- Paperback: 328 pages
- Publisher: Nuvision Publications (Oct 1 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1595477802
- ISBN-13: 978-1595477804
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,682,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Also called Christianity before Christ, this book contains new, startling, and extraordinary revelations in religious history, which disclose the oriental origin of all the doctrines, principles, percepts and miracles of the Christian New Testament and furnishing a key for unlocking many of its sacred mysteries, besides compromising the history of 16 heathen crucified gods.
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"IT is claimed by the disciples of Jesus Christ, that he was of supernatural and divine origin; that he had a human being for a mother, and a God for his father; that, although he was woman-conceived, he was Deity-begotten, and molded in the human form, but" Read the first page
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"IT is claimed by the disciples of Jesus Christ, that he was of supernatural and divine origin; that he had a human being for a mother, and a God for his father; that, although he was woman-conceived, he was Deity-begotten, and molded in the human form, but" Read the first page
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre Scholarship,
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This review is from: World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors (Paperback)
I had high hopes for this book, but I was greviously disappointed. The parallels between Christ and pagan saviors (especially the Persian god Mithras) are infinitely fascinating to me. I looked forward to discovering more credible information that I could add to my mental databank. Unfortunately, I found the author making wild claims with little or no substantiation. At one point, Graves even admits that many of his claims are overblown and that many of the examples he cites don't fit his theories, but he excuses this because of the overriding importance of the book's rhetorical purpose! This is inexcusable. This book contains unsubstantiated arguments and lacks appropriate source citations to original research. For all I know, Graves made up half the stuff in it. If he didn't, he doesn't tell us where to find his original sources. I'd excuse this as a relic of the time period when he was writing, except that Edward Gibbon lived even earlier and it seems to me he did a much better job of documenting his source material. I was very disappointed in this book.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre Scholarship,
By H. F. Gibbard "Noir Guy" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors (Paperback)
I had high hopes for this book, but I was greviously disappointed. The parallels between Christ and pagan saviors (especially the Persian god Mithras) are infinitely fascinating to me. I looked forward to discovering more credible information that I could add to my mental databank. Unfortunately, I found the author making wild claims with little or no substantiation. At one point, Graves even admits that many of his claims are overblown and that many of the examples he cites don't fit his theories, but he excuses this because of the overriding importance of the book's rhetorical purpose! This is inexcusable. This book contains unsubstantiated arguments and lacks appropriate source citations to original research. For all I know, Graves made up half the stuff in it. If he didn't, he doesn't tell us where to find his original sources. I'd excuse this as a relic of the time period when he was writing, except that Edward Gibbon lived even earlier and it seems to me he did a much better job of documenting his source material. I was very disappointed in this book.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Worth the read....,
By RPM "RPM" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors (Paperback)
While I agree with other reviewers that Graves goes over the edge fairly often throughout the book, the information contained in this book is very thought provoking and not really available elsewhere in one work. Some of the comparisons are pretty loose, and the book might better have been titled '10 crucified saviors', but still, the work attempts and succeeds at showing a prominent religious thread throughout history.The writing style, while modern enough to be an easy read, IS from 1875 and lacks the modern understanding of a 'scholarly' approach. Having read MANY works on this subject, I can attest that most of the information is indeed correct, but his style is often inflammatory and somewhat obnoxious. He Really had a problem with Christianity and much of the book is devoted to this topic. This is probably great if you avidly detest Christians as well, but ocassionally annoying if your just trying to extract the relevant info from the book. All in all, this IS a worthwhile read, but can be challenging because of the above considerations. 23 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The truth in this book trandscends organized religion,
By Sebastin Stevens - Published on Amazon.com
I read the book as well as the book intitled THE BOOK YOUR CHURCH DOES'NT WANT YOU TO READ and THE CHRIST CONSPIRACY and all of these books chalanged my pre-concieved beliefs in the faith of my upbringing and for that I am thankful . It was horrifying at first but the truth is setting me free . I now see the universe and all that is around me in a much bigger perspective than I once did and it is wonderful !
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