The Real Messiah: The Throne of St. Mark and the True Origins of Christianity

by Stephan Huller

Overview

Highly controversial but impeccably researched, The Real Messiah explodes the myth that Jesus was the long-prophesied Messiah of the Jewish nation. Indeed, it argues that Jesus never claimed that role but thought of himself as herald to the true Messiah: Marcus Julius Agrippa, the last King of the Jews and Jesus’ contemporary. It was he who truly founded what became known as Christianity, and wanted to build a faith to which anyone could aspire. Though Marcus Agrippa was initially successful, with the passing of time those in charge of the new faith capitulated to the whims of successive Roman Emperors and centered their religion on Jesus instead.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780283425
Publisher:	Watkins Media
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	643 KB

About the Author

Stephan Huller, a Canadian by birth, discovered that he is a direct descendant of Jacob Frank, an 18th century Jewish messianic leader. Frankist Jews are known to have reconciled Christianity and Judaism as if they always belonged together. Stephan’s discovery of his heritage inspired the research that he has conducted over twenty years and culminated in the writing of The Real Messiah. He is actively engaged with helping the Samaritan people of Israel, an ancient sect of Judaism which numbers about 700 people who currently live in Nablus and Tel Aviv.

Table of Contents

List of Plates xi

Acknowledgements xii

Introduction 1

1 Marcus Agrippa and the Gospel of St Mark 5

2 Born in Interesting Times 14

3 The Survivor 22

4 An Enthronement 37

5 The Making of a Messiah 49

6 Allied to Monsters 59

7 The Messiah's War 67

8 Lifting the Veil of Veronica 75

9 Inside a Messiah 86

10 The Gospel Truth 94

11 The Super Gospel 104

12 The Hebrew Messiah 112

13 The Seeds of Gnosis 125

14 The Alexandrian Connection 132

15 The 'Mark' of Authenticity 140

16 Heretics and Gnostics 148

17 The Lost Past 157

18 St Mark's Throne l66

19 Decoding the Throne 176

20 Apocalypse Then 184

21 The Agrippa Code 192

22 Kidnapping a Tradition 203

Concluding Thoughts 219

Appendix A The Resurrection occurred on March 25th 227

Appendix B Alexandrian Christianity and the Passion of 37 CE 231

Appendix C Agrippa as the Messiah of Daniel 9:26 237

Appendix D Further evidence of the 'real' intention of Jesus' ministry 240

Endnotes 244

Bibliography 253

Index 262

Editorial Reviews

It’s hard to imagine how the world would have evolved if Jesus of Nazareth hadn’t been proclaimed savior of the world, with the accompanying religious institutions and their impact on societies throughout history. Huller suggests in this intriguing and challenging book that, when the true history of the period is studied, it will reveal that Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah, but instead acted as a herald of the coming one, Marcus Agrippa, who, Huller argues, is the real author of the Gospel of Mark. Huller, a descendant of Jacob Frank, founder of an 18th-century religious sect that combined Judaism and Christianity, draws on extensive knowledge of ancient sources to answer the question, “[D]id Jesus build the Church or—just as likely and in some ways more so—did the Church build Jesus?” Is the entire Christian tradition a case of mistaken identity? Huller wants us to abandon 2,000 years of worship and scholarship, a tall order and one likely to be widely challenged. (Mar.) — Publisher's Weekly

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