The Jesus Mysteries: Was the ‘Original Jesus’ a Pagan God? - Softcover

Timothy Freke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722536771 ISBN 13: 9780722536773

Publisher: Thorsons, 2000

Synopsis

This groundbreaking book looks at one of the greatest cover-ups in history and dares to think the unthinkable about Christianity -- that it was in fact a Jewish Mystery School modelled on the ancient Pagan Mysteries. The myth of Dionysus bears startling resemblances to the the story of Jesus Christ. It compares with the biblical story in the following ways: / Dionysus is God made flesh and is hailed as the 'Saviour of Mankind' and the 'Son of God' / His father is God and and his mother is a mortal virgin who afterwards becomes worshipped as the 'Mother of God' / He is born in a cowshed / He drives out demons, turns water into wine and and raises people from the dead / He rides triumphantly into town while people wave palms to honour him The date revered by the first Christians as Jesus' birthday was originally that of Dionysus, also the three day Spring Festival of Dionysus celebrating his death and resurrection coincides with the Christian festival of Easter. The last Supper and the Eucharist are also parallel Dionysian rites. This is not common knowledge as the story was a closely guarded secret of the Pagan mysteries. Secondly the evidence of Christianity's pagan roots were systematically covered up the Roman Church.

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From the Inside Flap

""Whether you conclude that this book is the most alarming heresy of the millennium or the mother of all revelations, The Jesus Mysteries deserves to be read."
-- Fort Worth Star -Telegram
What if . . .
* there were absolutely no evidence for the existence of a historical Jesus?
* for thousands of years Pagans had also followed a Son of God?
* this Pagan savior was also born of a virgin on the twenty-fifth of December before three shepherds, turned water into wine at a wedding, died and was resurrected, and offered his body and blood as a Holy Communion?
* these Pagan myths had been rewritten as the gospel of Jesus Christ?
* the earliest Gnostic Christians knew that the Jesus story was a myth?
* Christianity turned out to be a continuation of Paganism by another name?

From the Back Cover

“A wonderful blend of detective story, historical research, and clear thinking, The Jesus Mysteries explains in accessible form what has been known to scholars for centuries. The time for the inner mysteries of Christianity to be brought out of the closet is long overdue, and this book is a powerful and courageous voice for the cause.”
-- Roger Housden, author of Sacred America and Sacred Journeys in a Modern World

“The Jesus Mysteries -- ‘Book of the year.’ ” Daily Telegraph

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0722536771
• ISBN 13: 9780722536773
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 432