Description

The controversial book which could be said to have started the modern publishing book on the historicity of Jesus, including The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. As with many of these books the Dead Sea Scrolls provide new evidence and in this book Allegro suggests that hallucinogenic s may have been secretly or allegorically referred to in the religious texts and stories of the time. A Fair copy. Some focing and spotting to the edges of the text block and the jacket shows interior watermarking. Otherwise a VG copy in a worn, Good jacket. A Scarce hardback first edition.