Timothy Freke

Timothy Freke ( b. 1959 ) is a British author. He gained notoriety with works about Jesus.

Life

In his bestseller The Jesus Mysteries ( with Peter Gandy ) pagan origins of Christianity are postulated. His work Jesus and the Lost Goddess was led by Dan Brown as a source of inspiration for his Da Vinci Code. In The Laughing Jesus the historical existence of Jesus is questioned critically. Freke lives in Glastonbury.

Work (selection)

• The Jesus Mysteries ( 1999)
• The Gospel of the Second Coming ( 2007)

Criticism

The works of Timothy Freke are not recognized in the history of science nor in theology. The historian of science James Hannam reviewed " The Jesus Mysteries" and criticized, among other things, that the academic works on which they rely regarding the identification of Jesus with pagan gods, at least 100 years old were, while newer academic literature is not even listed on the topic. The crucified Orpheus on the cover will be denoted by experts to be a forgery.