is better known as a popular writer, broadcaster and commentator...
and Peter Armstrong. Who was Jesus? (London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1977). - Dobson, C. C. (1936) Did Our Lord Visit Britain as they say in Cornwall and Somerset? (Glastonbury: Avalon Press)
- Faber-Kaiser, Andreas. Jesus died in Kashmir: Jesus, Moses and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel (London: Gordon and Cremonesi; 1977).
- Gardner, LaurenceLaurence GardnerLaurence Gardner was a writer and lecturer in the "alternative history" genre of research.-Career:Laurence Gardner's first book Bloodline of the Holy Grail was published in 1996. The book was serialized in the Daily Mail and a best seller...
. Bloodline of the Holy Grail – The Hidden Lineage of Jesus Revealed (Shaftesbury: Element; 1996). - Gardner, LaurenceLaurence GardnerLaurence Gardner was a writer and lecturer in the "alternative history" genre of research.-Career:Laurence Gardner's first book Bloodline of the Holy Grail was published in 1996. The book was serialized in the Daily Mail and a best seller...
. The Magdalene Legacy. The Jesus and Mary Bloodline Conspiracy, Revelations Beyond The Da Vinci Code (London: HarperElement; 2005). - Gardner, LaurenceLaurence GardnerLaurence Gardner was a writer and lecturer in the "alternative history" genre of research.-Career:Laurence Gardner's first book Bloodline of the Holy Grail was published in 1996. The book was serialized in the Daily Mail and a best seller...
. The Grail Enigma: The Hidden Heirs of Jesus and Mary Magdalene (London: HarperElement; 2008). - Graves, RobertRobert GravesRobert von Ranke Graves 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works...
, and Podro, Joshua. The Nazarene Gospel Restored (London: Cassell & Co., 1953). - Graves, RobertRobert GravesRobert von Ranke Graves 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works...
. Jesus in Rome. A historical conjecture (Cassell & Co., London, 1957). - Hassnain, Fida. A Search for the Historical Jesus (Gateway Books, 1994).
- Jacobovici, SimchaSimcha JacoboviciSimcha Jacobovici is a Canadian film director, producer, free-lance journalist, and writer. He is a three-times Emmy winner for Outstanding Investigative Journalism....
and Pellegrino, CharlesCharles R. PellegrinoCharles R. Pellegrino is the controversial author of several books relating to science and archaeology, including Return to Sodom and Gomorrah, Ghosts of the Titanic, Unearthing Atlantis and Ghosts of Vesuvius....
(Foreword by James CameronJames CameronJames Francis Cameron is a Canadian-American film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor, environmentalist and inventor...
). The Jesus Family TombThe Jesus Family TombThe Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History is a controversial book by Simcha Jacobovici and Charles R. Pellegrino published in February 2007...
: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History (HarperOne; 2007). - Joyce, DonovanDonovan JoyceDonovan Maxwell Joyce is known as the author of the international best-seller The Jesus Scroll. Joyce, an Australian radio producer and author, was born in 1910 at Hawthorn, Melbourne. Educated at Scotch College, Hawthorn, on leaving education he was employed by the Broken Hill Proprietary Co...
. The Jesus ScrollThe Jesus ScrollThe Jesus Scroll was a best-selling book first published in 1972 and written by Australian author Donovan Joyce. A forerunner to some of the ideas later investigated in The Da Vinci Code, Joyce's book made the claim that Jesus of Nazareth may have actually died in 80 AD at Masada in Israel during...
: a time bomb for Christianity? (Angus & Robertson, 1973). - Laidler, Keith. The Head of God – The Lost Treasure of the Templars (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 1998).
- Leloup, Jean-Yves. The Gospel of Philip: Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and the Gnosis of Sacred Union (Inner Traditions: Bear and Company; 2004).
- Dowling, Levi H.Levi H. DowlingLevi H. Dowling was an American preacher. He was born in Bellville, Ohio. His father, of Scots and Welsh descent, was a pioneer preacher among the Disciples of Christ...
