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Jesus Survival from the Cross

Overview

The scholarly origins of the theory

For some time, at the turn of the 19th century, the notion that Jesus could have survived the crucifixion, was considered a legitimate scholarly hypothesis by rationalist authors such as Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, Karl Heinrich Venturini, Heinrich Paulus, and others. The goal was to provide a rational explanation of the resurrection and appearances of Jesus.

The Survival of the Jesus Survival Theory

After the criticism of David Friedrich Strauss in 1835, the hypothesis was totally abandoned in scholarship and was revived only in fictional circles, notably, by Moore and Austin.

At the end of the 19th century, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, claimed that Jesus after surviving the crucifixion went to India, and his tomb is located in Srinagar, Kashmir. Ahmad based his claim on some Muslim legends and on the work of Notovich. The Jesus Survival Hypothesis thus came to be associated to the Jesus in India hypothesis (see also Docker, and Toll).

A parallel development was opened in 1928 by Lawrence who associated the survival of Jesus to the possibility for Jesus to fully explore his sexuality.

Developments after WW2

After WW2 the Jesus Survival hypothesis has grown out of its pre-War foundations.

The old "scholarly" view has been been revived by authors such as Schonfield and Thiering.

Second, we find authors who have developed the Survival Theory to support their claim of the presence of Jesus in India. In 1978 Meier gave an unexpected twist to the story by associating it to the notion that Jesus was an alien.

Third, and more successfully, the Survival story has flourished in his "sexual" version. In 1951 Kazantzakis made survival and marriage the last temptation of Jesus on the cross. Promptly in 1972, Donovan Joyce claimed the supposed discovery in Israel of a scroll proving that Jesus had survived the crucifixion, married Mary Magdalene and fathered a child with her. Joyce's work laid the foundations for Baigent's work and was taken up in several version of the Jesus Bloodline story.

Finally, the survival narrative played a role in the horror-parody movie Beaster (2004 Morrone), film, where Jesus "survived" the crucifixion in the form of a flesh-eating zombie.

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 ==Overview==
+====The scholarly origins of the theory====
 For some time, at the turn of the 19th century, the notion that Jesus could have survived the crucifixion, was considered a legitimate scholarly hypothesis by rationalist authors such as [[Karl Friedrich Bahrdt]], [[Karl Heinrich Venturini]], [[Heinrich Paulus]], and others. The goal was to provide a rational explanation of the resurrection and appearances of Jesus.
-After the criticism of [[David Friedrich Strauss]] in 1835, the hypothesis was totally abandoned in scholarship and ever since has been revived only in fictional or spiritual circles.
+====The Survival of the Jesus Survival Theory====
+After the criticism of [[David Friedrich Strauss]] in 1835, the hypothesis was totally abandoned in scholarship and was revived only in fictional circles, notably, by Moore
+and Austin.
+At the end of the 19th century, [[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]], the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, claimed that Jesus after surviving the crucifixion went to India, and his tomb is located in Srinagar, Kashmir. Ahmad based his claim on some Muslim legends and on the work of Notovich. The Jesus Survival Hypothesis thus came to be associated to the [[Jesus in India]] hypothesis (see also Docker, and Toll).
+A parallel development was opened in 1928 by Lawrence who associated the survival of Jesus to the possibility for Jesus to fully explore his sexuality.
+====Developments after WW2====
+After WW2 the Jesus Survival hypothesis has grown out of its pre-War foundations.
+The old "scholarly" view has been been revived by authors such as Schonfield and Thiering.
+Second, we find authors who have developed the Survival Theory to support their claim of the presence of [[Jesus in India]]. In 1978 Meier gave an unexpected twist to the story by associating it to the notion that Jesus was an alien.
+Third, and more successfully, the Survival story has flourished in his "sexual" version. In 1951 Kazantzakis made survival and marriage the ''last temptation'' of Jesus on the cross.
+Promptly in 1972, Donovan Joyce claimed the supposed discovery in Israel of a scroll proving that Jesus had survived the crucifixion, married Mary Magdalene and fathered a child with her. Joyce's work laid the foundations for Baigent's work and was taken up in several version of the [[Jesus Bloodline]] story.
+Finally, the survival narrative played a role in the horror-parody movie [[Beaster (2004 Morrone), film]], where Jesus "survived" the crucifixion in the form of a flesh-eating zombie.
 ==External links==