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King Jesus is a semi-historical novel by Robert Graves, first published in 1946. The novel treats Jesus not as the Son of God, but rather as a philosopher with a legitimate claim to the Judaean throne through Herod the Great,[1] as well as the Davidic monarchy; and treats numerous Biblical stories in an unorthodox manner. The storyGraves wrote the story from the perspective of an official living in the time of Domitian. The novel opens with the statement, "I, AGABUS the Decapolitan, began this work at Alexandria in the ninth year of the Emperor Domitian and completed it at Rome in the thirteenth year of the same."[2] The novel consists primarily of dialogues between the prophets and other people of the story told by the Roman hagiographer. It begins with the reign of Herod before Jesus is born and explains the dynastical, quasi-secular roots of Jesus both from his mother's and his father's side, establishing a temporal and historical right to the throne of Israel. The second part starts with the Nativity and Jesus's youth. Finally, the third part chronicles Jesus's work in adulthood as a prophet, his death on the cross, and his resurrection. In a "Historical Commentary" published at the end of the book Robert Graves remarks, concerning the book's historical basis, "A detailed commentary written to justify the unorthodox views contained in this book would be two or three times as long as the book itself, and would take years to complete; I beg to be excused the task ...[but]...I undertake to my readers that every important element in my story is based on some tradition, however tenuous, and that I have taken more than ordinary pains to verify my historical background".[3] EditionsThe standard scholarly edition is the volume in the Collected Works of Robert Graves (Carcanet Press), edited by Robert A. Davis. ReceptionA 1946 review by Kirkus Reviews summarized the book with; "This is not reading for the easily shocked; it definitely presents Jesus as a sage and a post, if not divine. It moves, as does all Mr. Graves' writing, at a brilliant fast pace, and with a tremendous style."[4] In another contemporary book review by Commentary, Mordecai Chertoff wrote "the Jewish reviewer must protest and warn the reader of Graves’ total irresponsibility in his handling of Jewish religious tradition. It is obvious, however, that Graves’ intention in writing this "novel" was not to compose a historical pot-boiler. Influenced perhaps by depth psychology, he feels, apparently, that the issue between the "rule" of the father and that of the mother animated Jewish religion and political history in a preponderant way, and that the supremacy of the father was there established once and for all. There are certain risks, however, when such a serious thesis is dealt with by a novelist, even if he does not mean to be taken very earnestly. There is the danger that untutored people.. will take this invented lore for the real thing and read his fantasy for the sake of edification and erudition."[5] Writing in 1981 for The New York Times, John Leonard describes the book's relation to Gnosticism and wrote, "Mr. Graves, in other words, is still pushing his White Goddess, the mother of all religions, and when we learn that one of Herod's grandsons was helpful to Claudius at a sticky moment, we understand why Mr. Graves involved himself in his farrago in the first place."[6] Later referencesHerodian Messiah[7] is a work of non-fiction that presents evidence and arguments in support of the central theory of King Jesus (i.e., that Jesus was the son of Antipater ben Herod and Mariamne bat Antigonus).[8]References1. ^St John's College Robert Graves Trust {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019064431/http://www.robertgraves.org/bio.php |date=2006-10-19 }} 2. ^[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374516642 First Sentence] 3. ^King Jesus, 2nd edition (1947), Cassell, p352-353 4. ^{{cite journal|author= |title=King Jesus |newspaper=Kirkus Reviews|date=June 15, 1946|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robert-graves2/king-jesus/}} 5. ^{{cite journal|author= Mordecai S. Chertoff |title=King Jesus, by Robert Graves |newspaper=Commentary|date=April 1, 1947|url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/king-jesus-by-robert-graves/}} 6. ^{{cite newspaper|author=Leonard, John| title=Books of The Times |newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 25, 1981|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/25/books/books-of-the-times-146565.html}} 7. ^[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0615355080 Herodian Messiah: Case for Jesus As Grandson of Herod] by Joseph Raymond (Tower Grove Publishing, 2010) 8. ^However, for Graves, Maria wasn't the daughter of King Antigonus (the last Hasmonean king executed by Marc Antony in 37 BCE), but Joaquim, a descendant of David. External links
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