Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God? by Morton Smith, Russell Shorto

Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God?

Morton Smith, Russell Shorto

248 pages first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
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Jesus the Magician: Charlatan or Son of God? is a 1978 book by Morton Smith arguing that the historical Jesus was a magician who "sprang from a Galilean strain of Semitic paganism" (p. 68). The charge that he was a magician didn't originate with S...

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