The Pagan Christ: recovering the lost light
Dublin Core
Title
The Pagan Christ: recovering the lost light
Subject
Jesus Christ -- Historicity
Christianity and other religions -- Egyptian
Mythology, Egyptian
Egypt -- Religion
Christianity and other religions -- Egyptian
Mythology, Egyptian
Egypt -- Religion
Description
Argues that the Gospels should not be taken literally, that Jesus did not exist, and that there is a connection between Egyptian mythology and Christianity.
Creator
Tom Harpur
Publisher
Toronto : Thomas Allen Publishers
Table Of Contents
Author's Note -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Discovery : A Bible Story I'd Never Heard Before -- 2. Setting the Stage : Myths Aren't Fairy Tales -- 3. Christianity Before Christianity : Where It All Began -- 4. The Greatest Cover-up of All Time : How a Spiritual Christianity Became a Literalist Christianism -- 5. It Was All Written Before -- in Egypt -- Part I : Ancient Egyptian Religion -- Part II : Horus and Jesus Are the Same -- 6. Convincing the Skeptics -- 7. The Bible -- History or Myth? : The End of Fundamentalism -- 8. Seeing the Gospels With New Eyes : Sublime Myth is Not Biography -- 9. Was There a Jesus of History? -- 10. The Only Way Ahead : Cosmic Christianity -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Original Format
Book
Citation
Tom Harpur, “The Pagan Christ: recovering the lost light,” Humanities Hub, accessed November 13, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/1131.