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Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions T. W. Doane Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Table of Contents Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions..........................................................................................1 T. W. Doane.............................................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................5 LIST OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS QUOTED IN THIS WORK.........................................................8 PART I. THE OLD TESTAMENT.......................................................................................................17 CHAPTER I. THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN.......................................................................18 CHAPTER II. THE DELUGE.[19:1]....................................................................................................32 CHAPTER III. THE TOWER OF BABEL...........................................................................................43 CHAPTER IV. THE TRIAL OF ABRAHAM'S FAITH......................................................................47 CHAPTER V. JACOB'S VISION OF THE LADDER.........................................................................50 CHAPTER VI. THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT, AND PASSAGE THROUGH THE RED SEA.......55 CHAPTER VII. RECEIVING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS..........................................................64 CHAPTER VIII. SAMSON AND HIS EXPLOITS..............................................................................68 CHAPTER IX. JONAH SWALLOWED BY A BIG FISH..................................................................79 CHAPTER X. CIRCUMCISION..........................................................................................................85 CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION OF PART FIRST...............................................................................88 PART II. THE NEW TESTAMENT...................................................................................................104 CHAPTER XII. THE MIRACULOUS BIRTH OF CHRIST JESUS.................................................105 CHAPTER XIII. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM...............................................................................126 CHAPTER XIV. THE SONG OF THE HEAVENLY HOST............................................................131 CHAPTER XV. THE DIVINE CHILD RECOGNIZED AND PRESENTED WITH GIFTS...........133 CHAPTER XVI. THE BIRTH−PLACE OF CHRIST JESUS............................................................136 CHAPTER XVII. THE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST JESUS.............................................................140 CHAPTER XVIII. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS.......................................................144 CHAPTER XIX. THE TEMPTATION, AND FAST OF FORTY DAYS.........................................151 CHAPTER XX. THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST JESUS..............................................................156 CHAPTER XXI. THE DARKNESS AT THE CRUCIFIXION.........................................................174 CHAPTER XXII. “HE DESCENDED INTO HELL.”.......................................................................178 CHAPTER XXIII. THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST JESUS.....................181 CHAPTER XXIV. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST JESUS, AND THE MILLENNIUM....194 CHAPTER XXV. CHRIST JESUS AS JUDGE OF THE DEAD......................................................202 CHAPTER XXVI. CHRIST JESUS AS CREATOR, AND ALPHA AND OMEGA........................204 CHAPTER XXVII. THE MIRACLES OF CHRIST JESUS AND THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS.....................................................................................................................................209 CHAPTER XXVIII. CHRIST CRISHNA AND CHRIST JESUS COMPARED..............................229 CHAPTER XXIX. CHRIST BUDDHA AND CHRIST JESUS COMPARED.................................241 CHAPTER XXX. THE EUCHARIST OR LORD'S SUPPER...........................................................257 CHAPTER XXXI. BAPTISM.............................................................................................................266 CHAPTER XXXII. THE WORSHIP OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER..................................................273 CHAPTER XXXIII. CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS..................................................................................282 CHAPTER XXXIV. THE BIRTH−DAY OF CHRIST JESUS..........................................................296 CHAPTER XXXV. THE TRINITY....................................................................................................304 CHAPTER XXXVI. PAGANISM IN CHRISTIANITY....................................................................316 