King Jesus
by:
Robert Graves (author)
King Jesus, long out of print, is one of the most controversial historical novels of all time. In it, Robert Graves has summoned his superb narrative powers, his painstaking scholarship, his wit and unsurpassed ability to recreate the past, to produce a magnificant portrayal of the life of Christ...
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King Jesus, long out of print, is one of the most controversial historical novels of all time. In it, Robert Graves has summoned his superb narrative powers, his painstaking scholarship, his wit and unsurpassed ability to recreate the past, to produce a magnificant portrayal of the life of Christ on earth.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374516642 (0374516642)
Publish date: October 1st 1981
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 418
Edition language: English
Robert Graves gives this work of historical fiction an intriguing premise. He presents Jesus not as the offspring of a divine being, born of a virgin birth, but as the very mortal son of Mary and Antipater, the eldest son of King Herod the Great. Herod had a nasty tendency to eliminate family member...
[Cross-posted on my blog, with bonus Robert-Graves-Looking-Crazy!]When the words "KING JESUS" in huge letters peek out at you from the bookshelves of a weird used bookstore, you notice. Or at least, I do, especially when it’s the weekend before Christmas. Even though I’ve never been a Christian. But...
I didn't plan on reading this book (and the thematically related Eve: A Novel of the First Woman and its sequel). And his erudition is astounding. You may not accept his interpretations of Greek myth (The Greek Myths) or of the pre-Indo-European goddess cults (The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar...
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