King Jesus (novel)

"[2] The novel consists primarily of dialogues between the prophets and other people of the story told by the Roman hagiographer.

Finally, the third part chronicles Jesus's work in adulthood as a prophet, his death on the cross, and his resurrection.

There is the danger that untutored people.. will take this invented lore for the real thing and read his fantasy for the sake of edification and erudition.

"[5] Writing in 1981 for The New York Times, John Leonard describes the book's relation to Gnosticism and wrote, "Mr. Graves, in other words, is still pushing his White Goddess, the mother of all religions, and when we learn that one of Herod's grandsons was helpful to Claudius at a sticky moment, we understand why Mr. Graves involved himself in his farrago in the first place.

"[6] Herodian Messiah[7] is a work of non-fiction that presents evidence and arguments in support of the central theory of King Jesus (i.e., that Jesus was the son of Antipater ben Herod and Mariamne bat Antigonus).