Jesus, King of Edessa

By Ralph Ellis

A first-century king in the historical record

2024 edition

The closing identification of the trilogy: Jesus located as a king of Edessa in northern Syria, with a surviving statue and a coin portrait — including the spiked crown later read as a crown of thorns.

• Jesus as a king of Edessa (Urfa)
• A first-century coin portrait and statue
• The ‘crown of thorns’ as a radiate royal crown

ISBN 9781905815661