Gerald Massey's Lectures [Paperback]

Gerald Massey (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1992

The Historical (Jewish) Jesus and the Mythical (Egyptian) Christ; Paul as a Gnostic Opponent, not the Apostle of Historic Christianity; The Logia of the Lord; or the Pre-Christian Sayings ascribed to Jesus the Christ; Gnostic and Historic Christianity; The Hebrew and other Creations fundamentally explained; The Devil of Darkness; or Evil in the Light of Evolution; Lumiolatry; Ancient and Modern; Man in search of his Soul, during Fifty Thousand Years, and how he found it; The Seven Souls of Man, and their Culmination in the Christ; and The Coming Religion.

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• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (January 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564591743
• ISBN-13: 978-1564591746
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,167,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent work on mythology, March 17, 1999

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This review is from: Gerald Massey's Lectures (Paperback)

This book is a distillation of Massey's ideas.It is a good introduction, as his main works such as "Ancient Egypt, the Light of the World", are massive tomes.Massey was a pioneer in giving a coherent interpretation of ancient mythology.He shows how the teachings of Christianity originated in ancient Egypt.Horus, the Egyptian saviour,was the prototype for Christ.He shows how the story of Christ is a retelling of the story of Horus.The parallels are so obvious once they have been explained.Massey relates how many of the alleged sayings of Christ first appeared in other places such as the Talmud, and ancient Egypt.The works of Massey go a long way in explaining the true origins of Christianity.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it!, December 12, 2009

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This review is from: Gerald Massey's Lectures (Paperback)

Mixed ratings on this subject and these types of books are usually the result of folks who bought the book and loved it and rated it high, and those (like "Jeri") who go on a personal crusade to attack anything they see as eroding their blind faith and rating it low. Sometimes you see the same attacks over and over again when you look at similar books on the subject. So first off - ignore the ratings if it looks 50/50, that's why. Now for Gerald Massey's work. The knowledge and references to back it up is very detailed and compelling. I can't put the books down. I have read his books and many many more by other authors. I have done as "contrary" reviewers suggest and read the counter-argument books as well. All I can say is the counter argument texts are nonsense, have flawed logic, and worst of all refer to the Bible scripture as a historically accurate reference to support their claims. Botom line, all of these stories existed WELL before christianity was crafted at the council of Nicea in 325. Before 325, the words Jesus and Christ were never used together. Not sure you want to make the investment? Check out the basics for free. Just type in "Horus" in Google and the first word association that usually comes up is "Jesus". The entire history was stolen from Ancient Egypt and early creators of Christianity didnt even bother to change the names. Satan=Set, Mary=Meri, Joseph=Seb, John=Aan, and so on. Birth, wise men, manger, healing the sick, raising the dead, the cross, resurection, and on and on. Every detail is identical. If you want to understand where Christianity (and the other religions) really came from, get this book. If you are a devout Christian and you have blind faith, go ahead and write your review now - you aren't going to buy the book before unleashing a faith-based attack anyway. Just look at the "tags" that have been added to describe this book (idiotic, history of religions, silly, stupid, poor scholarship, antichristian, folly, fantasy, risible). Since when is pro-truth the same as anti-Christian? WARNING: If you are a Christian now and do ANY serious reading on Horus, you will never be a Christian again.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Stretch in Parts, but interesting, April 10, 2003

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Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gerald Massey's Lectures (Paperback)

This is a good collection of essays by the early Egyptologist Gerald Massey. Much of it deals with the more negative aspects of Christianity, particularly its effects on the poor, and it's ties with Egyptology. Personaly, I've always felt that the Horus/Jesus connection was somewhat of a stretch, but this is balanced out by some commentary that's worth reading, even if you don't agree with it.