SECRET ORIGINS OF THE BIBLE

Tim Callahan

ISBN 10: 0965504786 / ISBN 13: 9780965504782

Published by Millenium Press, New York, 2002

About this Item

Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 6.25 X 1.5 X 9.25 inches; 168 pages.

Seller Inventory # 178936

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SECRET ORIGINS OF THE BIBLE
• Publisher: Millenium Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965504786
• ISBN 13: 9780965504782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; Second Printing.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion and Spirituality
  • Theology and Hymnody

About this title

Synopsis

• Clearly written and easily understandable by the lay reader.
• Thoroughly researched: author's points are backed by references in the writings of acknowledged scholars.
• Special features of the book: lavishly illustrated with multiple images in each illustration that show at a glance the mythic themes paralleling the bible.

This book demonstrates that the stories and themes of the Bible were part of the great mythic systems of the ancient world by u sing comparative mythology, tell tale verses in the Bible and archaeology. The abstract God of modern monotheistic Judaism, Christianity and Islam is a comparatively recent creation. In later times the myth of a messianic deliverer was combined with that of the pagan god-man who suffered a horrible, excruciating death but was physically resurrected to produce the Christ myth.

About the Author

Tim Callahan has written numerous articles on religion and mythic themes in popular belief, as well as book reviews, for Skeptic Magazine.

He has also had articles published in the Humanist. For many years he has studied the myths of the Mesopotmians, Egyptians, Canaanites and Greeks as well as those of the Celtic, Teutonic and Slavic peoples.