{"product_id":"myth-of-the-resurrection-and-other-essay-paperback","title":"The Myth of the Resurrection and Other Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph McCabe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid Jesus ever live? Was he the Messiah as Christianity has claimed? And what are the true foundations of the Christian religion? \u003cbr\u003eThese are the fundamental questions posed by ex-priest Joseph McCabe (1867-1955), a prodigious scholar, translator, and lecturer, who tirelessly promoted scientific inquiry, skepticism, and anticlericalism in works that were exhaustively researched yet accessible to the general reader. \u003cbr\u003eIn these three lively, informative, and combative essays, McCabe takes us through the ancient Mediterranean world to show how Christianity appropriated the ceremonies and myths of paganism to elaborate the Resurrection story. McCabe cogently demonstrates that the Jesus of the gospels is not historical at all but a curious amalgam built up after his death. The gospels themselves are completely unreliable as biographies of Jesus. Critically examining all the ancient sources, McCabe reveals a series of shameless distortions by Christian apologists who, he argues, destroyed classical civilization and inaugurated the Dark Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.48 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42097849237639,"sku":"9780879758332","price":25.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bc81a03714fce0909dd94f5b08fa572a.webp?v=1732356730","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/myth-of-the-resurrection-and-other-essay-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}