Jesus Son

A gentle and usually mellow young man, who sometimes knows things before they happen and gets vibes of premonition, tell us his story: how he met Michelle in Iowa in 1971, how he got the name Fuckhead

Immaginate un tizio al bancone di un bar che, reso ciarliero dal drink che ha in mano, attacca bottone e prende a raccontare di «quella volta che…» Magari perde il filo, magari fa confusione, magari apre mille parentesi, ma le sue parole caotiche hanno il sapore della verità. Jesus' Son è così: undici racconti che non sono davvero racconti, un romanzo che non è davvero un romanzo, ma la candida confessione inconsapevole di uno che ha, come si suol dire, perso la retta via. Il protagonista delle storie di questo puzzle dai tanti pezzi mancanti è un ragazzo con una dipendenza da alcol e droga che trascorre le giornate bighellonando e arrabattandosi in modo più o meno legale per rimediare i soldi con cui sballarsi. Di fronte al bisogno, i concetti di giusto e sbagliato, di bene e male, passano in secondo piano..

In Islam faith, Prophet Isa ibn Maryam (Jesus, son of Mary‎), or Prophet Jesus, is understood to be the penultimate prophet and messenger of Allah (God) and al-Masih, the Arabic term for Messiah (Christ), sent to guide the Children of Israel (bani israil in Arabic) with a new revelation: al-Injil (Arabic for "the Gospel"). Jesus is believed to be a prophet who neither married nor had any children and is reflected as a significant figure, being found in the Quran in 93 ayaat (Arabic for verses) with various titles attached such as "Son of Mary", "Spirit of God and the "Word of God" among other relational terms, mentioned directly and indirectly, over 187 times.

Has the tomb of Jesus Christ been found? With the help of archaeologists, DNA analysts, biblical scholars and statisticians, join Academy award-winning filmmaker, James Cameron as he follows the trail of clues that could lead to the greatest discovery of all time. This gripping two-hour special sheds new light on the story of one very well-known family.
This forensic investigation takes you on a journey to find what could be the most coveted tomb in history. In 1980, archaeologists from the Israeli Antiquities Authority excavated a tomb containing ten ossuaries with the bones of what could have been one family.

The early Christian claim that Jesus of Nazareth was God completely changed the course of Western civilization. In fact, without the Christian declaration of Jesus as God, Western history as we know it would have never happened.