. The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the ChristThe Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the ChristThe Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ is a book by Levi H. Dowling, first published in 1908. He said he had transcribed the text of the book from the Akashic records...
. The philosophic and practical basis of the religion of the aquarian age of the world and of the church universal. Transcribed from the book of God’s remembrances, known as the Akashic records, by Levi (L. N. Fowler & Co., London; Chicago [printed], 1911). First published in 1908. - Ki LongfellowKi LongfellowKi Longfellow is an American novelist, playwright, theatrical producer, theater director and entrepreneur. In Britain, as the widow of Vivian Stanshall, she is well known as the guardian of his artistic heritage, but elsewhere she is best known for her own work, especially the novel The Secret...
. The Secret Magdalene. A gnostic view of his relationship with Mary MagdaleneMary MagdaleneMary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...
as well as his ministry. (Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
, 2007) - Meurois-Givaudan, Anne and Meurois-Givaudan, Daniel. The Way of the Essenes: Christ's Hidden Life Remembered (Inner Traditions, Bear and Company; 1993).
- Montgomery, Hugh. The God-Kings of Europe: The Descendents of Jesus Traced Through the Odonic and Davidic Dynasties (Book Tree, US; 2006).
- Notovitch, NicolasNicolas NotovitchNicolas Notovitch was a Russian aristocrat, Cossack officer, spy and journalist known for his contention that during the years of Jesus Christ's life missing from the Bible, he followed travelling merchants abroad into India and the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh, India, where he studied Buddhism.-Life...
. The Unknown Life of Jesus (BiblioBazaar, LLC; 2007). First Published in 1895. - Picknett, LynnLynn PicknettLynn Picknett is a writer, researcher, and lecturer on the paranormal, the occult, and historical and religious mysteries.-Life:Born in Folkestone, Kent, England in April 1947, Picknett grew up in a haunted house in York, attending Park Grove Junior School and Queen Anne Grammar School...
and Prince, Clive. The Templar RevelationThe Templar RevelationThe Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ is a book written by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince and published in 1997 by Transworld Publishers Ltd in Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand...
: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ (London: Bantam; 1997). - Prophet, Elizabeth Clare. The Lost Years of Jesus: Documentary Evidence of Jesus' 17-Year Journey to the East (Livingston. Mont.: Summit University Press; 1984).
- Roberts, MichèleMichèle RobertsMichèle Brigitte Roberts is a British writer, novelist and poet. Roberts was the daughter of a French Catholic teacher mother and English Protestant father ; she has dual UK-France nationality.-Early life:She was raised in Edgware, Middlesex and educated at a convent, expecting to become a nun,...
. The Wild GirlThe Wild GirlThe Wild Girl is a 1984 novel by Michèle Roberts. This work tells a fictional story about the discovery of an apocryphal fifth Gospel in Provence, France. This gospel tells the tale of Jesus Christ and the period before his crucifiction, known as the Passion, from the perspective of Mary Magdalene...
(Routledge; 1984). - Schonfield, Hugh JosephHugh J. SchonfieldHugh Joseph Schonfield was a British Bible scholar specializing in the New Testament and the early development of the Christian religion and church. He was born in London, and educated there at St Paul's School and King's College, doing postgraduate religious studies in Glasgow, Doctor of Sacred...
. The Passover PlotThe Passover PlotThe Passover Plot is the name of a controversial, best-selling 1965 book, by British Biblical scholar Hugh J. Schonfield who has also published a translation of the New Testament informed with a Jewish perspective....
. New Light on the History of Jesus (Hutchinson, London; 1965). - Shanks, HershelHershel ShanksHershel Shanks is the founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society and the editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review and has written and edited numerous works on Biblical archaeology including the Dead Sea Scrolls....
, and Witherington III, BenBen Witherington IIIBen Witherington III is an American evangelical Biblical scholar, and professor of New Testament Studies.Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.-Education:...
. The Brother of Jesus: The Dramatic Story & Meaning of the First Archaeological Link to Jesus & His Family (Harper: San Francisco, 2004). - Simmans, Graham. Jesus After the Crucifixion: From Jerusalem to Rennes-le-Château (Bear & Company; 2007).
