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Integrates Christianity into the Graves worldview, 22 Jun 2000

By	gilesrowe@globalnet.co.uk (England) - See all my reviews

Published in 1946 - but never mentioned. Roots Christianity in Jewish and Hellenistic traditions. Like most of Graves' work, a monumental reconstruction that resonates with scholarship. Totally ignored by other biblical and cultural commentators. Never assimilated because he is too challenging, his knowledge of poetry and myth is too deep and encyclopaedic and makes other 'scholars' look like frauds. Try his 'White Goddess' or 'The Nazarene Gospel Restored' - if you can get hold of the latter at all.

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Before The Da Vinci Code, 3 Jun 2004

By	"conkom" - See all my reviews

I am quite surprised no-one else has commented on how Robert Graves explored the issue of Jesus' supposed marriage to Mary Magdelene and its connection to the more ancient cult of Goddess Worship long before Dan Brown. It isn't just Nag Hammadi and the Gnostics who should be credited for the Da Vinci Code.

On both a literary and mythological level King Jesus is by far superior to the Da Vinci Code and infinitely more controversial and thought provoking.

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An astonishing new look at Jesus Christ history., 9 May 2000

By	"quarthadast" - See all my reviews

We can name it an historical novel of Jesus Christ. Graves rejects plainly the myth of the Jesus' birth from a virgin and build a plot of mistery, murder and superstition that is readable 100%.

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A very good book, which if one has read Grave's The Greek Myths makes a lot of sense. Also I found Sir James Fraszers "The Golden Bough" a help; or rather it makes more sense of... Read more

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Graves's Claudius books, though they were melodramatic fiction, at least reported near contemporary accounts with some accuracy. Read more

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