03-08-2011, 08:13 PM
Seconded - I read most of Ehrman's stuff when I was researching Rome: The Emperor's Spy - on the basis that the fire was deliberately lit, and likely by 'one of the early sects of christianity.' It took me *months* to work out that all of the early sects her refers to grew up decades after the fire - but I learned a lot in the process and his work is always fascinating.
There's a piece on his website somewhere that points out that the details of the Last Supper, in particular the wine and bread as 'sacrifice' were added *after* the earliest versions of the manuscript, and were, in his opinion, a relatively late addition.
I'd recommend in conjunction: 'Judas the Galilean: the Flesh and Blood Christ' by Daniel T Unterbrink; 'Caesar's Messiah' by Joseph Atwill; and 'James, the brother of Christ' by Robert Eisenmann - all shed interesting light on the roots of what we now know as a coherent message.
manda
There's a piece on his website somewhere that points out that the details of the Last Supper, in particular the wine and bread as 'sacrifice' were added *after* the earliest versions of the manuscript, and were, in his opinion, a relatively late addition.
I'd recommend in conjunction: 'Judas the Galilean: the Flesh and Blood Christ' by Daniel T Unterbrink; 'Caesar's Messiah' by Joseph Atwill; and 'James, the brother of Christ' by Robert Eisenmann - all shed interesting light on the roots of what we now know as a coherent message.
manda
