UPCOMING BOOKS
The untold human stories of Christianity’s forefathers
On the surface, they are a collection of free-standing biographies.
But underneath, they interconnect in the most unexpected ways, weaving together to create the foundations for what blossomed into early Christianity.
The connection between John the Baptist and Jesus is understood but what do we know of the links between Paul and the disciple Andrew for instance? And Jesus’ brother James’ life after the crucifixion?
And what about the age-old conundrum of, can the Bible be relied on as historical truth? Are the timelines portrayed in the Bible accurate?
Just to forewarn you, these stories don’t necessarily concur with the known and accepted versions.
How the Speakers Connect with Each Other
Our storytellers, their relationship to each other and the path which became the basis for early Christianity.
Jesus is obviously the starting point and Josephus turns out to be the scribe for all his messages and the end point.
Further Reading
I found the following to be informative and often fascinating in providing background into, and sometimes confirmation of, the people, culture and era that my books cover. The list is far from exhaustive and they are all still available.
The first book which grabbed my interest was Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln, New York, 1982. (It has been updated and republished many times since). Explosive in its time, it was the first modern book to provide researched evidence about Jesus’ life. Jesus’ comment on this book was:
‘The three gentlemen who researched this book were very, very hot on the trail of the truth. They have written subsequent books which are also worthy that follow up later research and are also too close to the truth.’
- The Carta Bible Atlas, Yohann Aharoni et al, 1968
- The Works of Josephus, Flavius Josephus, 1987
- Jerusalem the Biography, Simon Sebag Montefiore, 2011
- Zealot, Aslan Resla, 2013
- The Islamic Jesus, Mustafa Akyol, 2017
- The Jesus Papers, Michael Baigent, 2006
- The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln, 1982
- The Messianic Legacy, Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln, 1986
- The Tomb of God, Richard Andrews & Paul Schellenberger, 1996
- Jesus and the Essenes, Dolores Cannon, 1992
- They Walked with Jesus, Dolores Cannon, 1994
- Edgar Cayce’s Past Lives of Jesus, An Amazing Story, Jeffrey Furst, Ed., 1968
- Bloodline of the Holy Grail, Laurence Gardner, 1996
- The Unknown Life of Jesus, Nicholas Notavich,1894
- The Passover Plot, Hugh J. Schonfield, 2005
- The Science of Channeling, Helané Wahbeh, 2021
- The Essenes, Children of the Light, Stuart Wilson, & Joanna Prentis, 2005
- A History of the Jewish War A.D. 66-74, Steve Mason, 2016
- Caesar’s Messiah, Joseph Atwill, 2011