CHAPTER XXXVII. WHY CHRISTIANITY PROSPERED............................................................343 CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ANTIQUITY OF PAGAN RELIGIONS...............................................366 CHAPTER XXXIX. EXPLANATION...............................................................................................379 CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................409 i Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions 1 Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions T. W. Doane This page formatted 2009 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • INTRODUCTION. • LIST OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS QUOTED IN THIS WORK. • PART I. THE OLD TESTAMENT. • CHAPTER I. THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN. • CHAPTER II. THE DELUGE.[19:1] • CHAPTER III. THE TOWER OF BABEL. • CHAPTER IV. THE TRIAL OF ABRAHAM'S FAITH. • CHAPTER V. JACOB'S VISION OF THE LADDER. • CHAPTER VI. THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT, AND PASSAGE THROUGH THE RED SEA. • CHAPTER VII. RECEIVING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. • CHAPTER VIII. SAMSON AND HIS EXPLOITS. • CHAPTER IX. JONAH SWALLOWED BY A BIG FISH. • CHAPTER X. CIRCUMCISION. • CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION OF PART FIRST. • PART II. THE NEW TESTAMENT. • CHAPTER XII. THE MIRACULOUS BIRTH OF CHRIST JESUS. • CHAPTER XIII. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. • CHAPTER XIV. THE SONG OF THE HEAVENLY HOST. • CHAPTER XV. THE DIVINE CHILD RECOGNIZED AND PRESENTED WITH GIFTS. • CHAPTER XVI. THE BIRTH−PLACE OF CHRIST JESUS. • CHAPTER XVII. THE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST JESUS. • CHAPTER XVIII. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS. • CHAPTER XIX. THE TEMPTATION, AND FAST OF FORTY DAYS. • CHAPTER XX. THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST JESUS. • CHAPTER XXI. THE DARKNESS AT THE CRUCIFIXION. • CHAPTER XXII. “HE DESCENDED INTO HELL.” • CHAPTER XXIII. THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST JESUS. • CHAPTER XXIV. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST JESUS, AND THE MILLENNIUM. • CHAPTER XXV. CHRIST JESUS AS JUDGE OF THE DEAD. • CHAPTER XXVI. CHRIST JESUS AS CREATOR, AND ALPHA AND OMEGA. • CHAPTER XXVII. THE MIRACLES OF CHRIST JESUS AND THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS. • CHAPTER XXVIII. CHRIST CRISHNA AND CHRIST JESUS COMPARED. • CHAPTER XXIX. CHRIST BUDDHA AND CHRIST JESUS COMPARED. • CHAPTER XXX. THE EUCHARIST OR LORD'S SUPPER. • CHAPTER XXXI. BAPTISM. • CHAPTER XXXII. THE WORSHIP OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER. • CHAPTER XXXIII. CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS. • CHAPTER XXXIV. THE BIRTH−DAY OF CHRIST JESUS. • CHAPTER XXXV. THE TRINITY. • CHAPTER XXXVI. PAGANISM IN CHRISTIANITY. • CHAPTER XXXVII. WHY CHRISTIANITY PROSPERED. • CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ANTIQUITY OF PAGAN RELIGIONS. 2 Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions • CHAPTER XXXIX. EXPLANATION. • CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION. Produced by Marilynda Fraser−Cunliffe, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Notes: Greek words and some characters may not display properly—in that case, try another version. Transliterations of Greek words can be found in the ascii and html files. Words surrounded by underscores are in italics in the original. Characters superscripted in the original are enclosed in {braces}. Ellipses match the original. A row of asterisks represents a thought break. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A complete list of corrections follows the text. The original sometimes uses two numbered columns for comparisons. This text has the contents of the right column indented like a block quote below the contents of the left column. Other notes follow the text. BIBLE MYTHS AND THEIR PARALLELS IN OTHER RELIGIONS BEING A COMPARISON OF THE Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles WITH THOSE OF HEATHEN NATIONS OF ANTIQUITY CONSIDERING ALSO THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING BY T. W. DOANE WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS SEVENTH EDITION “He who knows only one religion knows none.”—PROF. MAX MULLER. “The same thing which is now called CHRISTIAN RELIGION existed among the Ancients. They have begun to call Christian the true religion which existed before.”—ST. AUGUSTINE. “Our love for what is old, our reverence for what our fathers used, makes us keep still in the church, and on the very altar cloths, symbols which would excite the smile of an Oriental, and lead him to wonder why we send missionaries to his land, while cherishing his faith in ours.”—JAMES BONWICK. COPYRIGHT, 1882. COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1910 3 Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Printed in U.S.A. 4 Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions INTRODUCTION. 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