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Sto caricando le informazioni... Deceptions and Myths of the Bible (1975)di Lloyd M. Graham
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Don’t bother. If anyone could have told me that a book on the Bible from the pagan point of view could have been totally tedious before I got past the preface, I probably wouldn’t have believed it. I’d have been wrong. Fat book – tedious prose – ridiculous notions – make up a big fat zero. If you going to read the Bible, at least learn to read it with the eye of a raving mystic Theosophist. Graham exposes all sorts of stories we think we already understand to be actually deep multi-layered occult codes for intiates. Cranky? A bit. But I like crank. But extremely intelligent, and inspiring, and intriguing, turning much of the way we look at the Bible into a richer, more magickal, and more meaningful book. BUY, BORROW, or BURN? BORROW nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Lloyd M. Graham is out to show that the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments as we know them, are not "holy" nor are they the "word of God" revealed. The stories of the Bible were set down by power-seeking priests eager to inspire awe and to gather flocks who would take part in their rites and rituals, and they weren't very original, either. In Deceptions and Myths of the Bible, Graham reintroduces us to the true origins of Adam and Eve, who were derived from a Babylonian account; to the story of Noah's flood, which was the result of over four hundred years of flood accounts from various ancient civilizations; to the man named Moses who was fashioned after the Syrian story of Mises; and even to the laws of the Bible, which were patterned after the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. Graham points out the 137 similarities between the story of Jesus and the story of the Egyptian god Horus, and the hundreds and hundreds of similarities between the story of Christ and the Hindu god Krishna. For any reader interested in history or theology, Graham's book is essential, eye-opening, and controversial reading. If you are an atheist, you'll be eager to read these arguments in support of your beliefs. If you are agnostic, you will want to have this evidence at your fingertips as you weigh systems of belief and disbelief. If you are religious, you will want to know how your faith came into being and how a study of history might shake or support your beliefs. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)220.6Religions Bible Bible Interpretation and criticism (Exegesis)Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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