The Puzzle of Christianity. Peter Vardy

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      Text © Peter Vardy, 2016

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      Cover photograph: Ascent of the Blessed by Hieronymus Bosch (c.1490). Photo by Marco Secchi/Corbis via Getty images

      Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version (Anglicised edition) Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica (formerly International Bible Society). Used by permission of Hodder & Stoughton Publishers, an Hachette UK company. All rights reserved. ‘NIV’ is a registered trademark of Biblica (formerly International Bible Society). UK trademark number 1448790.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008204242

      Ebook Edition © September 2016 ISBN: 9780008204259

      Version: 2016-09-05

       Dedication

      To Christine Smith

      Who, first at HarperCollins and then at SCM,

       has published most of my books and to whom

      I owe a great deal. With thanks.

       Peter Vardy

       Easter 2016