Freethought & Rationalism Archive

tomasz · 01-25-2006, 06:48 AM

Has anyone here read or reviewed Luigi Cascioli's (ex priest turned atheist) "The Fable Of Christ" yet? It looks interesting but is only available directly from his website. Thinking of ordering but thought I'd see if anyone's beaten me to it. Thanks.

John T.

FreezBee · 01-25-2006, 07:10 AM

No, I haven't read the book, I only know that there was a court case a few years ago between Cascioli and a parish priest Erico Righi. Details can be found here:

http://www.luigicascioli.it/processo_eng.php

The case is still running, as you can see in this article:

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48450

So, who knows - is this going to change world history in reverse?

- FreezBee

Toto · 01-25-2006, 01:00 PM

Previous threads: Italian Scholar sues Vatican, announces a new No-Jesus book

Italian judge demands proof of Jesus' existence [MERGED]

Huon · 01-25-2006, 01:37 PM

Mr Cascioli maintains that early Christian writers confused Jesus with John of Gamala, an anti-Roman Jewish insurgent in first-century Palestine.

Quote from Cascioli :

That the figure of Jesus has been fully constructed over a certain John of Gamala, son of Judas from Gamala, known as the Galilean, is irrefutably known by such a great number of proofs as to remove whatever doubts about the falsifications carried out by the compilers of the Gospels. It would suffice that concerning the transformation of the appellation Nazireo, as was usually called John of Gamala as inhabitant of Nazareth, to show in the most absolute manner the impersonation stated.

end Quote
On his site, look at :
John the Nazarene

Johann_Kaspar · 01-25-2006, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huon

Mr Cascioli maintains that early Christian writers confused Jesus with John of Gamala, an anti-Roman Jewish insurgent in first-century Palestine.

Quote from Cascioli :

That the figure of Jesus has been fully constructed over a certain John of Gamala, son of Judas from Gamala, known as the Galilean, is irrefutably known by such a great number of proofs as to remove whatever doubts about the falsifications carried out by the compilers of the Gospels. It would suffice that concerning the transformation of the appellation Nazireo, as was usually called John of Gamala as inhabitant of Nazareth, to show in the most absolute manner the impersonation stated.

end Quote
On his site, look at :
John the Nazarene

Seems nothing else than Daniel Massé theory in new clothes. Does he acknowledge the heritage?

tomasz · 01-26-2006, 06:42 AM

Thanks folks. I think when I searched the archives I had copied and pasted the title in all caps and that's why nothing came up. Not sure, anyway...
Judging from the discussions other threads provided by Toto a lot of people have heard about this but no one has actually read his book. Johann, you mentioned Daniel Massé. I don't see any published books by him and the online materials seem to be all in french, do you have any english references you could share? Thanks.

01-25-2006, 06:48 AM	#1
tomasz Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 6	"THE FABLE OF CHRIST" review? Has anyone here read or reviewed Luigi Cascioli's (ex priest turned atheist) "The Fable Of Christ" yet? It looks interesting but is only available directly from his website. Thinking of ordering but thought I'd see if anyone's beaten me to it. Thanks. John T.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

01-25-2006, 07:10 AM	#2
FreezBee Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Southern Copenhagen Posts: 131	No, I haven't read the book, I only know that there was a court case a few years ago between Cascioli and a parish priest Erico Righi. Details can be found here: http://www.luigicascioli.it/processo_eng.php The case is still running, as you can see in this article: http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48450 So, who knows - is this going to change world history in reverse? - FreezBee

01-25-2006, 01:00 PM	#3
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	Previous threads: Italian Scholar sues Vatican, announces a new No-Jesus book Italian judge demands proof of Jesus' existence [MERGED]

01-25-2006, 01:37 PM	#4
Huon Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bordeaux France Posts: 2,796	Mr Cascioli maintains that early Christian writers confused Jesus with John of Gamala, an anti-Roman Jewish insurgent in first-century Palestine. Quote from Cascioli : That the figure of Jesus has been fully constructed over a certain John of Gamala, son of Judas from Gamala, known as the Galilean, is irrefutably known by such a great number of proofs as to remove whatever doubts about the falsifications carried out by the compilers of the Gospels. It would suffice that concerning the transformation of the appellation Nazireo, as was usually called John of Gamala as inhabitant of Nazareth, to show in the most absolute manner the impersonation stated. end Quote On his site, look at : John the Nazarene

01-26-2006, 06:42 AM	#6
tomasz Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bloomington, IN Posts: 6	Thanks folks. I think when I searched the archives I had copied and pasted the title in all caps and that's why nothing came up. Not sure, anyway... Judging from the discussions other threads provided by Toto a lot of people have heard about this but no one has actually read his book. Johann, you mentioned Daniel Massé. I don't see any published books by him and the online materials seem to be all in french, do you have any english references you could share? Thanks.

Freethought & Rationalism Archive

The archives are read only.