>>>Bottom line is that I'm convinced that the Jesus was a lot more human, rational person who was trying to get into power in a non traditional way by uniting people (he needed everyone he could get) than the bible wants u to believe. The dead sea scrolls give a lot more clues pointing into this direction.
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>>In my teens I read this book that argues Jesus had claims to the Judean throne, I do not remember much of it now, but I remember that I really liked it.
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>Isn't it supposed to be that Jesus was a descendant of King David?
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>Tamar

Graves, the author of the book argues that Joseph was not Jesus father so he wouldn't be descendant of King David, instead he claims that Jesus was the son of Herod the Great's son. I am not saying he is right or wrong thou, just repeating what I read in the Wikipedia article, as for the book itself, as I said, the only thing I remember is that I liked it.