Secret Origins of the Bible

This book demonstrates that the stories and themes of the Bible were part of the great mythic systems of the ancient world that predate the Bible, by using comparative mythology and biblical archaeology. The abstract God of modern Judaism, Christianity and Islam is a comparatively recent creation. In later times the myth of a messianic deliverer was combined with that of the pagen god-man, who suffered a horrible, excruciating death but was physically resurrected; this led to the Christ myth.Callahan, Tim is the author of 'Secret Origins of the Bible' with ISBN 9780965504782 and ISBN 0965504786.