James the Brother of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls I: The

James the Brother of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls I: The Historical James, Paul the Enemy, and Jesus' Brothers as Apostles

In this new series of books: "James the Brother of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls I", renowned biblical scholar Robert Eisenman revisits the subject of James the brother of Jesus connecting him even more effectively, not only to the Leadership of Early Christianity in Palestine, but to the Dead Sea Scrolls in Palestine too.

In a more reader-friendly format that compresses the results of his several previous works, Eisenman uses the Dead Sea Scrolls and early Church texts to create the most comprehensive picture of Jesusâ€™ brother James conceivable. The private specialist and enthusiastic aficionado will not want to miss it.

The James, Eisenman presents, is the pivotal Opposition Jewish Leader leading up to the fall of the Temple and beyond in the First Century. As a typical Essene or Dead Sea Scrolls sectarian, James wears only linen, bathes daily in cold water, was a vegetarian, and is a life-long Nazirite; but he and the Party, the New Testament attests he led, are also â€œzealous for the Lawâ€ and insist on â€œCircumcisionâ€.

Moreover Eisenman makes compelling arguments that James not Peter -- whoever he was and however he existed -- and certainly not Paul, was the true heir to his brother Jesus and the Leader of early Christianity everywhere. Eisenman will also cover subjects like â€œthe Brothers of Jesus as Apostles,â€ â€œthe New Covenant in the Land of Damascus,â€ and Paulâ€™s almost mortal attack on James in the Temple.

Eisenmanâ€™s work will also extend to the competition between Paul and James in Antioch and over the conversion of Queen Helen of Adiabene and her two sons in Northern Syria, who not only led the â€˜famine reliefâ€ efforts ascribed to Paul in Acts, but also gave the fabulous golden candelabra depicted as booty from the Temple on the Arch of Titus in Rome.

Eisenman will show the figure of James to have been so influential and highly-regarded in the Jerusalem of his day that his death was the capstone event that led up to the Jewish Revolt against Rome.

In this series, Eisenmanâ€™s revelations will extend far beyond these examples. Adapted from a lifetime of research, "James the Brother of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls", both I and II, will complete the task of rescuing James from the oblivion into which he was cast either intentionally or via benign neglect. His conclusion will therefore definitively bear on the problem of â€œthe Historical Jesusâ€: â€œWho and whatever James was, so was Jesus.â€

Country	USA
Author	Robert Eisenman
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781452405070
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Grave Distractions Publications
Manufacturer	Grave Distractions Publications
NumberOfPages	430
PublicationDate	2012-05-15
Publisher	Grave Distractions Publications
ReleaseDate	2012-05-15
Studio	Grave Distractions Publications

James the Brother of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls I: The Historical James, Paul the Enemy, and Jesus' Brothers as Apostles

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