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The real Messiah : the throne of St. Mark and the true origins of Christianity / Stephan Huller.

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781906787127
ISBN: 1906787123
Physical Description: 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: London : Watkins Pub., 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Marcus Agrippa and the Gospel of St Mark -- Born in interesting times -- The survivor -- An enthronement -- The making of a messiah -- Allied to monsters -- The messiah's war -- Lifting the veil of Veronica -- Inside a messiah -- The gospel truth -- The super gospel -- The Hebrew Messiah -- The seeds of gnosis -- The Alexandrian connection -- The 'Mark' of authenticity -- Heretics and gnostics -- The lost past -- St Mark's throne -- Decoding the throne -- Apocalypse then -- The Agrippa code -- Kidnapping a tradition -- Concluding thoughts.