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The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold – Detailed Table of Contents

Preface – i

Introduction – 1

The Myth of Massive Martyrdom – 5

The Myth of the Rapid Spread of Christianity – 6

The Quest for Jesus Christ – 12

History and Positions of the Debate – 14

The Believers – 15

The Evemerists – 16

The Mythicists – 20

The Holy Forgery Mill – 24

J'accuse! – 24

Biblical Sources – 31

The Epistles – 32

The Gospels – 34

The Gospel of the Lord – 36

The Gospel of Luke (170 CE) – 36

The Gospel of Mark (175 CE) – 37

The Gospel of John (178 CE) – 39

The Gospel of Matthew (180 CE) – 40

The Narrative – 40

The Acts of the Apostles (177 CE) – 46

Bible Prophecy – 46

Non-Biblical Sources – 49

Flavius Josephus, Jewish Historian, (37-@95 CE) – 50

Pliny the Younger (@62-113 CE) – 51

Tacitus (@55-120 CE) – 51

Suetonius (@69-140 CE) – 51

Talmudic or Jewish References – 52

Further Evidence of a Fraud – 55

The Gnostics – 58

Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch – 65

Marcion of Pontus – 68

The Pagans – 70

The Jews – 74

Physical Evidence – 77

Jesus' Physical Appearance – 77

Coins – 80

Birth Caves, Tombs, Sundry Sites – 80

The Shroud of Turin and Other "Holy Relics" – 84

The Bible as History – 86

The Myth of Hebrew Monotheism – 88

The Biblical Writers – 90

Elohim – 91

Baalim and Adonai – 93

Yahweh – 94

The Imposition of Monotheism – 98

The Characters – 105

The Major Players – 107

Attis of Phrygia – 107

Buddha – 108

Dionysus/Bacchus – 111

Hercules/Heracles – 113

Horus/Osiris of Egypt – 114

Krishna of India – 116

Mithra of Persia – 118

Prometheus of Greece – 120

Quetzalcoatl of Mexico – 120

Serapis of Egypt – 121

Zoroaster/Zarathustra – 122

Other Saviors and Sons of God – 124

Conclusion – 125

Astrology and the Bible – 128

Biblical Sun- and Moon-Worshippers – 136

Ezekiel – 138

Biblical Diviners and Astrologers – 139

Moses and the Tabernacle – 140

Jacob and His Sons and Ladder – 141

Joshua/Jesus, Son of Nun – 142

Daniel – 143

Esther – 144

The Dial of Ahaz – 144

Deborah – 145

Astrology in the New Testament – 145

The Son of God Is the Sun of God – 149

The Zodiac – 151

The Sun of God – 154

The Disciples are the Signs of the Zodiac – 166

Peter the Rock – 167

Judas the Betrayer – 169

Matthew the Scribe – 171

Thomas the Twin – 171

Paul the Apostle – 173

John the Baptist/Baptizer – 177

Andrew – 179

Philip – 179

Bartholomew – 180

James the Brother – 180

James the Greater and John the Evangelist, the Sons of Thunder – 180

Mark – 181

Luke – 181

Thaddeus/Jude and Simon the Zealot/Canaanite – 181

The Gospel Story – 184

Genesis – 184

Adam, Eve and the Garden of Eden – 184

Adam – 185

Eve – 185

The Serpent – 186

The Original Fall/Sin – 188

The Virgin Mother of the Divine Redeemer – 189

Bethlehem – 189

Nazareth – 190

The Manger and Cave, Birthplace of Many Gods – 191

Herod and the Slaughter of the Innocents – 192

The Three Wise Men and the Star in the East – 192

Jesus at Age 12 and 30 – 193

The Dove at the River Jordan – 193

The Forty Days and Temptation in the Wilderness – 194

The Wedding Feast at Cana/Turning Water into Wine – 195

Mary Magdalene – 195

The Five Loaves, Two Fishes and 12 Baskets – 197

The Devils and the Swine – 197

Bringing Sword instead of Peace, Prince of Peace – 197

The Transfiguration on the Mount – 198

The Ass – 198

The Jews as Vipers and Spawn of the Devil – 199

The Last Supper/Eucharist – 200

The Thirty Pieces of Silver & Potter's Field – 200

Peter's Denial and the Cock Crowing – 201

The Sacrifice of the Sacred King – 202

The Passion – 204

"Let His Blood Be Upon Us and Our Children" – 206

Golgotha, "Place of the Skulls" – 206

The Crucifixion – 207

The Three Marys at the Crucifixion – 208

The Spear of Longinus – 208

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? – 209

The Rending of the Curtain of the Temple – 209

The Darkening of the Sun at the Crucifixion – 210

The Resurrection – 210

The Ascension of the Mount of Olives – 211

