More details re: my new book on the Historical Jesus (& why I don't think there was one!)

Hi all:
Just a quick note:
Here's a quick and dirty shameless plug/intro to my new book, NAILED: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All. More info and discussion to follow...
-D

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nailed-Ten-Christian-Myths-That-Show-...

Here's what biblical historians have to say:

“Fitzgerald’s is possibly the best ‘capsule summary’ of the mythicist case I’ve ever encountered …with an interesting and accessible approach.”
—Earl Doherty, author of The Jesus Puzzle

“Fitzgerald summarizes a great number of key arguments concisely and with new power
and original spin. I really learned something from him. Recalls
classical skeptics and biblical critics. A surprising amount of new
material.”
—Robert M. Price, author of Deconstructing Jesus and The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man


“David Fitzgerald reveals himself to be the brightest new star in the
firmament of scholars who deny historical reality to “Jesus of
Nazareth.” His brilliance would have been sufficiently established had
he done nothing more than illustrate and explain traditional arguments
with a clarity and transparency never achieved by us old-timers. But he
has done more. He has developed new arguments and insights as well...”
—Frank R. Zindler, editor of American Atheist Press and author of The Jesus the Jews Never Knew


“Fitzgerald has hit the nail on the head…A nice, readable introduction to the top
ten problems typically swept under the rug by anyone insisting it's
crazy even to suspect Jesus might not have existed.”
—Richard C. Carrier, Ph.D., author of Not the Impossible Faith: Why Christianity
Didn’t Need a Miracle to Succeed and the forthcoming book On the
Historicity of Jesus Christ

All the best,
Dave Fitzgerald
Steering Committee, San Francisco Atheists
Co-Founder, Director - The Atheist Film Festival
Founder, Director - Evolutionpalooza!

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Comment by Greg Gorey on November 7, 2010 at 1:04pm
congrats Dave. I hope everything goes well for you.
Comment by David Fitzgerald on November 7, 2010 at 5:17pm
Thx Adriana:
It's a great question. There certainly were scads of wanna-be messiahs in first century Palestine, but I don't think he began as a composite so much as a Jewish version of the mystery faith saviors. That said, there's no question that elements from other figures' stories like Pythagarus and John the Baptist made their way into the Jesus story (or stories).
Comment by David Fitzgerald on November 7, 2010 at 5:17pm
Thx Greg - appreciate it!
All the best,
-D
Comment by David Fitzgerald on November 7, 2010 at 5:56pm
Thx for the links, Adriana! Can't wait to check them out.
-D

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