King Jesus

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King Jesus is a semi-historical novel by Robert Graves, first published in 1946. The novel is controversial for the way it 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], and also for the way it treats numerous Biblical stories and contradictions while demystifying Jesus' life.

Contents 1 The Story 2 Author's comments 3 Comments of others 4 Criticism 5 Notes

[edit] The Story

Graves 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]

[edit] Author's comments

[edit] Comments of others

[edit] Criticism

Old Heresy, New Version, Time Magazine, Monday, Sep. 30, 1946

[edit] Notes