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The Boys From Bethlehem

by Angus Thomson

215 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-2485; ISBN 1-4251-3698-2; US$20.09, C$20.09, EUR13.72, £10.37

The Boys From Bethlehem ignores 2000 years of ecclesiastical 'traditions' to give dimension to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and reveal a startlingly convincing story of human frailty and courage.

About the Book

The Boys From Bethlehem relies on the four gospels and historical research. It ignores 2000 years of ecclesiastical 'traditions', fabricated by vested interests to embellish the scanty evidence given by the gospels; this manuscript joins the dots to give dimension to what we know about First Century Palestine, to reveal a startlingly convincing story of human frailty and courage.

It travels with Judas, a student, to Herod's taxation headquarters and a terrifyingly devious new world of betrayal and brutality. Working with Master, Yeshua, and fellow students, he emabarks on an exciting crusade to regenerate spirituality but tensions give way to menace and then horrific retribution that sweeps past Golgotha.

A fresh imterpretation that embraces probabilities and reasonable human reactions instead of 'traditions' manufactured from over the past two millenia, The Boys From Bethlehem is at least as credible as any authorized version.

About the Author

From Sunday school to the chapel-dominated life of a struggling boarding school post-war England, Angus Thomson cultivated his interest in the ethics of early Christianity, their rapid contamination by clerical conceits, and the questions that never received satisfactory answers.

Half-a-century of journalism and observing human behaviour helped him piece together this astonishing and throughly researched narrative that bridges the gaps, bringing life to first century Palestine and plausible explanations for the previously inexplicable, If this book encourages the acquiescent to ask questions, he will be content.