The Jesus Mysteries : Was: The "original Jesus" ...

The authors contend that early Christianity was essentially a Jewish adaptation of the ancient .

The book by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy (published in 1999) presents a provocative "Jesus Mysteries Thesis". It argues that the Jesus of the New Testament was not a historical person but a mythical figure created by Jewish "Gnostics" who adapted ancient Pagan myths. Core Argument: The "Jesus Mysteries Thesis" The Jesus mysteries : was the "original Jesus" ...

: The book suggests that "Literalist" Christians later took these allegories as historical facts and brutally suppressed the original Gnostic "True Christians". Critical Reception and Scholarship The authors contend that early Christianity was essentially

: They followed up with Jesus and the Lost Goddess , which focuses on Christian mysticism and the "Aeon of Wisdom", and The Laughing Jesus . and The Laughing Jesus .