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Robocop Director Pens Shocking Jesus Bio  

Posted Apr 24, 08 5:42 AM CDT in Arts & Living    Most Popular

(newser) – Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, best known for directing films like Robocop, Basic Instinct, and Total Recall, is releasing a biography of Jesus which is bound to spark an angry response, reports AP. The book, which Verhoeven has been working on for 20 years, suggests that Jesus' father was a Roman soldier who raped Mary. The director hopes the book will lead to a film.

Verhoeven's early films are loaded with Christian symbolism. He belongs to a group of Jesus scholars known for making provocative claims. One religious studies professor described the theories in the book—which also claims Judas was not responsible for Jesus' betrayal—as "pretty out there."

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<em>Robocop</em> Director Pens Shocking Jesus Bio
Dutch movie director Paul Verhoeven, who is to publish a book on the life of Jesus, appears in this undated file photo.   (Getty Images (by Event))
<em>Robocop</em> Director Pens Shocking Jesus Bio
Paul Verhoeven makes some claims in his biography of Jesus that are sure to cause controversy, including that Judas Iscariot played no part in the betrayel of Jesus to the Romans.   ((c) Carla216)
<em>Robocop</em> Director Pens Shocking Jesus Bio
Dutch director Paul Verhoeven has written a biography of Jesus which he hopes will be made into a film.   ((c) kevin.j)
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