Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

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3. As an atheist, you might enjoy

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JESUS AND THE RIDDLE OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS by Barbara Thiering, a professor at the U of Australia. She went to write a pro book about Jesus and it is not a book for the devout but is believable. The first I heard of it was either on the History Channel or Discovery, where they interviewed her on both Christmas and Easter of that year. It was panned by the magazine, Biblical Archeology the month it came out. I have lost the issue. That magazine has many devout Christians and Jews among its readers and I think they were afraid to offend the Christians if they treated it as reliable information.


It was heavily criticized by the clergy in the US (Harper Pub), but it is available used (Amazon) or thru a library. Hurryup and get it. I read it when it came out, in the 90's, and it lives within me still.