Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All

by David Fitzgerald

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Nailed sheds light on ten beloved Christian myths, and, with evidence gathered from historians across the theological spectrum, shows how they point to a Jesus Christ created solely through allegorical alchemy of hope and imagination; a messiah transformed from a purely literary, theological construct into the familiar figure of Jesus - in short, a purely mythic Christ.

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I'm not a Christian. I've only read the so-called synoptic gospels. I have no expertise in this area, just some interest. The book seemed to be a well-argued and logical proposition, not some wacky tirade. I found the evidence presented fascinating, particularly the reminders to evaluate the bible keeping in mind when its parts were written and what the authors could have known about Jesus himself and what others had written about him (or, in the case of Paul, hadn't written about him yet).
This should have been more interesting but the author dropped the ball. It's not wise to keep quoting from the same five sources and not provide dissenting views.
A poorly reasoned book. For explanations of its poor reasoning, one should read Bart Ehrman's Did Jesus Exist? and/or James P. Holding's Shattering the Christ Myth.

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Original title
Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed At All
Alternate titles
Ten Beautiful Lies About Jesus
Original publication date
2010
People/Characters
Jesus Christ; Josephus, Flavius, 37-c. 100
Important places
Palestine; Israel; Judea
Important events
Jesus Christ's career
Epigraph
Facts are sometimes the most radical critics of all.

—Theologian Wilhelm Wrede
Dedication
For everyone who ever thought to themselves:

"I wonder what Jesus was really like?"
First words
Most people have never heard of the ancient Greek mythographer Euhemerus, who first theorized that the gods of mythology were deified human beings, and their myths based on legends sprung from accounts of real people and even... (show all)ts.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The truth is inescapable: there simply could never have been a historical Jesus.
Disambiguation notice
"Parts of this book previously appeared in the online essay "Ten Beautiful Lies about Jesus," which took Honorable Mention for the 2010 Mythicist Prize offered by the Mythicists' Forum, a consortium of secular New Testament s... (show all)cholars.   The information in that essay has been updated and corrected where necessary for this book."

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Genres
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS
232.908ReligionChristianityJesus Christ and his familyFamily and life of JesusThe Historical Jesus
LCC
BT303.2 .F58Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionDoctrinal TheologyDoctrinal TheologyChristologyLife of Christ
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