Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Book Review: A meticulously written test of the readers emotions
Summary: 5 Stars
Absolutely amazing! Every few pages I would have to wonder exactly how long it took to write this book. This is absolutely the most well-researched book I have ever opened. True, it does travel on unessecary tangents, and the overall conclusion is unproven, but the authors will be the first to tell you so. This book's purpose is not to change your beliefs, but to tell you what these researchers believe. And that it does well. Even if you don't agree with them, Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln will surely make you smarter.Book Review: A must for intelligent and curious minds
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a suberb book and the best I have ever read in my 40 active reading years. This book should be in every personal library and will open the minds of many christian dogmatic people. I believe 100% in what the authors have written and think they did an excellant job in researching their theories. It's a bombshell for christianity. I am convinced of the bloodline of the Sinclairs and Jesus.Book Review: A must read for skeptics!
Summary: 5 Stars
The plot weaves like an intricate detective novel, with a lot of twists and counterplots. But the book is not detective fiction, it is a meticulously researched theory chronicling medieval orders, secret societies, grail hunts and lost dynasties and tying it all to Jesus and his supposed bloodline.An all too plausible theory that 'explains' a lot of historical quirks and errors, biblical and medieval - Who got married at the feast of Cana? Who really is 'Jesus' Barabbas? Why was King Clovis' pact with the Catholic Church rescinded? What really happened at Renne le Chateau? Who was the 'beloved disciple' in the Gospels?
If you are open minded and looking for those books begging for its pages to be turned...look no further. I just read a copy of Edgar Fouche's 'Alien Rapture,' which also blew me away. Fouche was a Top Secret Black Program `insider', whose credibility has been verified over and over. Another fun book is Brad Steiger's 'Werewolf.' I also really liked Dan Brown's `Angels and Demons.' Want to be shocked, check out Dr. Paul Hill's 'Unconventional Flying Objects' which NASA tried to ban.
The KJV Bible is the True Word of God! Or is it? Inspired? Or not? I believe all of the one star ratings and rantings are from uneducated Protestants. For example:
In `Acts 5:30; 10:39.' the KJV, in speaking of Jesus' death, reads, "Whom ye slew `and' hanged on a tree." The word "and" is `not' in the Greek text, and by adding it to the text at this point in the verse it leads to some confusion on the part of the readers. The conjunction "and" indicates grammatically that one action followed another (i.e.: two separate actions independent of one another). Some unbelievers have tried to use this verse to demonstrate that Christ was killed first, `and then' His dead body was hung on a `tree'. By inserting the word "and," numerous complications have arisen which could have been prevented by a correct translation of the original text.
The tip of the iceberg: Numerous authorities who had noted the errors in the K.J.V. such as William Kilburne (1650's) 20,000 errors, John Wesley (in 1755) 12,000 changes in the New Testament alone, the Revised Version of 1881 consisted of 36,000 errors and on and on. The NIV, RSV and The Living Bible are also replete with thousands of errors. Do some research!
The KJV translators also did not know what the "Asherah" was (a wooden idol representing a Canaanite goddess), so they translated the word repeatedly as meaning a "grove" of trees. In `I Kings 16:33' they state, "And Ahab made `a grove," which provoked the Lord God to anger. In point of fact, Ahab made an `idol' here (the Asherah); his sin was `idolatry', not planting a grove of trees!!
In Deuteronomy 33:17 the KJV speaks of "the horns of unicorns." There are two mistakes in this passage: (1) The animal mentioned here in the original text is the "wild ox" and not the mythical "unicorn," and (2) in the original text the passage speaks of one animal (singular) with horns (plural).
In Luke 18:12 the KJV reads, "I give tithes of all that I possess." The Law did NOT require one to tithe a tenth of all that he "possessed" (all his capital holdings), but rather a tenth of his increase (that which he acquired in addition to his possessions). This is clearly stated in the Greek word used in this passage.
Although many ideas are speculative, the authors nevertheless give background data just enough to shake the foundations of our 'traditional knowledge'. A must read for skeptics and devout Christians alike. "He who believes blindly sees not the truth."
Book Review: A new Genre has taken the stage: alternative religio-history
Summary: 3 Stars
This is an incredible piece of fiction, which has inspired me to think in new ways. This is certainly a guideing light of sorts that will help many people look at reality and their own writting in a new direction. At the very least this book will give writers a new tool, the inspiration to use real organizations, philosphies, et cetera in developing alternative history fiction. Much like science-fiction and fantasy inspire people to think of new worlds or realms, this genre, alternative religio-history will make a formitable genre of writting. This genre can inspire a whole new generation of writers in unseen directions. Yet this is not a new genre what so ever. Alternative Religio-history has been around for nearly a hundred years and was almost lost. The first alternate religio-history novel was the "Protocol of the Elders of Zion". Ironically all the books in this genre, tended to color the groups potrayed within the covers and inspired not only many writers to create worthy tales of fiction, but psuedo-intellectuals, bigots, and intolerant people often end up attacking the subjects of these books in "real" life. I actually look forward to reading the vitriolic spewings of many of these authors who are currently jumping on the bandwagon of anti-Christianity. Once they shed their coats, and emerge from the darkness to reveal their true intent, many people will not be surprised. The promotion of hate towards Christians, seems to be the true goal. Yet, I welcome all tales of fiction, even though I find those who blindly follow these authors alternative religio-history novels to simply be mindless and in need of an opiate.
Book Review: A parody of historical research
Summary: 1 Stars
As a student of history, I found myself cursing at this book. More often than not, the "facts" it cites are entirely bogus. I have no problem with a non-celibate Jesus. In fact, I do believe he may well have had children with Mary Magdalene. What irritates me is such baloney passing as history--and outselling _good_ history, at that! Take the Cathars, for instance. One of my favorites. Here was a group with profound ideas about the duality of the universe. They believed that the physical world was evil, and therefore, Jesus--as God--would never sully his holiness with a physical body. Sex was seen as a cardinal sin, because it shackled more souls to this fleshy prison. So, to a Cathar, the only thing worse than claiming Jesus was physical (like the Catholics did), would be to claim he sired children. To the Cathars, this "bloodline" would be even more evil than Rome! Yet, we're to believe they were in on this overarching conspiracy? But then again, according to _Holy Blood,_ who _wasn't_ in on it? They make too much, I think, of Phillip's trumped up charges against the Knights Templar who--our every sound historical source assures us--were good Catholics. It's a nice story (though the computer game, Gabriel Knight III, tells it better), but if you're looking for something that's actually real, you'll get more from Geoffrey of Monmouth talking about King Arthur.