The First Messiah,9780060696450

The First Messiah

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ISBN13: 9780060696450
ISBN10: 0060696451
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-01-29
Publisher(s): HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

The coauthor of the bestselling "The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered" sheds new light on the ancient--and modern--need for a messiah and provides the portrait of a man whose influence shaped Jesus and, in turn, the whole of Christianity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
1. Of Messiahs and Myth-Dreams
1(36)
2. Behold the Man
37(24)
3. To Kill a Prophet
61(19)
4. Prophet on Trial
80(24)
5. Things Unutterable
104(29)
6. Stranger in a Strange Land
133(31)
7. The Dog Turns Back
164(27)
8. The Secret Messiah
191(29)
9. Reckoned with the Gods
220(33)
10. The Other Messiah
253(26)
Notes 279

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