Jesus Of The Apocalypse

By Barbara Thiering

Book Overview

In her controversial 1992 bestseller Jesus the Man Barbara Thiering first showed how the pesher method of 'decoding' two separate levels of meaning found in the Dead Sea Scrolls could be used by applying it to the Gospels and presented a completely new historical interpretation of the life of Jesus Christ. Now in a new work of remarkable research and scholarship she sets out to unravel the mysteries that have long surrounded the elusive complexities of the Book of Revelation. 'It was not ' she writes 'about vision and apocalypse but about the profoundly important history of the Christian movement from AD 1 to AD 114.'

In Jesus of the Apocalypse Barbara Thiering presents a new and significant view of the development of Christianity from the time of the crucifixion until the second century AD. She argues that Jesus was no solitary preacher appearing suddenly on the shores of Lake Galilee: he was a central figure in a major political movement to overthrow the pagan Roman empire. Although crucified he did not die on the cross and he and subsequently his sons took an important role in the evolution of the new underground religion which was developing out of Judaism.

With detective-like perseverance Theiring unfolds the mystery of words meanings and places that have been allowed to pass unchallenged including a radical new interpretation of such mystical themes as the four horsemen of the Apocalypse the seven seals. the Beast whose number is 666 the Great Harlot clothed in scarlet and purple. In so doing she provides an absorbing and enlightening background to a period that has so often been seen more through the implications of scripture than the facts of history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552142387
• ISBN13: 9780552142380
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Corgi Books
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

mind-blowing

Dr Thiering has cracked the code in the gospels, acts and revelation to reveal the political in-fighting and actual events of the period. This is an extraordinary book, but needs to be read in conjunction with her other two books on the subject. This is the ONLY interpretation of the gospels which actually makes sense - and, from the pages of the bible itself, the truth leaps - freed from its bounds after 2,000 years. You will never think of Jesus the same way again after reading this book...

Groundbreaking Bible Research

Excellent follow-on to her first book in the Jesus series, "Jesus and the Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls". This book includes a line by line pesher of the Book of Revelations. Ms. Thiering's work will certainly form the basis of all future research into the true meaning of the New Testament and the life of Jesus and his associates.