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In his history of the Jewish nation, Josephus wrote only of the death of Jesus, not mentioning one detail of his life. In contrast, the life of Judas the Galilean was chronicled from his temple cleansing to his grandson's suicide at Masada. Yet, Josephus did not tell us how Judas died. Is it possible that Judas and Jesus are the same person? Just a few of the similarities are listed below.
Both Judas and Jesus cleansed the Temple in Jerusalem.
Like Jesus, Judas was anointed King or Messiah by his followers in Galilee.
The organizations of the teachers were identical. The second-in-command to Jesus was nicknamed Cephas. Josephus called Judas' second, Sadduc.
Barabbas was released in the trial of Jesus during the reign of Pilate. Judas was arrested by Herod the Great and later released to the Jewish crowd.
Jesus was interrogated by Annas and later crucified because of his stand against Roman taxation. Judas led the tax revolt against Roman taxation in 6 AD. Annas became High Priest in 7 AD.
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Title of
ebook: Judas the Galilean
ISBN: 9780595770007
Publisher:
iUniverse, Inc.
Internet download file size: 1432 kb
Released online for download: 08-02-2004
Author of eBook: Unterbrink, Daniel T
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Jesus by another name 08/09/2005
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Reviewer: A viewer from Columbus, Ohio
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"Judas the Galilean" is a logical approach to a very difficult question - who was the historical Jesus? Mr. Unterbrink tracks the history of the Jewish historian, Josephus, and all evidence points towards Judas the Galilean. This Judas cleansed the Temple and was arrested by Herod the Great. After Herod died, Judas was released to the Jewish mob in a Barabbas style prisoner release. This alone convinced me that something strange was going on. After all, could Judas and Jesus have both been involved in such identical events? Or is it more likely that Jesus was just a title for Judas?
Unterbrink gives the reader an appendix filled with all the amazing coincidences between Judas and Jesus. He also rewrites the early history of the church in a way that is consistent with Josephus. For example, Paul met with Nero in 66 AD. This is two years after Nero murdered the Jewish Christians in Rome. The picture of Paul is quite different than the traditional church line.
In short, "Judas the Galilean" is a must read for anyone interested in early church history. Even if you don't agree with all of Unterbrink's theories, you can still benefit from his research.
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