Michael Baigent (Author of The Jesus Papers)

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Michael Baigent

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in Christchurch, New Zealand

February 27, 1948

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June 19, 2013

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Michael Baigent was born in New Zealand in 1948. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology from Canterbury University, Christchurch, and holds a master's degree in mysticism and religious experience from the University of Kent in England. Since 1976 he has lived in England with his wife and children.

Baigent is a Freemason and a Grand Officer of the United Grand Lodge of England. He has also been an editor of Freemasonry Today since 1991. As an author and speculative historian, he has been published in 35 languages; he is the author of From the Omens of Babylon, Ancient Traces, and the New York Times bestseller The Jesus Papers; he is the coauthor of the international bestsellers Holy Blood, Holy Grail and The Messianic Legacy (wi ...more

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Average rating: 3.52 · 18,639 ratings · 1,283 reviews · 39 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-up in History 3.50 avg rating — 1,419 ratings — published 2006 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Temple and the Lodge by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh 3.57 avg rating — 1,174 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception 3.58 avg rating — 1,150 ratings — published 1991 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Messianic Legacy by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln 3.56 avg rating — 1,051 ratings — published 1986 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inquisition by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh 3.58 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El enigma sagrado by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln 3.67 avg rating — 255 ratings — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Germany: Stauffenberg & the True Story of Operation Valkyrie by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh 3.67 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1994 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il Santo Graal: una catena di misteri lunga duemila anni by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln 3.22 avg rating — 245 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Traces: Mysteries in Ancient and Early History 3.56 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Racing Toward Armageddon: The Three Great Religions and the Plot to End the World 3.30 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“During the first century A.D., Alexandria was a veritable hotbed of mystical activity, a crucible in which Judaic, Mithraic, Zoroastrian, Pythagorean, Hermetic, and neo-Platonic doctrines suffused the air and combined with innumerable others.”
― Michael Baigent, Holy Blood, Holy Grail: The Secret History of Christ. The Shocking Legacy of the Grail

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“You can鈥檛 prove your conclusions.鈥� This was another indictment levelled against us by interviewers and theological critics 鈥� as if we might have been expected to produce a sworn affidavit signed by Jesus himself, duly witnessed and duly notarised. Of course we couldn鈥檛鈥榩rove鈥� our conclusions. As we stressed repeatedly in the book itself, we were simply posing an hypothesis.”
― Michael Baigent, Holy Blood, Holy Grail: The Secret History of Jesus, the Shocking Legacy of the Grail

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“the myth of the secret society, if not the secret society itself, played a major role in nineteenth-century European history.”
― Michael Baigent, Holy Blood, Holy Grail: The Secret History of Christ. The Shocking Legacy of the Grail

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