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Synopsis
THE LEGEND OF SAINT PETER contains a foreword by the translator, Frank R. Zindler; a foreword by the author, Arthur Drews; and 5 chapters: Peter in the New Testament, The mythical background of the Peter figure, Peter and Mithra, Peter in Rome, and Peter, Prince of Apostles.
"The Peter of the Acts and of the later literature is a legendary person; of this there can be no doubt. His portrait is so shot-through with mythical features that it is quite impossible now to isolate any 'historical kernel' from the surviving reports."
An appendix by Frank R. Zindler contains English translations of all biblical passages cited, as well as English versions of all citations from church fathers and classical Greco-Roman authors.
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From the Publisher
This work of Drews has been unjustifiably forgotten by mainline biblical scholars and freethinking critics alike. Drews' vast knowledge of classical, biblical, and patristic literatures are brought to focus on the question of the historicity of Saint Peter. His analysis demonstrates in a most convincing manner that like his supposed master Jesus, Simon Peter is a fiction created by the proto-Christian church. The evolution of Simon Peter from his predecessors Janus and Mithra (both of whom carried the keys to the gates of heaven) and the Tyrian Hercules (Melkart) is carefully detailed in this curious work of German Enlightenment scholarship.
About the Author
ARTHUR DREWS, a German skeptic and philosopher of the early 20th century, is mainly known for his magisterial opus THE CHRIST MYTH, which argued forcefully for the non-historicity of Jesus. In the present work, Drews does the same for a character who came to occupy a central position in Catholic Christianity.
Frank R. Zindler, the translator and compiler/translator of the copious appendix, is a linguist, biologist, and geologist who most reacently has published THE JESUS THE JEWS NEVER KNEW, a book demonstrating that the ancient Jews never heard of Jesus of Nazareth.
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- PublisherAmerican Atheist Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1578849519
- ISBN 13 9781578849512
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages182
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