The mythmaker paul and the invention of christianity maccoby hyam isbn 9780062505859 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The mythmaker paul and the invention of christianity maccoby hyam isbn 9780060155827 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Mythmaker provided some interesting and necessary context to the world of first century middle east maccobys hypothesis is that christianity as a separate religion didnt exist until paul invented it that jesus himself never intended to found a church separate from judaism he writes in narrative style and provides plenty of research to back up his claim i thought it was well worth the read. The mythmaker descent of the divine saviour the doctrine of paul good versus evil this gnosticism predates christianity pauls epistles are gnostic paul refers dramatically to the evil powers as gods see i cor28 arxonton tou aionos touto supernatural powers eg romans838 evil god ii cor44 pauls dualims is not judaic it is gnostic but he did not accept the demiurge paul asserted the . 7allegedrabbinicalstyleinpaulsepistles 8paulandstephen72 partiipaul 9theroadtodamascus85 10damascusandafter100 npaulandtheeucharistno 12thejerusalemchurch119 13thesplit139 14thetrialofpaul156 15theevidenceoftheebionites172 16themythmaker184 noteonmethod206 notes212 bibliography222 index229 indexofquotations235