The secret legacy of Jesus
Subtitle: the Judaic teachings that passed from James the Just to the Founding Fathers
By: Jeffrey J. Bütz.
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Rochester, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594773075
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Miscellanea; James, -- Brother of the Lord, Saint; Jewish Christians -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity -- Miscellanea; Secret societies -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Freemasonry -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by James D. Tabor; title: Introduction: The quest for the grail; title: Part I: The roots of Jewish Christianity; title: An unheralded family : the bloodline of jesus; title: "Who do you say that I am?" : the quest for the historical Jesus; title: In the beginning : the Nazarenes and the Jewish origins of Christianity; title: Part II: The history of Jewish Christianity; title: The caliphate begins : James and the Jerusalem church; title: James versus Paul : a parting of the ways; title: Storm signals : the Nazarenes and the war with rome; title: Aftermath : from Nazarenes to Ebionites; title: The Ebionite Evangel : the mission of Jewish Christianity; title: Ebionite theology: a third religion between church and synagogue; title: Part III: The legacy of Jewish Christianity; title: From Ebionites to Elkesaites : the evolution of Jewish Christianity; title: Jewish Christianity in Arabia: Muhammad and the rise of Islam; title: From Elkesaites to Cathars : the heresy moves west; title: Heresy in high places : the rise and fall of the Knights Templar; title: From Jesus to freemasonry : the founding fathers and the building of a new Jerusalem.