Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Format: Book Author: Harpur, Tom. Title: The pagan Christ : recovering the lost light / Tom Harpur. Publisher, Date: New York : Walker & Co., 2005. Description: 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Historicity. Christianity and other religions -- Egyptian. Mythology, Egyptian. Egypt -- Religion. Notes: Originally published: Toronto, Ont. : Thomas Allen Publishers, ©2004. Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index. 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. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2004061244 ISBN: 0802714498 9780802714497 9780802777416 0802777414 Other Number: 57039179 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 807580 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 232.908 Harpur Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
