RELIGION
New book raises Jesus controversy
Posted on Tue, Apr. 29, 2008
By TOBY STERLING
Associated Press
Basic Instinct director Paul Verhoeven has written a book that contradicts biblical teaching by suggesting that Jesus might have been fathered by a Roman soldier who raped Mary.
An Amsterdam publishing house said Wednesday it will publish the Dutch filmmaker's biography Jesus of Nazareth: A Realistic Portrait in September. Verhoeven is best known as the director of blockbuster films including RoboCop, but he is also a member of ''Jesus Seminar,'' a group of scholars and authors that seeks to establish historical facts about Jesus.
Marianna Sterk of the publishing house J.M. Meulenhoff said the book includes several ideas that run contrary to Christian faith, such as Judas Iscariot not being responsible for Jesus' betrayal.
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