The phenomenon of Christ was a break off from the Essene, if not some yet to be known branch of the Essene. Scriptural claims made in regard to the life of Christ were factual, from the cultist perspective of those who surrounded him. The present day contention in regard to these accounts originates with the change in that perspective, future from the day of the event. Responsibility for that change lies with the Apostle Paul, and the later Catholic Cannon. These claims are made on the scholarl ...