Creating Christianity: Finding Jesus in History is Easier than You Think

By Alex Anderson

The New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have been considered radical departures for ancient religion. Jesus proposed a dramatic new way to relate to God: through Him. The ideas of faith in God and his Son, forgiveness of sins, salvation, resurrection, ascension and divine intervention were the highlights of the Gospels. But the most important historians of the second century, Suetonius, Plutarch, Tacitus, and Dio Cassius wrote extensively on these topics---but they were not writing about Jesus. They were recording the exploits of the Roman emperors and Julius Caesar, founder of the empire. The idea for a Son of God on earth was born long before Jesus, and was strongly imprinted in people's consciousness through the many stories of Alexander the Great, from his miraculous birth to his Last Supper, followed by a painful, premature death at the age of thirty-three. While there are many candidates in first century Judaea for the 'real' messiah, or Jesus, the Gospel's Jesus is a composite of Roman heroes and rulers--starting with Romulus--who carried the Genius of the Son of God. Told in historical narrative, the stories of the Romans are compared side-by-side with Gospel verse. All is referenced by historical author and New Testament. Evidence discloses that the New Testament was written decades later than presently assumed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1495419878
• ISBN13: 9781495419874
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"