Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus ConnectionDestined to be a classic enjoyed by both the professional scholar and the lay person, this comparative religion book contains a startling perspective of the extraordinary history of the Egyptian religion and its profound influence upon the later Christian faith. "Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection" uses a massive amount of primary sources and the works of highly credentialed authorities in relevant fields to demonstrate that the popular gods Horus and Jesus possessed many characteristics and attributes in common. Drawing from thousands of ancient Egyptian texts in an assortment of translations along with the original language, as well as modern research in a number of other languages, controversial independent scholar of comparative religion and mythology D.M. Murdock puts together an astonishing amount of fascinating information that shows many of our most cherished religious beliefs and concepts did not appear suddenly out of the blue but have long histories in numerous cultures found around the globe, including and especially in the glorious Land of the Pharaohs. D.M. Murdock, also known as "Acharya S," is the author of the bestselling books "The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold"; "Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha and Christ Unveiled"; and "Who Was Jesus? Fingerprints of The Christ." Ms Murdock's books focus largely on the history and origins of religion, dating back thousands of years and encompassing religious ideologies and beliefs of a wide variety that nevertheless reveal common cultural heritage and a keen interest in and reverence for the natural world. |
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Съдържание
Introduction | 1 |
A Word about Primary Sources | 4 |
Egyptian Language Translations | 7 |
God Man or Myth? | 10 |
Who Is Gerald Massey? | 13 |
Timeline of Destruction | 23 |
The Art of Mythmaking | 24 |
Horus Sun of God | 28 |
The Gnostic 12 | 277 |
Serapis and the Twelve | 278 |
Performing Miracles Walking on Water Healing the Sick and Raising the Dead | 285 |
The Bread of Life | 288 |
The Lord of Wine and the Sacred Meal | 291 |
Commanding the Waters | 293 |
The Raising of Osiris | 297 |
The Truth The Light and The Good Shepherd | 309 |
The Loving Immortal FatherMother Sun | 29 |
The Deceased as Osiris | 35 |
Of Mysteries and Myths | 39 |
Who Is Horus? | 43 |
The Many Horuses | 48 |
Son of the Sun | 49 |
Priest as Horus | 51 |
AmenRaOsirisHorus | 52 |
Polytheistic MonotheismMonism? | 56 |
A Fluid Faith | 59 |
The Moon and Morning Star | 60 |
Horus is Osiris Reborn | 62 |
Horus versus Set | 67 |
The Astrotheology of the Passion | 69 |
Who is Set? | 71 |
Set as Satan | 74 |
Born on December 25th | 79 |
Ancient and Modern Voices | 83 |
Hieroglyphic Evidence | 93 |
Calendrical Considerations | 95 |
Monumental Alignments | 98 |
Clockworks | 102 |
Festivals of Osiris | 103 |
Dual Birthdays of Horus | 106 |
Festival of Ptah | 107 |
Festivals of Isis | 110 |
Christian Sun Worship? | 112 |
The Virgin IsisMery | 120 |
The Beloved Mother of God | 124 |
Loved by the Gods | 127 |
Merry Deities | 128 |
Isis the Loving and Loved | 129 |
Mery Miriam and Mary | 135 |
Perpetual Virginity | 138 |
Son of Neith | 140 |
Isis the Pure Star of Lovers | 148 |
The Virginal Mystery | 154 |
Isis Mary and Virgo | 156 |
Other Virgin Mothers | 158 |
Mary is Mery Redux? | 164 |
The Nativity Scene at the Temple of Luxor | 167 |
The Amenhotep Birth Cycle | 170 |
The Birth of Pharaoh Hatshepsut | 172 |
The Christ Connection | 173 |
The GodKing as Horus | 176 |
SoftCore Porn? | 179 |
The Immaculate Conception and Virgin Birth? | 189 |
Further Parallels to the Gospel Story | 191 |
The Magi Presenting Gifts? | 192 |
The Star in the East and Three Kings | 198 |
A Sirius Star | 200 |
Orion and the Three Kings | 203 |
Stellar Commonality | 207 |
Horus at the Ages of 12 and 30 | 210 |
The Sed Festival | 215 |
The Gnostic Horos | 218 |
Anup the Baptizer | 233 |
Who is Anubis? | 236 |
The Boat of the Dead | 241 |
The Living Water | 242 |
The Baptism | 244 |
Horus the Baptist | 247 |
Anubis the Jackal Lake and HouseTent of Purification | 248 |
Aquarius the WaterBearer | 253 |
The Twelve Followers | 261 |
The Egyptian Zodiac | 265 |
The Book of Amduat | 269 |
The Book of Gates | 272 |
The Fishers of Men | 276 |
Lord of Truth and Good Shepherd | 310 |
Sin Bearer and Redeemer | 312 |
Osiris the Christ? | 313 |
Horus the Anointed and Beloved Son of the Father | 319 |
Horus the WordIusa the Coming Son and Savior | 321 |
The Shu Theology | 324 |
The Lord of Light and Lamb of God | 329 |
Was Horus Crucified? | 335 |
The PreChristian Cross and Crucifix | 336 |
Shu in Cruciform | 343 |
Outstretched Arms as the Sign of the Cross | 346 |
Osiris and Djed Pillar | 350 |
Set Crucified | 352 |
The Divine Man Crucified in Space | 353 |
Astrotheology of the Cross | 356 |
The Two Thieves? | 357 |
The Mystery of the Cross | 364 |
Burial for Three Days Resurrection and Ascension | 376 |
The Resurrection Machine | 378 |
The Passion Play of Osiris | 381 |
Three Days in the Tomb | 382 |
The Descent into the Underworld | 385 |
EasterThe Resurrection of Spring | 389 |
Horus and Osiris at the Vernal Equinox | 395 |
The Ascension into Heaven | 398 |
Spiritual or Bodily Resurrection? | 402 |
The Word Resurrection | 403 |
The Dying and Rising Debate | 404 |
Osiris as the Life Force in the Material World | 407 |
Bodily Necessity | 409 |
The Canaanite Connection | 411 |
Jewish or Greek? | 414 |
The Glorified Body | 415 |
Horus as the Resurrection | 417 |
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | 419 |
The House of a Thousand Years | 420 |
The PhoenixBenu Bird | 421 |
Osiris Horus and the Benu | 424 |
Jesus and the Phoenix | 425 |
The Astrotheological Millennium | 427 |
The Alexandrian Roots of Christianity | 431 |
The Therapeuts | 433 |
The ProtoChristians? | 449 |
Lake Mareotis | 456 |
The Hybridizing Emperor? | 457 |
The Library of Alexandria | 464 |
Philo of Alexandria | 466 |
The Hermetic Writings | 469 |
The Poimandres | 475 |
The Gnostics | 478 |
The Pistis Sophia | 484 |
EgyptoChristian Texts | 486 |
The Gospel of John | 488 |
The Memphite Theology | 493 |
Who Wrote John? | 494 |
Conclusion | 498 |
A Unique Divine Revelation? | 499 |
Gods Truly Walked the Earth? | 500 |
The Horus Christian Class Dismissed? | 501 |
Dangerous Endeavors and Occupational Hazards | 503 |
Nolo Comprehendere | 508 |
Blotting Out the Sun | 509 |
Mysterious Omissions | 512 |
Mutable Mythology | 514 |
Well Known in Egypt? | 515 |
Which Came First? | 517 |
Bibliography | 522 |
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