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Good But Flawed. - Rated
After reading so many different books on RLC (Rennes Le Chateau). I decided to give this one a go. The book itself is a nice and easy read, its written from an experienced mind which is very evident, The language he uses is none technical and he tries qualify his theories, however, it is the authors theories where the books lets itself down. He tries to tie together Jesus the Essene's and the Coptic Christians of Egypt. Although Simmons's knowledge of Egypt stands out clearly, I just take issue of the notion that Mary and Joseph where part of the Essene sect of Jews, overlooking the obvious flaw in the fact the Essene's were a celibate sect of Jews , so marriage wouldn't be allowed for any member. Mr Simmons claims that it was the Essene's who healed Jesus back to life but offers little credible evidence of this.
The Author then goes to claim that the Essenes are also Gnostic, and that the Dead Sea scrolls are of the same like of the Nag Hammaddi scriptures. Grahams love for Egypt is very evident also, and much of his writing and biases reflect his opinions, but I feel his writing displays more hope than expectation and tries to tie much of Jesus's ministry to the Egypt mystery schools, but little evidence is put forward to support his claims. The author does however take the reader on a very good quest across the Mediterranean, written in a style that make you feel you are with the Author and he does focus the mystery of the RLC on different perspectives that others haven't. All in all a very enjoyable read, well written and interesting but seriously flawed and very opinionated.
