Freethinker (General)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, December 10, 2010, 08:24 (4907 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained

I would recommend that you read the New Testament Code series of books by Robert Eisenman. He is perhaps the leading expert on that time period, and is a staunch Jew, so there is no worries about him trying to fluff up the NT to be a holy book. Even he recognizes that Jesus was in fact a real historical figure, regardless of whether or not he admits to any belief in his divine nature. He also does a most excellent job at going over the NT with a fine tooth archaeological comb, filling in a lot of the surrounding political issues that were going on at the time and bring the actual history recorded in the NT to light, free of any mystical connection.