- John of Gamala
John of Gamala was, according to
Luigi Cascioli , an Italian ex-seminarist and now an atheist, a person whom the Catholic Church deliberately conflated withJesus to build up their religion. Cascioli claims that his book "The Fable of Christ" is a decisive collection of proof demonstrating that Jesus is the result of manipulation and falsification of documents which in reality refer to a certain John of Gamala, son of Jude the Galilean and grandson of the rabbi Ezechia, a direct descendant of theHasmonean dynasty founded by Simon, son ofMattathias the Maccabean.The paternal lineage of Jesus/John of Gamala that is given by Cascioli is as follows:
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Mattathias (founder of the Hasmonean line, heir to the Davidic throne)
*Simon, son of Mattathias
*John Hyrcanus I , son of Simon
*Alexander Jannaeus , son of John Hyrcanus I
*Aristobulus II , son of Alexander Jannaeus
*Ezekias, direct descendant of Aristobulus II
*Judas of Galilean, son of Ezekias
*Jesus , son of Judas, Oldest brother of Simon Peter, James the great, Judas Thaddeus, Jacob, Menahem, *Eleazar, and two unnamed sisters. Husband to Mary Magdalene and brother in law to Lazarus. True name: John of Gamala, the Nazarite/Nazarene.John of Gamala is also the name of a fictional character who features in a nineteenth century novel called "For the Temple" by
G. A. Henty . The book depicts him as a heroic figure who fought the Romans especially when they made plain their plans to destroy theTemple in Jerusalem (70 A.D.). Later in the novel he becomes a follower of Jesus. Henty states in the preface to the book that John of Gamala is his own creation.ee also
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Cultural and historical background of Jesus
*Historical Jesus
*Historicity of Jesus
*Jesus as myth
*New Testament view on Jesus' life
*Religious perspectives on Jesus ources
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1967413,00.html#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=World Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest / Jan 3, 2006 timesonline.uk article]
* [http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0002/20060104/1235482036.htm&ewp=ewp_news_0106jesus_debate=Italian Court to decide existence of Jesus / Jan 4, 2006 source cites Reuters]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/22/christ.book.ap/index.html= Italy court asks: Did Jesus exist? / Jan 22, 2006 CNN.COM citing AP]
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11272557/ Case against Jesus' existence dismissed (February 10, 2006 MSNBC)]
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