After Jesus Before Christianity
The Genesis of Liberation: Biblical Interpretation in the Antebellum Narratives of the Enslaved
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The Cathars’ claim to be part of an authentic apostolic tradition dating back to the time of Christ cannot be proved, it can only be inferred. The Catholic Church’s claim to descend from Peter is also historically unverifiable. Something that perhaps finds in the Cathars’ favour is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, only made public for the first time in
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Event by event, we found we were able to construct Jesus' supposed biography from mythic motifs previously relating to Osiris-Dionysus:
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The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians
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