[.ca] The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors: Christianity ... (ISBN 093281395X)

Superb edition of an 1875 classic.:
What most Christians don't realize is that a great many of the elements of the story of Jesus Christ as related in the New Testament gospels are not unique in the recorded history of man. In fact, there have been at least fifteen demigods, saviors, or avatars that preceded Jesus in various times, places, and cultures -- including some that predate the Christian era by millennia! In 1875, Kersey Graves wrote a ground breaking treatise that told of these other miraculous and immaculately conceived personages, that stars pointed out the time and birthplace of the various saviors; the 25th of December is a common birthday attributed to these men; the 346 striking analogies between Jesus and Krishna; the stories of Appollonius, Osiris, and Magus; previous virgin mothers and virgin-born gods; prophecies by the figure of a serpent; the Holy Ghost of an oriental origin; Christ as a spiritual medium; the rival claims of saviors; and messianic prophecies. This photomechanical reprint of a true and seminal classic is now made available for a whole new generation of readers. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors is very highly recommended reading for students of Christianity in general, and the anthropological/sociological role of the redeemer figure in the cultural and religious histories of the world.