The Jesus Dynasty; The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity

by James D. Tabor

• ISBN13: 9780743287234
• ISBN10: 0743287231
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-04
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

The Jesus Dynasty offers a startling new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity that is grounded in careful analysis of the earliest Christian documents and recent archaeological discoveries, including the much-discussed "Jesus farnily tomb."

Author Biography

James D. Tabor is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Table of Contents

Preface: Discovering the Jesus Dynasty	p. 1
Introduction: A Tale of Two Tombs	p. 6
In the Beginning Was the Family
A Virgin Shall Conceive	p. 37
A Son of David?	p. 48
An Unnamed Father of Jesus?	p. 59
Children of a DifiFerent Father	p. 73
Growing Up Jewish in Galilee
The Lost Years	p. 85
A Kingdom of this World	p. 95
The Religion of Jesus the Jew	p. 109
A Great Revival and a Gathering Storm
Hearing the Voice	p. 125
A Crucial Missing Year	p. 138
Ushering in the Kingdom	p. 153
Entering the Lion's Den
Herod Strikes	p. 171
Last Days in Jerusalem	p. 187
The King Is Dead	p. 208
Dead but Twice Buried	p. 223
Waiting for the Son of Man
Go to James the Just	p. 243
The Challenge of Paul	p. 259
The Legacy of the Jesus Dynasty	p. 272
The End of the Age	p. 284
Conclusion: Recovering Lost Treasures	p. 305
Epilogue	p. 319
Timeline of Major Events and Figures	p. 333
Notes	p. 335
Acknowledgments	p. 359
Index	p. 361
Photo Credits	p. 379
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