Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God by Nixey, Catherine

Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God

From a celebrated classicist and author of The Darkening Age ("[a] ballista-bolt of a book"--New York Times...
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Author: Catherine Nixey
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Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God by Nixey, Catherine

Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God

€45,56

Heretic: Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God

€45,56
Author: Catherine Nixey
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

From a celebrated classicist and author of The Darkening Age ("[a] ballista-bolt of a book"--New York Times Book Review), a biography of the many, diverse variations of Jesus who thrived in early Christian traditions--and how they were killed off until just one "true" Christ survived.

Contrary to the teachings of the church today, in the first several centuries of Christianity's existence, there was no consensus as to who Jesus was or why he had mattered. Instead, there were many different Christs. One had a twin brother and traveled to India; another consorted with dragons. One particularly terrifying Christ scorned his parents and killed those who opposed him.

Why do we know so little about these early versions of Jesus? Because, starting in the fourth century AD, the orthodox form of Christianity that had become preeminent set about systematically wiping out every other variation, denouncing their gospels as apocryphal and their followers as heretics. These unfortunate Christians lost their rights, their property, their churches--in some cases, even their lives.

Heretic unearths the different versions of Christ who existed in the minds of early Christians, and the process of evolution--and elimination--by which Jesus became the singular figure we know today.




Author: Catherine Nixey
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 12/03/2024
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
ISBN: 9780358652915


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2023 pg. 20

About the Author
CATHERINE NIXEY studied classics at Cambridge and taught the subject for several years before becoming a journalist at the Times (UK), where she still works. Her mother was a nun, her father was a monk, and she was brought up Catholic. Author of The Darkening Age, she lives in London with her husband and their two children.

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