Heretic: An Intriguing Exploration of Early Christianity, Diverse Interpretations of Jesus, and the Evolution of Singular Christ in Ancient History—An … Magazine and UK Times Best Book of the Year
$15.99“A brilliant book.” —The Times, Best of the Year
“Heretic tells a moreish intellectual story and shakes up your understanding of Western history. At the same time, somewhat improbably, it supplies at least one good joke per paragraph; you have to keep turning back to enjoy them again.” ―The Economist, Best of the Year
From a celebrated classicist and author of The Darkening Age (“[a] ballista-bolt of a book”—New York Times Book Review), a biography of the many, diverse variations of Jesus who thrived in early Christian traditions—and how they were lost until just one “true” Christ survived.