- Smith, MortonMorton SmithMorton Smith was an American professor of ancient history at Columbia University. He is best known for his controversial discovery of the Mar Saba letter, a letter attributed to Clement of Alexandria containing excerpts from a Secret Gospel of Mark, during a visit to the monastery at Mar Saba in...
Jesus the Magician (Harper & Row; 1977). - Spong, John ShelbyJohn Shelby SpongJohn Shelby "Jack" Spong is a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was formerly the Bishop of Newark . He is a liberal Christian theologian, religion commentator and author...
. Resurrection: Myth or Reality? A Bishop's Search for the Origins of Christianity (Aquila; 1994). - Starbird, Margaret. The Woman with the Alabaster JarThe Woman with the Alabaster JarThe Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail is a book by Margaret Starbird claiming Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene were married, and that Mary Magdalene was the Holy Grail....
: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail (Bear & Company; 1993). - Swanson, Vern G. Dynasty of the Holy Grail: Mormonism's Sacred Bloodline (Cedar Fort; 2006).
- Tabor, James DJames TaborJames D. Tabor is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he has taught since 1989. He previously held positions at Ambassador College , the University of Notre Dame , and the College of William and Mary .-Background:Tabor was born in...
. The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity (Simon & Schuster; 2006). - Thiering, BarbaraBarbara ThieringBarbara Thiering is an Australian nonfiction writer, historian, and Biblical exegete specialising in the origins of the early Christian Church. In books and journal articles, she challenges Christian orthodoxy, drawing on claimed new evidence that gives alternative answers to its supernatural...
. Jesus The ManJesus the Man (book)Jesus the Man: New Interpretations from the Dead Sea Scrolls is a 1993 book written by the Australian biblical scholar and theologian Barbara Thiering...
: A New Interpretation From the Dead Sea Scrolls, decoding the real story of Jesus and Mary Magdalene (London: Doubleday; 1992). - Thiering, BarbaraBarbara ThieringBarbara Thiering is an Australian nonfiction writer, historian, and Biblical exegete specialising in the origins of the early Christian Church. In books and journal articles, she challenges Christian orthodoxy, drawing on claimed new evidence that gives alternative answers to its supernatural...
. Jesus & the Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Unlocking the Secrets of His Life Story (Toronto: Doubleday Canada; 1992). - Thiering, BarbaraBarbara ThieringBarbara Thiering is an Australian nonfiction writer, historian, and Biblical exegete specialising in the origins of the early Christian Church. In books and journal articles, she challenges Christian orthodoxy, drawing on claimed new evidence that gives alternative answers to its supernatural...
. Jesus of the Apocalypse: The Life of Jesus After the Crucifixion (Sydney; London: Doubleday; 1996). - Thiering, BarbaraBarbara ThieringBarbara Thiering is an Australian nonfiction writer, historian, and Biblical exegete specialising in the origins of the early Christian Church. In books and journal articles, she challenges Christian orthodoxy, drawing on claimed new evidence that gives alternative answers to its supernatural...
. The Book That Jesus Wrote: John's Gospel (London: Corgi; 1998). - Urantia Foundation (Chicago). The Urantia BookThe Urantia BookThe Urantia Book is a spiritual and philosophical book that discusses God, Jesus, science, cosmology, religion, history, and destiny. It originated in Chicago, Illinois, sometime between 1924 and 1955...
(Chicago: Urantia Foundation; 1955). - Verhoeven, Paul. Jesus of Nazareth: A Realistic Portrait (publishing house J.M. Meulenhoff, 2008)
- Wallace-Murphy, Tim; Hopkins, Marilyn and Simmans, Graham. Rex Deus: The True Mystery of Rennes-le-Château And The Dynasty of Jesus (Shaftesbury: Element; 2000).
- Wallace-Murphy, Tim and Hopkins, Marilyn. Custodians Of Truth: The Continuance Of Rex Deus (York Beach, Me.: Weiser; Enfield: Airlift [distributor], 2005).