Download or read book The Life and Times of James Nayler, the 'Quaker Jesus' written by Simon Webb and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In the opinion of this biographer, James Nayler was not a blasphemer, a heretic, a sower of discord, a fool or a madman, but a genuine Quaker prophet who found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.' Tried by parliament, whipped, branded and bored through the tongue in the winter of 1656, James Nayler remains the most controversial figure among the early Quakers. Simon Webb's new biography sets the Yorkshireman's story in the context of his turbulent times, and incorporates recent discoveries about the life of the 'Quaker Jesus'.