Was Jesus Christ truly the divine Son of God who walked the earth 2,000 years ago? How can we be sure the gospel story is an accurate and infallibly recorded historical account? When the gospels are examined scientifically, can we truthfully uphold them as "inerrant?" Is it possible to assert honestly and ethically that the Bible is the inspired Word of God? The answers to these questions and many more may surprise and shock you! Is the New Testament a "historical record" or "factual biography" of what really happened, or a tool for the priesthood to lay down doctrines and dogma as they were developed over the centuries? 
<ul>
<li>Was Jesus the Jewish Messiah? </li>
<li>Was Christ the Savior of the World? </li>
<li>Was He a Cynic sage or a political rebel? </li>
<li>Or was Jesus Christ something altogether different?</li>
</ul>Subjects in this fascinating "CSI-style" investigation by controversial independent scholar of religious history D.M. Murdock aka "Acharya S" include: <ul>
<li>Foreword by Dr. Robert M. Price</li>
<li>The Gospel According to Matthew</li>
<li>The Nativity of Jesus Christ</li>
<li>The Baptism and Temptation </li>
<li>The Calling of the Disciples</li>
<li>The Sermon on the Mount</li>
<li>The Lord's Prayer</li>
<li>Healing of the Sick and Casting out Demons </li>
<li>The Mission of the Twelve</li>
<li>Working on the Sabbath</li>
<li>John the Baptist Beheaded</li>
<li>Walking on Water</li>
<li>The Canaanite Woman</li>
<li>Peter the "Rock"</li>
<li>The Transfiguration</li>
<li>Becoming like Children</li>
<li>Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven</li>
<li>Entry into Jerusalem</li>
<li>Driving out the Moneychangers</li>
<li>Cursing the Fig Tree</li>
<li>Signs of the Times/Second Coming</li>
<li>Jesus's Anointment with Oil</li>
<li>The Last Supper</li>
<li>The Garden of Gethsemane</li>
<li>The Betrayal by Judas </li>
<li>Christ's Trial</li>
<li>The Passion and Crucifixion</li>
<li>The Resurrection of the Dead </li>
<li>The Empty Tomb</li>
<li>The Gospel According to Mark</li>
<li>Was Mark First?</li>
<li>Comparison of Matthew and Mark</li>
<li>The Missing Scriptures</li>
<li>The Gospel According to Luke</li>
<li>Chronological Discrepancies</li>
<li>Luke's Tenor</li>
<li>The Gospel According to John</li>
<li>Authentic or Adulterated?</li>
<li>Who Killed Jesus?</li>
<li>Textual Harmonization</li>
<li>Inspired Originals?</li>
<li>Scribal Scalliwags</li>
<li>Error-Filled Copies</li>
<li>Eyewitness Accounts or Compilations?</li>
<li>The Gospel Dates</li>
<li>Anonymous and Pseudonymous Authors</li>
<li>According to Whom?</li>
<li>"Back in the Day..."</li>
<li>The Lukan Prologue</li>
<li>Irenaeus, "Father of the Catholic Canon"</li>
<li>Church Father and Bishop Papias</li>
<li>Justin Martyr</li>
<li>The Rylands Papyrus</li>
<li>Late Dating of the Gospels?</li>
<li>Jesus Outside of the Bible</li>
<li>Titus Flavius Josephus</li>
<li>Pliny the Younger</li>
<li>Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus</li>
<li>Publius/Gaius Cornelius Tacitus</li>
<li>Thallus, Phlegon and Mara Bar-Serapion, et al.</li>
<li>The Talmud</li>
<li>Gnostic Sources</li>
<li>Extrabiblical Christian Sources</li>
<li>Who are Elijah and Elisha?</li>
<li>Jesus as Fulfillment of Prophecy</li>
<li>Questions about the Gospel Story</li>
<li>Miracles, Impossibilities and Implausibilities</li>
<li>Failed Prophecies</li>
<li>Contradictions and Inconsistencies</li>
<li>Errors in Time and Place</li>
<li>Chronological Problems</li>
<li>Translation Errors and Language Problems</li>
<li>Illogic and Irrationality</li>
<li>Jesus's Character</li>
<li>Repellant Deeds, Sayings and Doctrines</li>
<li>Apology Accepted?</li>
<li>"It Doesn't Matter?"</li>
<li>Four Camera Angles</li>
<li>What Jesus Felt or Thought</li>
<li>History or Propaganda?</li>
<li>A Uniquely Divine Birth?</li>
<li>Salvation is from the Jews?</li>
<li>Son of Joseph?</li>
<li>Massacre or Myth?</li>
<li>Son of God?</li>
<li>The Resurrection of Lazarus? </li>
<li>The Naked Youth</li>
<li>The "Twelve"</li>
<li>The Sacred Meal</li>
<li>The Bloody Sweat</li>
<li>The Trial and Crucifixion</li>
<li>The Sun of Righteousness</li>
<li>The Sacred Spear and The Side-Wounding</li>
<li>The Empty Tomb Redux</li>
<li>The Ascension into Heaven</li>
<li>The Sayings of Jesus? </li>
<li>Conclusion</li>
<li>Terror in the Name of God</li>
<li>Vacuous Christianity?</li>
</ul>This detailed but succinct analysis includes quotes from Christian authorities, apologists and evangelists, as well as New Testament scholars, such as: <ul>
<li>John Ankerberg</li>
<li>Craig L. Blomberg</li>
<li>F.F. Bruce</li>
<li>William Lane Craig</li>
<li>John Dominic Crossan</li>
<li>Bart Ehrman</li>
<li>Norman Geisler</li>
<li>Gary Habermas</li>
<li>Josh McDowell</li>
<li>John P. Meier</li>
<li>Bruce M. Metzger</li>
<li>J.P. Moreland</li>
<li>Ronald H. Nash</li>
<li>Lee Strobel</li>
<li>Merrill C. Tenney</li>
<li>Ben Witherington</li>
<li>Edwin Yamauchi</li>
</ul>Using the Bible itself, as well as the research of these individuals and others, Murdock demonstrates that what you see is not what you get when it comes to Christ and Christianity.

Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of the Christ

D.M. Murdock

Acharya S.

Sports & Outdoors

Stellar House Publishing, LLC

The 2012 Astrotheology Calendar serves as a basic introduction into the world of astrotheology and solar mythology. In addition to showing lunar phases, this calendar highlights the solstices, equinoxes and fire festivals with a different color for each of the eight relevant days. In our quest to inspire an interest in astrotheology, mythology and archaeoastronomy, we have also provided fascinating information about the astronomical alignments and astrotheological meanings of various archaeological sites and ancient artifacts from around the world. The calendar further explores the mythology surrounding the end of the Mayan calendar, as well as correspondences between the Mayan religion and biblical traditions.Topics covered include:Inspiration for the Calendar--Our Connection to NatureWhat is Astrotheology?Is 2012 the End of the World?Kukulkan, Quetzalcoatl and ChristArchaeoastronomical AlignmentsThe SunThe MoonThe Solstice, Equinoxes and Peak DaysSources & Further ReadingCool Stuff & Other Websites of InterestImages of the following artifacts and sites serve to illustrate the months, with informative commentary explaining the artifacts/sites' astrotheological significance and reasons for their inclusion in their respective months:Aztec Sun/Calendar Stone or Ollin Tonatiuh--the "Movement of the Sun"Angkor Wat, CambodiaPersepolis, IranPantheon, Rome, ItalyDrombeg Stone Circle, Glandore, IrelandChaco Canyon, New Mexico, USATemple of Heaven complex, Beijing, ChinaPyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan, MexicoCrack Cave, Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado, USAAlmendres Cromlech, Evora, PortugalSt. Peter's Square, Vatican City, ItalyBurlington Earth Clock, Vermont, USAThe cover image is of the Temple of Kukulkan or "El Castillo" at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Following is an excerpt concerning this temple site:Together with the top platform, the temple's four stairways of 91 steps each total 365, representing the days of the solar year. "The pyramid's design reflects the equinoxes and solstices of our solar year in a spectacular game of light and shadow. During the equinoxes, the setting sun casts a shadow of a serpent on the northern steps of the pyramid."The calendar contains six pages of text, with meticulous citation and a brief bibliography. Because it is printed as a book, there is no hole punched in it, but a pushpin/tack can be used to hang it.

The 2012 Astrotheology Calendar

N.W. Barker

Religion & Spirituality

Astrotheology Press

When New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman published DID JESUS EXIST? THE HISTORICAL ARGUMENT FOR JESUS OF NAZARETH, he not only attempted to prove the historical reality of a man called *Jesus of Nazareth*, he sharply criticized scholars who have sought to develop a new paradigm in the study of Christian origins scholars who have claimed that Jesus was a mythical, not historical, figure, and that the traditional, Jesus-centered paradigm for studying the origins of Christianity must be replaced by an actual science of Christian origins. In the present volume, some of those scholars respond to Ehrman s treatment of their research and findings, showing how he has either ignored, misunderstood or misrepresented their arguments. They present evidence that *Jesus of Nazareth* was no more historical than Osiris or Thor. Several contributors question not only the historicity of *Jesus of NAZARETH,* they present evidence that the site of present-day Nazareth was not inhabited at the time Jesus and his family should have been living there.

Bart Ehrman and the Quest of the Historical Jesus of Nazareth: An Evaluation of Ehrman s Did Jesus Exist?

Earl Doherty

Robert M. Price

Richard Carrier

René Salm

David Fitzgerald

Frank R. Zindler

PH.D.

Christian Books & Bibles

American Atheist Press

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