| Title |
The secret legacy of Jesus : the Judaic teachings that passed from James the Just to the Founding Fathers / Jeffrey J. Bütz. |
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| Publication Info. |
Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, c2010. |
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| Description |
xv, 367 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by James D. Tabor -- Introduction: The quest for the grail -- Part I: The roots of Jewish Christianity -- An unheralded family : the bloodline of Jesus -- "Who do you say that I am?" : the quest for the historical Jesus -- In the beginning : the Nazarenes and the Jewish origins of Christianity -- Part II: The history of Jewish Christianity -- The caliphate begins : James and the Jerusalem church -- James versus Paul : a parting of the ways -- Storm signals : the Nazarenes and the war with Rome -- Aftermath : from Nazarenes to Ebionites -- The Ebionite Evangel : the mission of Jewish Christianity -- Ebionite theology: a third religion between church and synagogue -- Part III: The legacy of Jewish Christianity -- From Ebionites to Elkesaites : the evolution of Jewish Christianity -- Jewish Christianity in Arabia: Muhammad and the rise of Islam -- From Elkesaites to Cathars : the heresy moves west -- Heresy in high places : the rise and fall of the Knights Templar -- From Jesus to freemasonry : the founding fathers and the building of a new Jerusalem. |
| Subject |
Jewish Christians -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Jesus Christ -- Miscellanea.
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Christianity -- Miscellanea.
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Secret societies -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Freemasonry -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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James, Brother of the Lord, Saint.
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| ISBN |
9781594773075 (pbk.) : $19.95 |
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1594773076 (pbk.) |
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| ISBN |
9781594773075 (pbk.) : $19.95 |
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1594773076 (pbk.) |
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