Secret of the Savior The Myth of the Messiah in Mark [Hardcover]

This book solves the greatest mystery of all time: where did the story of Jesus really come from? Secret of the Savior unearths the hidden history buried beneath the surface in the Gospel of Mark.This book solves the greatest mystery of all time: where did the story of Jesus really come from? The Gospel of Mark is the earliest account of Jesus. What if the Gospel is a myth of the messiah? This view would change everything. What is the secret of the savior? It is that God is the savior. Jesus is a symbol of salvation and stands for the process of God saving us. Jesus is identified with a series of savior figures from Joshua to David to the Teacher of Righteousnesswho founded the Essenes, the ancient Jewish sect who wrote the Dead Sea Scrollto Rabbi Johanan Ben Zakkai, the founder of Rabbinic Judaism, and many others. The Gospel of Mark is ultimately an ingenious myth about the history of salvation in Israel. Secret of the Savior unearths the hidden history buried beneath the surface in this world-changing gospel.PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Myth of the Messiah: An Epic of SalvationPART ONE: THE RISEChapter One: My Son, the BelovedChapter Two: Glories of a Shepherd KingChapter Three: The Teacher of Righteousness ArisesChapter Four: Mystery of the Kingdom RevealedChapter Five: Exile to the Land of DamascusChapter Six: An Appeal to the PeopleChapter Seven: The Saints AssembleChapter Eight: Sectarian StrifeChapter Nine: Last Stand of the EssenesPART TWO: THE FALLChapter Ten: Beginning AgainChapter Eleven: A Split in the RanksChapter Twelve: The Year of the Four EmperorsChapter Thirteen: Besieging the CityChapter Fourteen: A Lull in the FightingChapter Fifteen: Fall of the TempleChapter Sixteen: Massacre of MartyrsChapter Seventeen: The City SurrendersChapter Eighteen: Judea CaptaConclusion: The Gospel According to MythAppendix: Ears to Hear: Myth and History in MarkBibliographySubject IndexSid Martin is a religious researcher with a master of theological studilóÅ