Jesus the Man: A New Interpretation from the Dead Sea Scrolls

Presents a controversial new understanding of Jesus and the origins of Christianity that challenges traditional beliefs. Includes maps, charts, chronologies, a guide to personalities and locations, a bibliography and a detailed index. Based on the author's research on the Dead Sea Scrolls, best known through the ABC TV documentary TThe Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls', screened in 1990. An account of the controversy that resulted from the documentary is given in Leonie Star's TThe Dead Sea Scrolls: The riddle debated' (ABC, 1991), which includes writing by Thiering.