What if everything you think you know about Jesus is wrong? In The Jesus Papers, Michael Baigent probes into the truth about Jesus's life and crucifixion. As a religious historian, Baigent explores the religious and political climate in which Jesus was born and raised, and the strife within the different factions of the Jewish Zealot movement. He chronicles the migrations of Jesus's family, his subsequent exposure to other cultures and the events,...

Various people and animals are drawn by a magnificent star to Bethlehem to see the newborn Christ.

Not the lamb or the goat or the mule or the dove was born on the first Christmas long ago, but a special child was.

Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry--a fervent nationalism that made resistance...

Retells the story of how an angel led the shepherds and kings to Bethlehem when Jesus was born.

Relates how a crippled young shepherd comes to accompany the three Kings on their way to pay hommage to the newborn Jesus.

Examines Jesus' most popular parables and looks at how they have been misinterpreted and misunderstood, seeking to make them more relevant to today's readers.