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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth

Name: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth
ISBN: 9780349100692

John Marco Allegro

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Christian Redeemer or Essene Messiah? In The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth, John Allegro examines the devastating impact of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. To date, the Scrolls have posed more questions than answers, and of these the most important concern has been the relationship between the Essenes – the owners of the Scrolls –and the early Church. The difference between the Scrolls and the New Testament, in their understanding of the messianic office, underscores the fundamental struggle for supremacy which raged between the so-called 'heresies' of early Christianity and their 'orthodox' rival.

It now transpires that the battle fought so ruthlessly by the Great Church, to suppress these heresies, was based on completely false assumptions about the historicity and purpose of the Gospels. The orthodox creed prevailed by institutionalising the beliefs and practices of the once great Essene order at the cost of stifling the Faith's true genius for individualism.

Originally published 1979 by Westbridge Books (David & Charles).

Kategorie:

Religion & Spirituality - Bible

Rok:

1981

Wydanie:

Abacus / Sphere Books Ltd pbk. edition, 1981

Wydawnictwo:

Abacus (Sphere Books)

Język:

english

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