Blood Kin of Jesus: James and the Lost Jewish Church

pp.237. paperback edition.”Bringing together recent archeological discoveries and the best contemporary scholarship, Kenneth Hanson, PhD, tells a fascinating story that goes mostly untold in the New Testament about the ultimate fate of Jesus’ mother, brothers, sisters, and closest followers. The story of the Jerusalem Church led by Jesus’ brother James is dropped as the scriptural spotlight follows the ministry of Paul. Now, using the latest discoveries, including some of his own original research, Kenneth Hanson picks up the story where the Bible leaves off, answering a question that many Christians have long asked: Whatever happened to Jesus’ family and this original Christian movement based in Jerusalem?”