Categorizing and Cataloging the Radical Bible Hypotheses

Stephan Huller · Post by **Stephan Huller** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:16 pm

I have a bold idea which requires the cataloging of every radical Bible theory ever made. I would appreciate the assistance of anyone at the forum. I need (a) the name of the inventors of the theory (b) a sentence summarizing their claims. To start:

1. Robert Eisenman, Qumran material was about James the brother of Jesus
2. Carotta, Jesus was Caesar
3. Pete Brown, Constantine invented Christianity from scratch
4. Mary Helena, Jesus was Antigonus
5. D Murdock, Jesus was a pagan god
6. Dan Brown, DaVinci preserved the secret wedding of Mary M and Jesus
7 Schonfeld, Jesus pretended to die on the Cross
8 Islamic pseudepigrapha Judas crucified in place of Jesus
9 Koestler, Jews are not from Middle East but Central Russia
10 Greenberg, Moses was Egyptian not Hebrew
11 ? Moses was Akhnaten
12 Bernal, the Egyptians were black
13 ? Jesus was black
14 ? Jesus traveled to Kashmir
15 von Daniken, Bible about space aliens

I am just sitting here in my car adding these. Anyone have any other notable theories of this sort to add?

perseusomega9 · Post by **perseusomega9** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:21 pm

Allegro's Magic Mushrooms

neilgodfrey · Post by **neilgodfrey** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:28 pm

I have a list that includes several such theories, including one by a certain Huller

at http://vridar.org/whos-who-among-mythic ... agnostics/

Stephan Huller · Post by **Stephan Huller** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:30 pm

Simcha, James Tabor Jesus Family Tomb

Stephan Huller · Post by **Stephan Huller** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:31 pm

Yes but I wanted to include historicists too

toejam · Post by **toejam** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:35 pm

Barbara Thiering's work - "The central thesis of [Jesus the Man] is that Jesus was the leader of a radical faction of Essene priests. He was not of virgin birth. He did not die on the Cross. He married Mary Magdalene, fathered a family, and later divorced. He died sometime after AD 64. From the New Testament gospels and Dead Sea Scrolls, Thiering constructs a new history of early Christianity which she contends was hidden in pesher coding" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_the_Man_%28book%29)

Don't know who came up with these, but one sees them 'out there' in internet land:

The 'Paul was Simon Magus' hypothesis?

The 'Paul didn't exist' hypothesis?

The 'Josephus was Paul' hypothesis?

Stephan Huller · Post by **Stephan Huller** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:41 pm

it would be good to boil these down to a one sentence "pitch" with a name associated with them for what I have in mind if possible

Stephan Huller · Post by **Stephan Huller** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:42 pm

Atwill, Flavian Hypothesis

neilgodfrey · Post by **neilgodfrey** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:44 pm

Stephan Huller wrote:Yes but I wanted to include historicists too

The list includes those whose historicist views are unconventional -- indeed, has been criticized for this inclusion.

Stephan Huller · Post by **Stephan Huller** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:48 pm

okay thank you. I will incorporate that over here as I am dealing with "the Bible" rather than just Jesus.

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