"Caesar's Messiah" by Joseph Atwill (resources and discussion), page
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Topic started on 5-4-2010 @ 01:12 PM by benpadiah
Anyone up for a discussion of this book??

Originally posted by Lilitu
www.caesarsmessiah.com...

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Caesar's Messiah, a real life Da Vinci Code, presents the dramatic and controversial discovery that the conventional views of Christian origins may be wrong. Author Joseph Atwill makes the case that the Christian Gospels were actually written under the direction of first-century Roman emperors. The purpose of these texts was to establish a peaceful Jewish sect to counterbalance the militaristic Jewish forces that had just been defeated by the Roman Emperor Titus in 70 A.D.

Atwill uncovered the secret key to this story in the writings of Josephus, the famed first-century Roman historian. Reading Josephus's chronicle, The War of the Jews, the author found detail after detail that closely paralleled events recounted in the Gospels.

Atwill skillfully demonstrates that the emperors used the Gospels to spark a new religious movement that would aid them in maintaining power and order. What's more, by including hidden literary clues, they took the story of the Emperor Titus's glorious military victory, as recounted by Josephus, and embedded that story in the Gospels - a sly and satirical way of glorifying the emperors through the ages.


- source: www.abovetopsecret.com... *
* didn't want to bump a two year old thread for one quote *

I found a free ebook version of the book on scribd:
www.scribd.com...

I have read this and will happily give this book as my highest recommendation for research on this topic. Has anyone here read this book who would be interested in discussing it?

PEACE!
- Jon

EDIT: found a youtube vid of an interview with Joseph Atwill, the author. ENJOY!



[edit on 5-4-2010 by benpadiah]


reply posted on 12-12-2011 @ 02:54 AM by IJustWant2Know
I would be very interested in discussing this book. First, I have to state that I still haven't fully completed it yet, though I've read a substantial portion of it.

Some of his facts were a bit of a stretch, but one section I found particularly compelling. This was his explanation of the empty tomb. I was aware that the NT gospels do not agree on the details of the empty tomb. Some say there was 1 angel, some say 2, some the other disciples were notified and in some they were not. I always thought this was very curious that they did not agree since this is one of the most critical stories of the bible, Jesus' resurrection. But this book was the first to point out that each gospel empty tomb story has a time stamp. One says the women came before dawn, one says early in the morning, and so on. This was the first time I had ever heard this and it turns out to be true! And if you put the empty tomb stories together according to their timestamps, they do tell a different story! It seems very unlikely that each story would specifically mention a time (or time stamp) if there wasn't a specific reason for it.

I found this to be absolutely incredible! It does appear to show the hand of "somebody," whether you believe it to be Flavious Romans or not, writing something into the gospels that has nothing to do with Jesus.

This was the first explanation I have ever heard about why the gospels do not agree on the empty tomb story. I am amazed that more people (religious scholars and such) aren't talking about this.

What did you (or anyone else) think of that section?

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