Jean Francois just sent me this book review/commentary on The Pagan Christ
. Since it sounded interesting I have posted it for everyone.
Jax
I have just started reading "The Pagan Christ" by Tom Harpur. This is a
scholarly book that apparently (I haven't finished yet) demonstrates
that all the stories and symbols of christianity (including the cross and
the word christ) in fact originates 4000 years ago in egypt with Isis
as Mary and Horus as Jesus. I knew about the recuperation of "pagan"
rituals such as the solstice etc. but it looks like the whole thing is a
scam.
Anyhow, here is what the author has to say about the name Jesus. "...
the name Jesus did not exist, and would have not been spelled with the
letter J, until about 600 years ago. There was no J in any language
prior to the fourteenth century [...] In Hebrew we know there was no J
either, so Jesus was originally spelled Yeshua. But the ua ending ... when
transliterated into Greek, is feminine singular, which presents a
problem. The church simply changed ua to u; Thus Jesus became a male
saviour. What most people don't understand is that the us ending to Jesus'
name was set up to denote male gender ... Where did the name Jesus
originate? Simply put it was derived from the Latin Iesus, which was derived
from the Greek Iesous, which in turn was derived from the Egyptian
Iusa..."
By the Godess! I'm turning more pagan at every page! Expect to see me
show up naked, painted in blue, slaughtering repressed paternalistic
primitive bible worshippers. @#$@#%, @$%.
# posted by Jacob @ 4/30/2005 01:20:00 p.m.
