Jag läste den här boken i slutet av 80-talet / början av 90-talet. Jag minns bokens titel som Mission.
Det började med att en man skulle komma in på ett sjukhus i dagens NY i påsk, med alla de sår som Jesus lidit. Han tas tillbaka från döden och rekryterar slutligen en skeptiker som övertalas ombord på ett El Al-flyg till Israel. En terrorist blåser upp planet, men Jesus och den här killen transporteras tillbaka till bibliska tider. Detta förklarar Jesu försvinnande från hans grav över påskhelgen.
I grund och botten sprider denna skeptiska på att skriva Döda havet, men med kunskapen från sin ursprungliga tid. En annan tråd i historien har akademiker på 50-talet (eller så) går igenom rullarna med ökad misstro mot de saker som den här killen skriver (särskilt om sex / våld / vanligt liv i NY på 80-talet / 90-talet). De bestämmer att det är för kontroversiellt och slutar hålla rullarna under wraps och det blir slut på att rullarna ännu inte har släppts till allmänheten i stort.
Kan någon komma med författaren / ISBN? Problemet är att med vaga termer som Mission, stigmata och påsk hamnar du med tusentals av resultat:)
Jag tror att du hänvisar till Patrick Tilleys uppdrag
Jag har aldrig läst den, men jag kommer ihåg att läsa blurb på baksidan en loooooooong tid sedan; Det börjar med en man som bär samma sår som Jesus framträder i moderna (väl 1980-talet) Manhattan.
Jag kan inte hitta en beskrivning av mycket av handlingen, annat än vad som ges på Patrick Tilleys hemsida för romanen:
What would you do if, through an unexpected twist of fate and time, you came face to face with Jesus of Nazareth? In the flesh. A living, breathing, three-dimensional figure with a disconcertingly casual manner. When you had pinched yourself to make sure that you weren't dreaming and found that he was still there, would you turn your back and walk away - or would you try to find out what he was doing so far from home?
That was the decision facing Leo Resnick, a smart young Manhattan lawyer, and his girl-friend, Dr Miriam Maxwell. Mission is Leo's record of his encounter with The Man. If you've ever looked up at the stars and wondered what it all means, this is the book you've been waiting for. Mission is the nearest you'll get to the Secret of the Universe this side of the Apocalypse.
The trip starts on Page One. Climb aboard.
Här är ett utdrag ur kapitel 1:
I took a deep breath and looked at the body. Like Miriam had said, he hadn’t been blown away but he was still a mess. The man was about thirty to thirty-five years old, medium build, lean hard body. In general, his features were of the type the police label Hispanic. He had a swarthy complexion and his skin was deeply tanned. He had a beard and straggly, shoulder-length hair. Like a hippie who’d done time on a kibbutz. There was a gaping, two-inch wide stab-wound in his left side just under his rib cage but the most unsettling thing was the bruises and lacerations. The guy had had the shit beaten out of him, then taken one hell of a whipping. The skin on his back had been cut through to the bone and there were deep raw stripes on the backs of his thighs as well. It also looked as if his attackers had beaten him over the head with a nailed piece of wood. Miriam pointed to his feet. ‘See that?’
I nodded. ‘Yeah, what are they - bullet wounds?’
‘No,’ replied Wallis. ‘Somebody drove a metal spike through them. Through his wrists too.’ He picked up an arm and showed me.
I swallowed hard. ‘Jeezuss! What kind of people would do something like this?’
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