These half educated "Bible scholars" make these explosive statements to get some attention until they fade away. NOTHING more.
What he claims is half true. It is true that, the name "Jesus" was an European name. The religion "Christianity" was NEVER preached by Jesus son of Mary.
According to the Bible (Later supported by Quráns narrative as well) Jesus was born into the tribe known as "Bani Israel" (Or Bene Israel--Children of Israel). He was a practicing Jew and his message was exclusive to Jewish people. He did NOT bring anything for the Gentile (Non-Jewish population).
It was Paul (Or Saul) who took his core message and changed it to fit Euro religious view. So the Euro followers introduced the concept of Trinity (This word and concept is NOT part of the Bible).
As per Biblical narrative Jesus was a practicing Jew, who honored all Jewish rituals. He never introduced a new religion either. He simply brought a new revelation from God (Later on the final revelation was sent to prophet Muhammad (PBUH)).
So there is some truth to the claim Romans made some changes to message of Jesus son of Mary but it is absolute wrong to say, Jesus was a fiction.
My two cents..
Shalom/Salaam/peace.
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Re: [mukto-mona] Self-Professed ‘Bible Scholar’ Makes Explosive Allegation About Jesus
Still there are major loopholes to the claim made by Atwill. While it is true Romans made some changes to what we know as "Christianity" but Jesus son of Mary was a historical figure as well. There are millions of Arab And African Christians who adopted Christianity from native population instead of Christian missionaries from the west.
If it was a fiction, Muslims had no reason to accept the historical narrative of Jesus son of Mary (PBUH). So logically millions of Palestinian Christians, Egyptian Christians, Iraqi Christians (Who follow a different form of Christianity than Europeans) know better because Jesus was a son of the soil and came from a well known family (Family of Aaron).
By Billy Hallowell 4 hours ago
On Oct. 19, self-professed Biblical scholar Joseph Atwill is planning to make public some very flammable allegations. At a day-long symposium called "Covert Messiah" in London, England, he's set to unveil purported evidence that Roman aristocrats manufactured Jesus Christ - a claim that, if substantiated, would devalue the core of the Christian faith.
The only problem? Most Biblical experts disagree with the scholar's pronouncements.
A press release announcing the purported new evidence claims that Atwill has discovered "ancient confessions" that purportedly prove that Romans invented Jesus Christ in the first century. He has long argued that the faith system was used as a political tool to control the masses -- something he says is still going on today.
"I present my work with some ambivalence, as I do not want to directly cause Christians any harm, but this is important for our culture," he said of the alleged debunk - one that he believes will eventually be universally accepted.
In the release, Atwill said that governments often create "false histories and false gods" and that this is often done in an effort to secure social order.
Rather than a theology, Atwill believes that Christianity was concocted as a government project that was used to control Roman citizens. During a time in which Jewish residents were waiting for their Messiah, he says they were a constant source of insurrection, leading the Romans to seek out an equalizing and tempering force.
"When the Romans had exhausted conventional means of quashing rebellion, they switched to psychological warfare," Atwill explains in the press release. "They surmised that the way to stop the spread of zealous Jewish missionary activity was to create a competing belief system."
And that's when Jesus was allegedly created - a man who advocated peace rather than violence. Atwill contends that the Christ that billions embrace never actually existed and that he is a "fictional character."
He bases his theory on a study of "Wars of the Jews," a book by Josephus, a scholar who provided insight and documentation first-century Judea. The historian contends that the prophesies of Jesus line up with Josephus' writings about the Jewish-Roman war and are, thus, proof that "the biography of Jesus is actually constructed, tip to stern, on prior stories, but especially on the biography of a Roman Caesar." Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional