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The Gospels' Veiled Agenda

Revolution, Priesthood and the Holy Grail

by Harry Freedman

  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: Collective Ink
  • 12.4 x 21.7 x 1.3 cm

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The gospel writers were masters of 'Midrash', a popular literary technique in the ancient Jewish world. Midrash enables authors to promote their ideas by weaving them into well known biblical themes. The gospels contain coded, midrashic, messages that would have resonated with their contemporary Jewish audience. Approaching the "New Testament" from a midrashic perspective leads to a radically new picture of Jesus as a political leader. Not, as is often claimed a revolutionary against Roman occupation. One prominent theme, that of the Holy Grail, which is central to an understanding of the revolutionary agenda, was virtually (but not quite) written out the gospels, only to resurface in medieval Christian folk lore. The failure of Jesus' revolution came about, not with his crucifixion, but long before with the imprisonment and subsequent execution of John the Baptist, the only qualifying candidate for high office in the revolutionary scheme. From this time forward Jesus and his disciples faced an uphill struggle. Their ultimate demise was inevitable, and Jesus knew this, as the narrative bears out.
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  • Author

    Harry Freedman

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Collective Ink

  • Published

    December 2009

  • Weight

    294g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    12.4 x 21.7 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781846942600

  • ISBN-10

    1846942608

  • Eden Code

    1970276

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