Jesus

A New Vision

By: Whitley Strieber

Narrated by: Whitley Strieber

Whitley Strieber is a literary legend, and Jesus: A New Vision is the most provocative book of his career. As the author of such influential books as Warday, Nature’s End, Communion, and Superstorm, he ranks among the cultural forces of our time.

Jesus: A New Vision is at once a magisterial work of scholarship and a completely new approach to the meaning and message of Jesus. It comes at a time when the Western world is divided between a declining number of believers in Christian doctrine and an ever-increasing number of people who feel that Jesus was nothing more than a religious zealot who was executed for the crime of sedition.

What if neither of these approaches is right? What if Jesus really did perform miracles, including the resurrection, but that this says not that he was a deity, but that he was exercising human powers which are buried within us all and which we do not suspect are there?

By exploring the life of Jesus and his teachings in an entirely new way, Jesus: A New Vision sheds fresh light on the meaning and power of his parables, explores the mysteries of the gospels of Thomas and Mary with fresh insight, and explains why, as Strieber puts it, he “committed suicide by crucifixion”.

It also addresses the questions that continue to surround the Shroud of Turin, exploring both the science that concluded that it was a medieval forgery and the more recent studies that have shown it to be something very different.

It explores what happened after Jesus’s death that led to the ultra-violence that destroyed the entire polytheistic culture of the Roman Empire and explains why this greatest of all human revolutions happened, relating it to the pandemics and uncontrollable migrations that resulted from a climate change event that began around AD 150 and led to extraordinary disruptions that the Romans, knowing nothing of solar variability, blamed on their gods.

In its sweep and its drama, there has never been another book like Jesus: A New Vision.

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Interesting

Enjoyed this new look at Jesus. Easy to follow. Fascinating info about the Shroud of Turin.

Compelling and transformative

Whitley Strieber delivers a wonderful performance and compelling argument for a New (original) vision of Jesus, which taken as a third in sequence, does make for a good read and listen.
I highly recommend this audiobook, coupled with the digital copy book (mine was from Kindle) for deeper penetration of understanding and retention. Whitley's tone and energy lull the reader into a sense of a lovely quiet conversation with an old friend.

Finally

Whitney's expertise is at work in full force here in connecting the dots in such a way as to feed the mind, swell the heart and give wings to our souls. A study worth reading.

Exceptional

As a former Christian and current staunch non-religious person, this book explains better than any I’ve encountered who Jesus might have been. It is also extremely well written and narrated. Whitley Strieber is not just smart, he is wicked smart.

Truly Offers A New Vision, That Comes From The Man We Knew As Jesus, The Christ

I Can See Now This book Has Helped Me Fully, open my eyes.
To what my truth far higher is, Now clearly to me.