 | The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity
Tabor, James D.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006 pp. x + 363. $27.00
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Description: Based on a careful analysis of the earliest Christian documents and recent archaeological discoveries, The Jesus Dynasty offers a bold new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity. The story is surprising, controversial, and exciting as only a long-lost history can be when it is at last recovered. In The Jesus Dynasty, biblical scholar James Tabor brings us closer than ever to the historical Jesus. James Tabor has studied the earliest surviving documents of Christianity for more than thirty years and has participated in important archaeological excavations in Israel. Drawing on this background, Tabor reconstructs for us the movement that sought the spiritual, social, and political redemption of the Jews, a movement led by one family. The Jesus Dynasty offers an alternative version of Christian origins, one that takes us closer than ever to Jesus and his family and followers. This is a book that will change our understanding of one of the most crucial moments in history. Subjects: Bible, New Testament, Literature, Methods, Historical Approaches, History, Greco-Roman Period, Early Church Origins, Other History
Review by Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte
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Published 6/23/2007
Citation: Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, review of James D. Tabor, The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity, Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (2007).
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