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9781573921909

The Christ Myth

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  • ISBN13:

    9781573921909

  • ISBN10:

    1573921904

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-02-01
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
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Summary

First published in 1910, THE CHRIST MYTH drew violent criticism from theologians, the press, and the public. Eminent German philosopher Arthur Drews (1865-1935) shows that Christianity is a syncretism of various pagan and Jewish beliefs. This is a valuable sourcebook for students of religion and all those interested in examining the origins of Christianity.

Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS 7(14)
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION 21(8)
THE PRE-CHRISTIAN JESUS
29(134)
I. THE INFLUENCE OF PARSEEISM ON THE BELIEF IN A MESSIAH
37(9)
II. THE HELLENISTIC IDEA OF A MEDIATOR (Philo)
46(5)
III. JESUS AS CULT-GOD IN THE CREED OF JEWISH SECTS
51(13)
IV. THE SUFFERINGS OF THE MESSIAH
64(24)
V. THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH. THE BAPTISM
88(40)
VI. THE SELF-OFFERING OF THE MESSIAH. THE SUPPER
128(12)
VII. SYMBOLS OF THE MESSIAH. THE LAMB AND THE CROSS
140(23)
THE CHRISTIAN JESUS
163(120)
I. THE PAULINE JESUS
165(49)
II. THE JESUS OF THE GOSPELS
214(69)
a. THE SYNOPTIC JESUS
214(21)
JESUS IN SECULAR LITERATURE
230(5)
b. THE OBJECTIONS AGAINST A DENIAL OF THE HISTORICITY OF THE SYNOPTIC JESUS
235(30)
c. THE TRUE CHARACTER OF THE SYNOPTIC JESUS
265(8)
d. GNOSTICISM AND THE JOHANNINE JESUS
273(10)
THE RELIGIOUS PROBLEM OF THE PRESENT
283(18)
INDEX 301

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