Forgery in Christianity: A Documented Record of the Foundations of the Christian Religion

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 464 pages
• Published by: Kessinger Publishing, LLC January 1, 1992
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1564592251
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1564592255
• Book Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 2.3 pounds

Product Description
Contents: Pagan Frauds-Christian Precedents; Hebrew Holy Forgeries; Christian Scripture Forgeries; The Saintly Fathers of the Faith; The Gospel Forgeries; The Church Forgery Mill; The Triumph of Christianity; Index.

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Reader Reviews
This book is the sequel to Joseph Wheless' work entitled, Is It God's Word? - An Exposition of the Fables of Mythology of the Bible and the Fallacies of Mythology. It is the perfect companion to that previous volume. In Forgery in Christianity he describes what he calls the 'Christian forgery mill'. That mill produced dozens of gospels, apocalypses, epistles, and various other writings falsely attributed to disciples of Jesus and others among his contemporaries. There was even a forged document attributed to Pilate in which he confesses before Tiberius that Jesus was Lord and saviour. He sets this forgery mill into its historical context as being an extension of the Jewish apocalyptic literature tradition. He strengthens his argument by utilizing the commentaries of various orthodox sources and does so with great skill, showing that the force of biblical criticism leaves the rational critic with little option but to regard the New Testament (gospels and epistles) as a mass of forgery. Of particular interest to many will be his analysis of certain gospel passages which have had a tremendous political impact on western civilization, such as the keys of the kingdom passage found in 'Matthew'. ----Highly recommended.