From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Bible conspiracy theory is any conspiracy
theory that posits that much of what is known about the Bible is a deception created to
suppress some secret, ancient truth. Some of these theories claim that Jesus really had a wife and
children, or that a group such as the Priory of Sion has secret information
about the true descendants of Jesus; some claim that there was a
secret movement to censor books that truly belonged
in the Bible, etc.
This subject should not be confused with deliberately
fictional Bible conspiracy theories. A number of
bestselling modern novels, the most popular of which was The Da Vinci
Code, have incorporated elements of Bible conspiracy
theories to flesh out their storylines, rather than to push these
theories as actual suggestions.
Common
theories
New
Testament
In the book The Christ Conspiracy, The Greatest Fable Ever
Sold, Jesus and Christianity were
created by members of various secret societies, mystery schools and religions to unify the
Roman Empire under
one state
religion, and that these people drew on numerous myths and
rituals which existed previously and then constructed them into
Christianity that exists today. [1]
Jesus, Mary
Magdalene and the Holy Grail
Some common hypotheses are that:
- Mary
Magdalene was one of the apostles of Jesus,
possibly even the only disciple, but this fact was
suppressed by the early Church.[2]
- Jesus had an intimate
relationship with Mary Magdalene which may or may not have resulted
in marriage, and/or children; their continued bloodline is then
said to be Christianity's deepest secret.[2]
Books
- The
Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History,
Michael Baigent (2006)
- Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God?, Morton
Smith (1978)
- The
Jesus Dynasty, James Tabor (2006)
- Jesus the Man: New Interpretations
from the Dead Sea Scrolls, Barbara Thiering (1993)
- The
Jesus Scroll, Donovan Joyce (1972)
- Holy Blood, Holy
Grail, Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln
(1982)
- The Templar Revelation,
Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince (1997)
- The Jesus Mysteries: Was the "Original
Jesus" a Pagan God?, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy
(1999)
- The Jesus Conspiracy: The Turin
Shroud and the Truth About the Resurrection, Holger Kersten
and Elmar R. Gruber (1994)
See also
References
Further
reading
- Andrew, James (2003). EARS:
Evidence of Alien contact Revealed in Scripture. IUniverse. ISBN
978-0-595-29757-3.
- Atwill, Joseph (2003). The
Roman Origins of Christianity. J. Atwill. ISBN
0-9740928-0-0.
- Atwill, Joseph (2005). Caesar's
Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus. Berkeley,
Calif.: Ulysses. ISBN
1-56975-457-8.
- Bushby, Tony (2001). The Bible
Fraud: An Untold Story of Jesus Christ. PacificBlue Group. ISBN
978-0957900714.
- Cooke, Patrick (2005). The
Greatest Deception: The Bible UFO Connection. Oracle Research
Publishing. ISBN
978-0972434737.
- Doherty, Earl (2005). The Jesus
Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin with a Mythical Christ? Challenging
the Existence of an Historical Jesus. Age of Reason
Publications. ISBN
978-0968925911.
- S, Acharya (1999). The Christ
Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold. Adventures Unlimited
Press. ISBN
978-0932813749.
- Harpur, Tom (2005). The Pagan
Christ:Recovering the Lost Light. Toronto, Canada: Thomas
Allen Publishers. ISBN
0-88762-195-3.
- Phillips, Graham (2001). The
Marian Conspiracy. Pan Books. ISBN
978-0330372022.
- Faber Kaiser, Andreas (1977).
Jesus died in Kashmir: Jesus, Moses and the ten lost tribes of
Israel. Gordon & Cremonesi. ISBN
978-0860330417.
- Thompson, Thomas L. (2005). The
Messiah Myth: The Near Eastern Roots of Jesus and David. New
York: Basic Books. ISBN
0-465-08577-6.
- Wells, G. A. (1999).
The Jesus Myth. Chicago: Open Court. ISBN
0-8126-9392-2.
External
links
Wikis
Quiz
Search
