{"product_id":"book-brtq","title":"James, the Brother of Jesus","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames was a vegetarian, wore only linen clothing, bathed daily at dawn  in cold water, and was a life-long Nazirite.  In this profound and  provocative work of scholarly detection, eminent biblical scholar Robert  Eisenman introduces a startling theory about the identity of James-the  brother of Jesus-who was almost entirely marginalized in the New  Testament. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on long-overlooked early church texts and the Dead  Sea Scrolls, Eisenman reveals in this groundbreaking exploration that  James, not Peter, was the real successor to the movement we now call  \"Christianity.\" In an argument with enormous implications, Eisenman  identifies Paul as deeply compromised by Roman contacts.  James is  presented as not simply the leader of Christianity of his day, but the  popular Jewish leader of his time, whose death triggered the uprising  against Rome-a fact that creative rewriting of early church documents  has obscured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEisenman reveals that characters such as \"Judas  Iscariot\" and \"the Apostle James\" did not exist as such.  In delineating  the deliberate falsifications in New Testament documents, Eisenman  shows how-as James was written out-anti-Semitism was written in.  By  rescuing James from the oblivion into which he was cast, the final  conclusion of \u003ci\u003eJames, the Brother of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is, in the words of the\u003ci\u003e Jerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \"apocalyptic\"-who and whatever James was, so was Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49301097906480,"sku":"BDbrtq","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49301097939248,"sku":"ZEbrtq","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49301097972016,"sku":"ZMbrtq","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/brtq-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775796134","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-brtq","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}