David Fitzgerald
ASIN: B007GPG290
Publisher: Lulu
Pages: 226
Why would anyone think Jesus never existed? Isn’t it perfectly reasonable to accept that he was a real first century figure? As it turns out, no. NAILED sheds light on ten beloved Christian myths, and with evidence gathered from historians all across the theological spectrum, shows how they point to a Jesus Christ created solely through allegorical alchemy of hope and imagination; a messiah transformed from a purely literary, theological construct into the familiar figure of Jesus – in short, a purely mythic Christ. Praise for David Fitzgerald’sNailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All“Fitzgerald’s is possibly the best ‘capsule summary’ of the mythicist case I’ve ever encountered …with an interesting and accessible approach.”—Earl Doherty, author of The Jesus Puzzle“Fitzgerald summarizes a great number of key arguments concisely and with new power and original ...