Stolen Identity The Conspiracy to Reinvent Jesus Peter Jones Christian - Living Reviewed for ReadersFavorite.com
Peter Jones brings his expertise to this remarkable look at the two views of Jesus. He leads us back to the 1940’s when the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls presented a different picture of Jesus than the Biblical one. The Gnostic view of Jesus is merely a spiritual.    While the Biblical view shows he is human and divine. Jones lays the views side by side to allow readers to draw their own conclusions. Each person must choose for not choosing is making a choice. I appreciate the way Jones presents the information in an easy to understand manner. I recommend this book for those confused after reading the Di Vinci Code.

 

Saint and Sinner	5.0 / 5
Peter Jones was one of the few men that were sounding the warning bells about the neo-Gnosticism which was becoming increasingly popular as Christian academia slumbered. His book, Stolen Identity, clearly articulates the vast differences between Christianity and Gnosticism by quoting both the New Testament canon and the Gnostic texts. It is quite clear that, contrary to what some modern scholars like Pagels and King say, Gnosticism was *not* just another form of Christianity; rather, it was a completely different religion that sought to incorporate Christianity into its fold by taking Christ's teachings and giving them a pantheistic twist. Its doctrines were completely opposed to orthodox Christianity. In chapter 10, he shows how the contemporary popularizers of the "Gnostic Gospels" craze are not neutral at all, but instead, have an agenda of destroying orthodox Christianity and promoting a post-modern form of ancient paganism. Jones uses the last chapter as an apologetic for historic, orthodox Christianity. He goes a little into textual criticism with such things as the "Gospel" of Thomas and the Q source. He also makes the argument for the Resurrection of Christ from the actions, beliefs, and martyrdoms of the disciples. If you have friends or relatives who buy into the DaVinci Code nonsense, this book might be good to read up on or give to that friend or relative.