May 30th 2005 01:23 pm
The Passover Plot
30. The Passover Plot by Dr. Hugh J. Schonfield
This took forever to read! It’s written in a very dry academic style, which is completely appropriate given the subject matter. However, since it’s not exactly light reading, I only managed to get through a few pages at a time.
There’s a lot to ponder, as well. Whether one is Christian or not, whether one believes in the alleged divinity of Jesus or not, it is a treatise that sheds light on the era in which Christianity was born. I no longer feel vaguely annoyed that Christianity seemed to leap into existence fully formed like Athena from the head of Zeus. Schonfield’s work answers some of the questions I’ve been posing since I was a precocious child in Catholic school. Delightfully, the answers lead to even more questions. I’ve got his follow-up book, Those Incredible Christians, at the top of my To Be Read pile.
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