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‘Jesus Christ, that’s a lot of Novels!’ – A Cross-section of Blasphemetic Fiction

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Daniel

The fictions of Jesus the Christ have become many in number, multiplying like the loaves and the fishes at Bethsaida. In that they were pseudepigraphical accounts and written up two to three centuries after the events depicted, the gospels could … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literature, British History, British Literature, Esoteric, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Reviews | Tagged A.J. Langguth, Albert Schweitzer, American fiction, Angela Hunt, Anita Mason, Anthony Burgess, Apocrypha, Astral Plane, Ben Hur, Benito Perez Galdos, Bible, bishop irenaeus, Bishop Ireneus, Blasphemy, British fiction, Bruno Bauer, Buddhism, Channeling, Chris Hill, Chris Moore, Christendom, Christianity, Coptic, coptic gospels, Cyberpunk, D.H. Lawrence, Dan Brown, David Strauss, Dead Sea Scrolls, Decetisicm, Early Church, Ebionite, Elaine Pagels, Eqyptology, Ernest Renan, esoteric, feminism, fiction, Frank Yerby, Friedrich Ghillany, Gabriel Meyer, George Moore, Gerd Theissen, Gerhart Hauptmann, gnostic gospel of thomas, gnosticism, Gore Vidal, Gospel of Thomas, Gospels, Grail, Hagiography, Hebrew, Heresy, Historical Jesus, History, Holy Blood, Hugh Schonfield, infancy gospels, Isis, issus, James Carse, James Morrow, Jeremy Robinson, Jesus Christ, Jim Crace, John, Jose Saramago, Judaism, Karl Barth, Last Temptation of Christ, Lew Wallace, Life of Brian, Liz Green, Luke, Magic, Magick, Marcionism, Mark, Marrianne Fredriksson, Martin Scorsese, Mary Magdalene, Master Jesus, Matthew, Messiah, Michael Baigent, Michael Moorcock, Michele Roberts, Mikhail Bulgakov, Monty Python, Morton Smith, mysticism, mythology, Nag Hammadi, Nazarene, Nikos Katantzakis, Nino Ricci, Norman Mailer, Nostradamus, Novels, Occult, Orthodox, pagan, Par Lagerkvist, Passion Plays, Paul Park, Religion, Richard Muller, Robert Graves, Roman History, Saints, Saviour, Shasaku Endo, Sholem Asch, Simon Magus, Skylight Press, Taylor Caldwell, Testament, Theodore Sturgeon, Theodore Ziolwolski, Theology, Theosophy, Time Travel, Western Mystery Tradition, Wilton Barnhardt, Yeshua, Zoroastrianism | 4 Comments

Scourging and Buffeting: Jurors in the Court of Torture and Blame!

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Daniel

Anyone who has seen Mel Gibson’s films will know that he is quite fond of accentuating torture scenes – almost to the point of fetishisation. Whether it’s Detective Riggs, William Wallace, or an emaciated Jesus Christ, we have become accustomed … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Uncategorized | Tagged ancient stage, Apocrypha, Blame, Buffeting and Scourging, canonical sources, Catholicism, Christian history, Christianity, Church, Church history, Complicity, Dark Ages, Drama, Gospels, Jesus Christ, Jewish history, mediaeval, Medieval, Mel Gibson, Mystery Plays, Passion of the Christ, Passion Plays, Religion, Revisionist history, Roman History, theatre, torture, torture scenes, Towneley Cycle | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Apocrypha

‘Jesus Christ, that’s a lot of Novels!’ – A Cross-section of Blasphemetic Fiction

Scourging and Buffeting: Jurors in the Court of Torture and Blame!

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