Rey Jesus
by:
Robert Graves (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9789500702584 (9500702584)
Publish date: January 1st 1984
Publisher: Sudamericana
Edition language: Spanish
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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