Comments on: Book Review: The Betrayal

By: JK

JK — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:17:53 +0000

Maddy, somehow Alexandria Link was too painful for me to read. I kept at it due to the interesting history angle, but the writing was unbearable.

By: maddy

maddy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:12:15 +0000

yes JK – will do
an intersting book that will provide perspective to those times is (though a thriller) is alexandria link by steve berry.

By: JK

JK — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:36:53 +0000

kaffir,

Sure, let me look at the code to see how it can be tweaked.

By: kaffir

kaffir — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:18:36 +0000

JK: a request regarding comment formatting and how they appear. The name of the person commenting appearing both at the top and bottom is confusing. Is it possible to only have the name appear once, preferably at the end of the comment? Thanks.

By: Ashish

Ashish — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:09:20 +0000

JK: Thanks for the links. Here is an interview with Atwill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCNJf83bqjs

By: JK

JK — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:33:01 +0000

Ranjith,

You are right. Earlier the Romans did not care much about religion so long the law and order was maintained. By the time of Constantine, things got out of control. One of my future posts is about Constantine’s vision and the historicity of it.

By: JK

JK — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:29:33 +0000

Maddy, I have heard about this theory before. In his first lecture Prof. Sheehan of Stanford in his lecture on Historical Jesus asks his students to read probably this book or the one by Nicholas Notovich I hope you will make a post about the book once you are done.

By: JK

JK — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:23:20 +0000

Ashish, This is the first time I am hearing about Atwill's hypothesis. There is another school of thought which believes that Yeshua was an imaginary person modeled on the life of Apollonius of Tyana.

These currently are minority positions for there is mention of a Jesus in the writings of Josephus and Tacitus. From that the only point that can be concluded is: there lived a Jew named Yeshua who was crucified. A whole mythology was created around it much later.

The following lectures are worth listening

By: Ranjith Kollannur

Ranjith Kollannur — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:04:41 +0000

I always believed Romans knew how to use religion for their propaganda. The ancient Roman religion was a mix of Greek and Etruscan religions combined by Numa Pompilius. Whenever they conquered a region they would adopt their god. But this also meant after a while the Pantheon got a bit overcrowded and confusing. By the time of Constantine, Christianity had reached into prominence in Rome. All Constantine needed to do was change the state religion to Christianity. btw, cudn’t help noticing Maddy’s comment. Just out of curiosity, is the book he’s reading talking about St. Thomas being Jesus?

By: maddy

maddy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:32:44 +0000

JK.
i am midway into another fascinating book Jesus lived in India by holger kersten.
it is really interesting from a history perspective!!
sort of destroys all the neat explanations put by those who supported paul’s ideas!!
also explains the ressurcution theory.