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name: Robert J. Hutchinson
about: Robert J. Hutchinson is the author of What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler (Regnery History, August 2020), which settles the question once and for all about whether Hitler escaped to live in Argentina, and What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination (Regnery History, April 2020), a step-by-step recreation of the final week of Abraham Lincoln's life. Hutchinson is also the author of The Dawn of Christianity, (Thomas Nelson, 2017), a journalistic retelling of the last week of Jesus’ life and the twenty years that followed; Searching for Jesus: New Discoveries in the Quest for Jesus of Nazareth (Thomas Nelson, 2015), a pioneering work that challenges older scholarly ideas about who Jesus w Robert J. Hutchinson is the author of What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler (Regnery History, August 2020), which settles the question once and for all about whether Hitler escaped to live in Argentina, and What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination (Regnery History, April 2020), a step-by-step recreation of the final week of Abraham Lincoln's life. Hutchinson is also the author of The Dawn of Christianity, (Thomas Nelson, 2017), a journalistic retelling of the last week of Jesus’ life and the twenty years that followed; Searching for Jesus: New Discoveries in the Quest for Jesus of Nazareth (Thomas Nelson, 2015), a pioneering work that challenges older scholarly ideas about who Jesus was and what he was trying to achieve; The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible (Regnery, 2008) which argues that the ideas embedded in the ancient Biblical texts gave rise to such developments as modern science, the recognition of universal human rights and constitutional government; When in Rome: A Journal of Life In Vatican City (Doubleday, 1998) which recounts the adventures of his family when they lived in Rome and Hutchinson researched the inner workings of the Vatican; and The Book of Vices: A Collection of Classic Immoral Tales (Putnam, 1996) which is a light-hearted attempt to poke fun at William Bennett's The Book of Virtues and is full of excerpts from ribald classics.Hutchinson has been a professional writer and author his entire adult life, working both for Christian publications, such as Christianity Today and U.S. Catholic, and for secular magazines and newspapers. He was once the managing editor of Hawaii Magazine and the Hawaii Bureau Chief for The Hollywood Reporter. Hutchinson attended Catholic schools, studied philosophy and French as an undergraduate, moved to Israel to learn Hebrew, and earned a graduate degree in New Testament studies in 2004. He is currently studying philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. ...more