Jesus and the Trojan War looks at ways in which stories are presented and understood; and how story-tellers - and their listeners - may wittingly or unwittingly confuse fact with fiction. This book explores the parallels between four stories (the Trojan war, Moses, King Arthur, and Jesus), and the way their sources relate to their histories and contemporary relevance.

This up-to-date digest of current medical problems will aid the reader in interpretation of investigations, which are increasingly requested. It provides guidance for the first line of management of patients. It is written primarily by an experienced geriatrician, informed by an old-age psychiatrist; a unique combination of author perspectives that

Is the Roman Catholic Church the Great Harlot of the Book of Revelation Is the Roman Church as much a product of early pagan religion as it is of the Apostles In this scholarly classic, Alexander Hislop reveals shocking similarities between ancient Babylonian religion and the largest Christian denomination today. No other work will give the student of bible history a better understanding of the basis for conservative Protestantism's aversion to images, candles, incense, priestly intercessi...

ARE the narratives of Genesis history or legend? For the modern historian this is no longer an open question; nevertheless it is important to get a clear notion of the bases of this modern position. The writing of history is not an innate endowment of the human mind; it arose in the course of human history and at a definite stage of development. Uncivilised races do not write history; they are incapable of reproducing their experiences objectively, and have no interest in leaving to poster...

*** The biblical King Jesus was King Izas of Adiabene - the well-known leader of the Jewish Revolt. ***This is most comprehensive and revolutionary reappraisal of biblical history. This book explains every facet and every character within the New Testament narrative, and places them within a real historical context.Ralph starts by confirming and proving that the New Testament Saul (St Paul) was actually the historian Josephus Flavius. This may sound inconsequential, but this...

The origin of all religions, and the ignorance which is the root of the God-idea, leads to the duty to investigate the evidences of the origin and of the growth of Christianity, to examine its morality and its dogmas, to study the history of its supposed founder, to trace out its symbols and its ceremonies; in fine, to show cause for its utter rejection by the Freethinker. Annie Besant was a prominent British socialist, Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter ...

The White Goddess is perhaps the finest of Robert Graves's works on the psychological and mythological sources of poetry. In this tapestry of poetic and religious scholarship, Graves explores the stories behind the earliest of European deities—the White Goddess of Birth, Love, and Death—who was worshipped under countless titles. He also uncovers the obscure and mysterious power of "pure poetry" and its peculiar and mythic language.

Solid scriptural and archaeological evidence refutes the traditional interpretation used to bar women from leadership.

Anglo-saxon poetry was circulated orally in a preliterate society, and gathered at last into books over some six centuries before the Norman Conquest ended English independence. Against the odds some of these books survive today. This anthology of prose translations covers most of the surviving poetry, revealing a tradition which is outstanding among early medieval literatures for its sophisticated exploration of the human condition in a mutable, finite, but wonderfully diverse and meaning...

This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book originally published in 1988 as Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics. The book is a collection of translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion in Western antiquity, from the fourth century BCE to the fifth century CE. The selections are taken from the plethora of ancient religions, including Judaism and Christianity, and are translated from the six major languages of the Greco-Roman world: Gree...

Are you living an authentic life?  Are your beliefs true?  How can you know?  What if everything you believe to be true is false and vice versa?  How would you react to such a scenario?  These are the tough questions we must ask ourselves in order to escape the prison-religions and ideologies which have utilized our belief-laced egos to enslave and subjugate our species. "I Am Christ: The Resurrection" is the second volume of a three part series which exposes the inauthenticity of ...

A dynamic study on the book of Revelation, Worthy is the Lamb has become a classic text for serious Bible students everywhere.