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Blackheath Rugby Club doctor pens 'revolutionary' story of Jesus Christ
1:31pm Thursday 15th April 2010 in News By Mark Chandler
Dr Adam Bradford with his book The Jesus Discovery
JESUS was the son of an architect, born at his father’s family home and rising to become a top Rabbi before his death.
That is the claim of a “revolutionary” book on the life of Christ, written by Dr Adam Bradford - a 49-year-old historian, GP and doctor for Blackheath Rugby Club.
Blackheath resident Dr Bradford took two years to write his book The Jesus Discovery, using his psychological expertise and comparing the original Greek and Hebrew texts.
He said: “Reading the texts, it was becoming more and more obvious that the person drawing such a reaction couldn’t possibly have been uneducated.”
Dr Bradford claims Jesus would only have been treated with great respect and, later, chastisement if he was an educated member of the priesthood.
He said: “At the point he is found guilty of blasphemy there’s a huge swing against him. They go from having been respectful to spitting in his face - that’s the psychology of betrayal.
“He betrayed everything they stood for - but he did it from a place of seniority, not obscurity.”
Dr Bradford points out Jesus is referred to as “Rabbi” and “Doctor of the Law” and is described evicting money changers from a temple, showing he had the authority to do so.
And by studying the original scriptures, Dr Bradford believes the Greek word for “architect” and has been mistranslated as “carpenter” when referring to Joseph.
He says: “I’m certain Joseph was Herod’s architect and a trainer of his temple’s priests.”
The doctor claims this gives new meaning to the Bible passage where Jesus is feared lost and found in the temple, saying: “Didn’t you know I must be in my father’s house?”.
He also believes the word for “guest room” has been translated as “inn”, and speculates that Christ was born in a stable at Joseph’s family’s house.
And Dr Bradford claims Jesus would have been recognised as a “child prodigy” by priests, kept on to rise through the religious ranks.
He said: “It’s like Alex Ferguson discovering David Beckham. It would have been illogical to ignore him.”
Dr Bradford said: “The book’s attracted a huge amount of attention. It’s revolutionising people’s understanding of who this person Jesus was.
“What is does is puts Jesus much higher in the theological tree in terms of the Jewish society he lived in.”
Comments(22)
greenjack
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3:19pm Thu 15 Apr 10
You said it Lukeyboy. Just another myth.
tim58
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6:54pm Thu 15 Apr 10
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The article is about Jesus' humanity - who he was as a first century person, not mainly his divinity as the Son of God. An ordained Jesus is a slightly different take to the traditional chair maker line...
The Telegraph covered this as well -
http://www.telegraph
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Makes you think...
tim58
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7:38pm Thu 15 Apr 10
Steveoac3
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11:37am Mon 19 Apr 10
stangain
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3:21pm Mon 19 Apr 10
What it does do is shed new understanding on Jesus as 'the Son of God made flesh'. It helps very much in understanding, for example, why fishermen with a thriving business would just instantly give it up to follow Jesus. As a respected Rabbi and teacher this makes sense of their actions.
Similarly, if he was a simple carpenter he would have been arrested by the Temple Guard when he turfed the money-changers out of the Temple. For those who are serious of learning more about Jesus this book is worth attention.
greenjack
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10:52am Tue 20 Apr 10
greenjack
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10:55am Tue 20 Apr 10
Pope Leo X
Dann456123
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7:00pm Thu 22 Apr 10
tim58
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11:06pm Thu 22 Apr 10
greenjack
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11:11am Fri 23 Apr 10
tim58
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6:35pm Fri 23 Apr 10
Try the resurrection - a guarded tomb, sealed, heavy stone, certified death, then empty tomb + no body ever produced, eye-witness reports saw him alive + even eating. So much evidence that hard-nosed working types all get killed for saying it was true. Still happening today. Maybe there's something in it?
greenjack
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11:35am Sat 24 Apr 10
Best wishes.
GJ
Pagansense
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10:06pm Sun 25 Apr 10
tim58
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6:35am Mon 26 Apr 10
Josephus written shortly after 70AD mentions Jesus twice, not bad for so£eone killed for being supposedly anti-Roman, given that Josephus was working for them.
I will try + find your book; in return I recommend Who Moved The Stone by Frank Morrisson. Amazon have it. To defeat the son of God thing it is necessary to disprove the resurrection. Cheers,
Tim
tim58
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3:10pm Mon 26 Apr 10
The thing is the vast majority of human beings believe in a God of some type or other. So when someone comes along + claims to be him/her come as a baby (ie 'son of God') to live as a human that tends to attract people's interest.since with Jesus it was 2000 years ago, new bits of archaeology + relevant historical evidence for him turns up + gets looked at. That's the thing with history + where the study of it differs from 'fairy tales'. Jesus did claim to be God - it was what got him killed. So either he was telling the truth (makes sense of the resurrection) or he was lying (seems unlikely since he was a good type of bloke) or he was deluded / a bit mad (seems unlikely since his material is still taught today + hasn't been bettered).
Which do you reckon it is?
Cheers,
Tim
greenjack
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10:50pm Mon 26 Apr 10
I will check out your book ref. BTW, cheers.
GJ
Pagansense
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5:56pm Wed 28 Apr 10
tim58
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10:05am Thu 29 Apr 10
re: Rylands Library, Manchester Uni , its the comarative texual accuracy that tells us they are reliable rather than an inexact dating process. Remember, the Romans burnt everything in 70AD.
Josephus mentions Jesus twice - only 1 has been debated.
Bringing someone who has been dead + buried for 3 days back to life is not your common or garden miracle - it seems that was tipped it for the authorities who got him killed...
tim58
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10:13am Thu 29 Apr 10
Getting killed + coming back to life is a pretty good illusion - shame some of our politicians don't try it!
This about history, not some man-made 'religion' - a man who claimed to be God, got killed + then was seen by a lot of people alive enough to eat - either he was God or he wasn't. People back then knew death well enough to tell when someone was dead. if he is still alive then he is knowable spiritually, not by 'religion' necessarily.
greenjack
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10:37am Thu 29 Apr 10
Secondly Josephus mentions Jesus twice? Big deal.
Thirdly you are still assuming the gospel stories to be accurate. His cricifixion, never mind the resurrection, is debateable. Plus even if he was crucified, it was for a comparatively short time (again if the gospels are considered true) and he was not buried. He was placed in a tomb/cave of some description with 3 days in which to recover enough to be removed. Don't forget there are no recorded eye-witnesses, even in the gospels. Only those that claim to have seen him after the alleged event.
Pagansense
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3:54pm Thu 29 Apr 10
tim58 wrote:Hi Tim,
Hi pagansense.
Getting killed + coming back to life is a pretty good illusion - shame some of our politicians don't try it!
This about history, not some man-made 'religion' - a man who claimed to be God, got killed + then was seen by a lot of people alive enough to eat - either he was God or he wasn't. People back then knew death well enough to tell when someone was dead. if he is still alive then he is knowable spiritually, not by 'religion' necessarily.
Getting killed + coming back to life is a pretty good illusion,
Yep there are many ways of staging this!
This about history, not some man-made 'religion'
There are many other man made religions in history!
The problem is more books like this one on the subject only help to perpetuate this particular myth.
Lukeyboy says...
1:49pm Thu 15 Apr 10