Jesus the magician
By: Morton Smith, Ph.D., The Hewbrew University; Th.D., Harvard; Professor of History, Columbia University
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781571747150
Subjects: Magicians; Magic; Historicity; Person and offices; Christianity; Miscellanea; Ancient Magic; Biography
Description: The real Jesus, only barely glimpsed because of a campaign of disinformation, obfuscation, and censorship by religious authorities, was not Jesus the Son of God. In actuality he was Jesus the Magician. Smith marshals all the available evidence including, but not limited to, the Gospels. He succeeds in describing just what was said of Jesus by "outsiders," those who did not believe him. He deals in fascinating detail with the inevitable questions. What was the nature of magic? What did people at that time mean by the term "magician"? Who were the other magicians, and how did their magic compare with Jesus' works? What facts led to the general assumption that Jesus practiced magic? And, most important, was that assumption correct?
Notes: Originally published: San Francisco : Harper & Row, ©1978.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309).
Table of contents: title: Suppressed evidence and perennial problems; title: The historical framework; title: What the outsiders said - Evidence in the Gospels; title: What the outsiders said - Evidence outside the Gospels; title: What the outsiders meant; title: The marks of a magician; title: The evidence for magical practices; title: What the evidence shows; title: Appendix A. The Pharisees in the Gospels; title: Appendix B. Jesus vs. the prophets.