Conclusion – 212

Other Elements and Symbols of the Christian Myth – 215

The Alpha and Omega – 216

Angels and Devils – 216

Antichrist – 216

Armageddon – 216

Baptism – 216

Christmas – 216

The Cross and Crucifix – 218

Easter – 219

Heaven and Hell – 221

The Holy Ghost – 223

The Holy Grail – 223

The Holy Land – 224

Ichthys, The Fish – 224

The Lamb of God – 224

The Logia (Sayings), Sermon on the Mount, Beatitudes and Parables – 225

The Lord's Prayer – 228

The Logos or Word – 228

Lucifer – 229

Melchizedek – 229

The Nativity – 230

The Sabbath – 231

The Second Coming/Day of Judgment – 231

The Seventy/Seventy-Two – 231

Transubstantiation – 232

The Trinity – 233

The Patriarchs and Saints Are the Gods of Other Cultures – 236

Noah and the Flood – 237

Abraham and Sarah – 239

Moses, the Exodus, the Ten Commandments – 241

Joshua – 245

David – 247

Joseph, Father of Jesus – 249

Mary, Mother of Jesus – 250

The Saints – 251

St. Josaphat – 252

St. Christopher – 253

Etymology Tells the Story – 255

God the Father – 255

Jesus Christ – 255

Satan, The Devil, etc – 257

Jerusalem, the Holy City – 259

Bethany – 259

The River Jordan – 260

Solomon – 260

Jonah – 261

The Meaning of Revelation – 265

Sacred Numerology/Gematria – 267

The Four "Living Creatures" – 268

The Four Horsemen – 268

The Woman Clothed with the Sun – 269

The Seven Seals – 270

The "Sweet" Scrolls – 270

The Dragon and the Beast – 270

The Mark of the Beast – 666 – 271

The Mysteries – 272

The Bible, Sex and Drugs – 275

Sex and the Ancient World – 276

Judaism and Sex – 277

The Phallic Cult – 279

Hebrew Homosexuality – 281

Semitic Bestiality – 282

Judaism and Women – 282

Christianity and Sex – 283

The Sacred Prostitute/Harlot – 287

Christianity and Homosexuality – 290

Judaism, Christianity and Drugs – 293

Essenes, Zealots and Zadokites – 296

The Myth of Primitive Christianity – 297

The Essenes – 299

Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls – 301

The Zealots – 302

Galilee and Samaria – 303

The Zadokites/Sadducees – 306

The Maccabean Revolt – 308

The Order of Melchizedek – 309

Joshua – 311

The Zadokites and Christianity – 312

Alexandria: Crucible of Christianity – 317

The Therapeuts – 318

The Gospels in Egypt – 319

The Alexandrian Jews – 324

Why Make the Solar Myth into a Jewish Man – 325

The Library and the University of Alexandria – 330

Enter Rome – 335

Why Carnalize and Historicize the Solar Myth – 335

Enter the Romans – 339

The Council of Nicea – 340

The Role of Masonry – 342

The Motive – 349

The Making of a Myth – 356

The Intertestamental Literature and Christian Apocrypha – 360

The Book of Enoch – 361

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs – 363

The Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus – 364

The Teachings of the Twelve Apostles, or The Didache – 366

The Gospel of the Hebrews and Syrians – 366

The Gospel of the Egyptians or Diegesis – 367

The Gospel of Truth, the Gospel of Thomas and the Acts of Thomas – 367

The Protevangelion, or Book of James – 367

The Gospel of the Infancy – 368

The Gospel of Luke – 368

The Life of Apollonius – 369

Other Texts – 369

Eusebius's Dirty Work – 370

The Epistle of Barnabas – 371

The Shepherd of Hermas – 372

Why Place the Christian Myth at This Time – 372

Where the Bodies Are Buried – 374

Conclusion – 375

Out of Egypt or India? – 378

Egypt – 379

India – 380

Sumeria – 383

The Abramite Migration – 384

The Druids – 385

The Mysteries – 386

Black Buddhas and Pygmies – 387

Evidence of an Ancient Global Civilization – 391

Religion, Rituals and Customs – 391

Astrology/Astronomy – 395

Symbols – 395

Language and Etymology – 396

Archaeological Evidence – 397

The Enigma of North America – 400

Evidence of Cataclysm – 402

Age of Mankind – 403

The Evolution of Religion – 404

Conclusion – 407

The Age of Darkness – 411

The Origins of Cultural Bigotry and Racism – 413

The New Age – 416

Bibliography – 418

Index – 423


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