Ecce Homo! Or, a Critical Enquiry into the History of Jesus Christ
Overview
An eighteenth century-Christopher Hitchens, Baron d’Holbach begins this polemical tome with the rebuke, “Although the writings of the New Testament are in the hands of everyone, nothing is more uncommon than to find the professors of Christianity acquainted with the history of the founder of their religion; and even among those who have perused that history, it is still more rare to find any who have ventured seriously to examine it.” Taking his title from Pilate’s words in the Latin text of John 19:5, “behold the man,” Baron d’Holbach presents a critical study of the historical Jesus according to d’Holbach’s atheistic worldview.
Top Highlights
“every person must be convinced that the book is divine—that every word contained in it is inspired by the Holy Ghost” (Page 3)
- Title: Ecce Homo! Or, a Critical Enquiry into the History of Jesus Christ
- Author: Paul-Henri Thiry d’Holbach
- Edition: Second
- Publisher: D. I. Eaton
- Print Publication Date: 1813
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Jesus Christ › Biography--Early works to 1800
- Resource ID: LLS:ECCOHOMODHOLBACH
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-14T19:57:13Z