THE JUDAS TESTAMENT [Mass Market Paperback]

DANIEL EASTERMAN (Author)

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• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Harper & Row (1994)
• ASIN: B000GSBBTA
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't plan on sleeping until you finish this book, December 31, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: The Judas Testament (Paperback)

Daniel Easterman's expertise on Religion and Middle Eastern affairs is very apparent in this intense book. What happens when the Roman Catholic church discovers the existence of a letter purported to have been written by Jesus Christ? This is the crux of this well researched and totally believable book. The battle between good and evil is portrayed well here while not being tedious or slow moving. The most intriguing aspect of The Judas Testament is that with the exception of most obvious character, Dr. Jack Gould, the motives of the other's are often murky and the alliances are not quite apparent until almost three-quarters of the story. Nazis, Roman Catholic priests, British Intelligence and the former KGB are all thrown together in this quietly frightning book. The bottomline? The Catholic Church will not allow the world to see a different Jesus than the one who exists in the Bible and they will do anything, ally themselves with anyone to ensure that.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Its a thriller!, July 27, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Judas Testament (Paperback)

Easterman's book brings a new angle on an old subject, the lost books of the bible. The interesting twist is a secret organization called Crux Orientalis that is tied in to the remnants of the Third Reich with a goal to resurrect the Holy Roman Empire. The other interesting thing to note in the story is the Church's role in covering up and or destroying critical scrolls of scripture. It's not as far-fetched as you think. The whole story makes you wonder what the Church is capable of for the sake of maintaining itself. Easterman's book is a good read as are most of his novels

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent but underrated storyteller, May 9, 2010

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T. Serrill (Edison, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Judas Testament (Mass Market Paperback)

A very fine adventure thriller of the well-made type, everything sewn up, the ending reflecting back to the beginning. Kind of old-fashioned, I guess, which is what I like, as a fan of John Buchan and Duncan Kyle, among others. Easterman, who also uses the name Jonathan Aycliffe for eight supernatural novels, is a master of an extraordinary range of esoteric detail in this book alone. I have only read three other Easterman titles (and this was heard, with a splendid narration by Graham Padden).
If The Judas Testament had been published 7-8 years later, and given a big publicity push, he might have given Dan Brown a run for his money. It's a shame that although Aycliffe or Denis McEoin (seems to be some confusion about his real name) keeps turning out novels that probably are equally as good, he apparently is given next to no promotion by his publisher(s). I haven't checked to see how many have been published in the USA, but I doubt many.
He must have scared his publisher on this book. I do not believe the phrase "Judas Testament" is found in the novel. It's all about the Jesus Testament, of course. I suppose the publisher felt it just could not use such a title for the book so Judas, who has absolutely nothing to do with it, is brought in from far left field.