1ST CENTURY RADICAL by Michael Calum Jacques is published
Released on: October 28, 2008, 7:16 am
Press Release Author: Michael Calum Jacques
Industry: Entertainment
Press Release Summary: The shadowy origins of the man who became known as Jesus Christ
Press Release Body: Based on his accredited expertise in the original languages, Michael Calum Jacques - consulting only the earliest sources available - demonstrates that the man who much later became known as the 'Son of God', along with his band of insurgents, formed part of a 1st Century extremist movement (recorded by first century Jewish sources) known only as the Fourth Philosophy.
Mary of Magdala, Judas Iscariot and other associates of Jesus are vigorously reappraised in the light of new evidence from the original, historical, sources. Later theological, ecclesiastical and partisan additions are detected, rooted out and, ultimately rejected by the author.
About the Author:
Michael Calum Jacques, M.Th, M.C.D., M.P.A.S. was educated at Ashby School, Moorlands College and St Andrews and Oxford Universities. He was awarded the William Watson and William Darling Guthrie Prizes for excellence in Biblical Greek and Classical Hebrew and is currently commencing a new and "accessible" translation of the work of the 1st Century Jewish Historian, Flavius Josephus.
About the Book:
1st Century Radical presents the case that Yeshua-bar-Yosef was part of a larger, reactionary, anti-Roman terrorist movement named and described by Josephus only as the Fourth Philosophy. Thus, the main tenets of 1st Century Radical are:
1. The original 'Jesus', Yeshua-bar-Yosef, was a radicalised Jewish fundamentalist originally from Galilee. He was executed by the Romans as a terrorist, not by the Jewish authorities or populace.
2. A number of Yeshua-bar-Yosef's recruits and associates were also radical extremists: Simon the Zealot, James and John the 'Sons of Aggression or Agitation' and Yehudah-the-Daggerman (Judas Iscariot).
3. Mary of Magdala was a wealthy, older woman whom Yeshua had healed; she would not have been able to bear children (putting to rest any idea of her later bearing Jesus' offspring).
4. The Christian Church (of which the author considers himself to be a member) needs to update its theology of the historical Yeshua-bar-Yosef and his relationship to the Jesus of Faith; they are currently incompatible.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BOOK, CONTACT:
Michael Calum Jacques (author) E-mail: info@michaelcalumjacques.com
1st Century Radical: the shadowy origins of the man who became known as Jesus Christ can be purchased from
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