Robert M. Price

Previous commentaries on the Gospel of Thomas have tended mainly to make this intriguing text less understandable to the general reader, not less. Choking on their authors' methodology, these commentaries are more about them than the text. Robert M. Price brings striking clarity to a fascinating text, bridging the dusty centuries. Price draws on the learning of his predecessors while providing many new interpretations. Does Thomas use the canonical gospels? Or was it written earlier? Why...

Secret Scrolls is the very first examination of some forty novels in which someone discovers a new gospel. Sometimes it turns out to be a hoax; will it be debunked before it can work its mischief? If it proves genuine, will it be brought to light? Or will corrupt church officials manage to prevent it? The book evaluates what each author has to say about historical Jesus scholarship or New Testament research in general. Sometimes the authors have done their homework; other times they...

Medieval Churchmen heard the legend of Prince Siddhartha (the &quot;Bodhisattva,&quot; or &quot;Buddha-to-be&quot;) renouncing his wealth and seeking salvation as a monk, but they mistook it for the history of some Christian monk named &quot;Iodasaph&quot; (a corruption of &quot;Bodhisattva&quot;). Iodasaph was canonized as an official saint. The ironic result was that Gautama Buddha is a Roman Catholic saint! <br><br>What if such a remarkable...

This book is a series of papers presented mainly at the Book of Mormon Round Table. It lays out a case for considering the Mormon scripture as the work of Joseph Smith in the nineteenth century, not an ancient document written by various Israelites in ancient America. But, author Robert M. Price argues, this is merely another case of &quot;pseudepigraphy,&quot; the genre of fictive &quot;as if&quot; authorship common to the Bible as well. Price urges readers to a new appreciation...

Though the Rock Opera &quot;Jesus Christ Superstar&quot; has become a religious and musical phenomenon, beloved around the world among Christians and non-believers alike, no one has ever delved into the lyrics with the practiced eye of a professional biblical critic until now. Robert M. Price here shows in surprising detail the astonishing insight and creativity of Tim Rice&#39;s sifting and rewriting of the gospels, producing in effect a fifth, genuine gospel! The result is a...

C.S. Lewis&#39; classic The Screwtape Letters is full of keen wit and wise counsel&ndash;if one is a Christian believer. Such a reader will find much to ponder in its pages. But suppose one begins to question whether it is the voice of mature reason that Lewis portrays as the wiles of Satan? The Needletoe Letters takes the other side, depicting the letters of advice and guidance from a veteran angel to his inexperienced nephew. Their common task? To keep Christian believers hoodwinked...

Have you ever wondered what the Apostle Paul might have said about some vital topic not mentioned in his letters? Have you wished he had clarified his views on this or that? Suppose someone discovered a cache of &quot;new&quot; Pauline epistles&ndash;how exciting it would be!<br><br>Join New Testament scholar Robert M. Price as he presents a new collection of fourteen hitherto-unknown letters of Paul, plus a visionary apocalypse. Scholars will discover here an imaginative...

The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi Dowling is surely the most detailed, intricate, compelling and impressive of all the modern gospels written to update scripture and to reveal spiritual truth for a new era. Though it claims to be a channeled revelation, it is obvious that Leo (&quot;Levi&quot;) Dowling expended stupendous effort not only on content (with numerous fascinating tales, parables, and sayings) but also on form (the entire, massive work being set in iambic...

Liberal Protestants have produced a whole raft of &quot;inclusive language&quot; Bibles. But these scriptures don&#39;t come near to making the Bible acceptable to the leftist sensibilities of Liberal Christians. What would the Bible have to be like if it were to suit Liberals? How drastically would it have to be rewritten? And how ridiculous would the result look? Maybe like this.