Those Incredible Christians

by Hugh J. Schonfield

Overview

Those Incredible Christians is written as a companion to the bestseller, The Passover Plot. It continues the story after Jesus' crucifixion to the movements surrounding the early disciples and how the message of the gospels developed. It demonstrates with considerable evidence how the understanding of the role and person of Messiah became adapted and corrupted and how the conflicts and power struggles with the Church at Rome, and the Roman Empire emerged.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940164089962
Publisher:	Texianer Verlag
Publication date:	05/23/2020
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	953,495
File size:	543 KB

About the Author

Hugh J. Schonfield wrote over 40 books including commercially successful books in the fields of history and biography as well as religion. In 1958 his non-ecclesiastical historical translation of the New Testament was published in the UK and the US, titled The Authentic New Testament. This aimed to show without idealised interpretation the meaning intended by the writers while maintaining the original structures. A revised version appeared in 1985 titled The Original New Testament.

Table of Contents

Introductionvii

The Kingdom of Arrogance1

The Jewish Impact11

Messianic Explosion25

The Door of Faith37

Odd Man Out49

Signs and Portents61

The Storm Breaks75

Post-War Reconstruction87

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul101

Counterblast117

Trials and Tribulations133

The Man Called John145

The Time of Transition161

The Christian Problem175

Supplementary Studies183

1. The Christology of Paul183

2. The Christology of John195

Bibliography205

Index211

Editorial Reviews

Some recent reviews from Amazon readers:

• A good historical view of the development of Christianity. The author challenges some of the dogmas that are typically taught. Some of his conclusions are questionable, but overall a good read with what I think will be some surprises for many Christians.
• Fascinating account of the how the Christian Religion is really the religion of Paul (Saul) not Jesus. Written by respected historian/scholar H. Schonfield who was selected as one of the Dead Sea scroll translators.
• This time period fascinates me. The book is full of surprises-- The author provides information about early Christianity that I've never read in another book. Loved it.
• An excellent sequel to "The Passover Plot"
  
  

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