In his upcoming book about Jesus, "Basic Instinct" director Paul Verhoeven will make the shocking claim that Christ probably was the son of Mary and a Roman soldier who raped her during the Jewish uprising in Galilee, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Verhoeven claims he and co-biographer Rob van Scheers have written the most realistic portrayal of Jesus ever published. The book, which also states that Christ was not betrayed by Judas Iscariot, will be published in the Netherlands by Amsterdam-based Meulenhoff in September, according to the Reporter. Verhoeven is in discussions for an English-language version.

Verhoeven, a Catholic, regularly attends the Jesus Seminar, which has called into question miracles and statements attributed to Jesus.

Dr. Darrell Bock, Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and a highly respected source for national media in responding to such attacks on the Bible. He says that this claim is almost as old as Christianity itself and there is no evidence to support it, calling it propaganda spread by people hostile to Christianity.

Dr. Bock serves as corresponding editor at large for Christianity Today. His articles appear in many leading publications, including secular ones like the Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News. He has been a New York Times best-selling author, for “Breaking the Da Vinci Code,” and has appeared on many network television news shows.
 

By appointment.

To schedule an interview with Dr. Darrell Bock, contact Steve Yount at 972.267.1111 (o), 469.438.7011 (c) or [email protected].