(June 25, 2010 at 11:37 am)Minimalist Wrote: I did not know that Prof. Thompson had also taken on the jesus-crowd. Along with Niels Peter Lemche, Philip R Davies, and Keith Whitlam he is one of the the modern proponents of the Bible Is Bullshit school of thought but I thought he focused on the OT. For one reason or another Thompson is the only one of the 4 that I have not read as yet. You have now motivated me to correct that gap, Caec!
A lot of The Messiah Myth is about David- who Thompson sees as a sort of earlier version of jesus. So the OT does figure prominently in the book.
I like Thompson. Its the most convincing explanation for the appearance of christianity that I've encountered so far. But then I'm still very much in the early stages of finding out about this stuff.
Your posts on this forum have been a big stimulus pushing me in the direction of studying the origins of christianity. For which, many thanks min.
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche
