INDEX

Aaron, 78, 135

Adam, connected with Messiah, 131; originator of sin, 156, 192

Adam, Cadmon, 135

Ado, 54

Adonæi, 54

Adonis, as suffering, 64; in sacrifice, 66; in Bethlehem, 91; relation to Atargatis, 117; feast of, 186; Passion of, 241; as patron, 264

Agni, as fire-God, 99, 100, 105, 154, 199; as mediator, 113; baptism of, 120; self-offering of, 128–33; in symbolism, 140–44, 159

Ahuramazda, 37–40

Amun Ra, 49

Angromainyu, 38–40

Aphrodite, 117, 137

Apollo, 61, 103

Asclepius, 138, 240, 264

Asita, 104

Atargatis, 117

Attis, in symbolism, 61; sufferings of, 64; in sacrifice, 66; relation to Cybele, 117, 148; feast of, 186; Passion of, 241; as patron, 264, 281

Augustus, as Saviour, 34

Baal, 70

Balder, 96, 97

Baptism, 103, 118–27, 195, 264

Barabbas, 74–6, 87

Beardless One, the, 73–5

Benjamin, 91

Body of Christ, 200

Brother of the Lord, 172–4, 204, 230

Buddha, birth of, 104, 127; temptation of, 236; personality, 257, 261, 262

Buddhist influence on Jewish thought, 105–15

Bull, as symbol, 70, 142, 144

Caleb, 84

Carpenter, 114–17, 239

Cross, 146–61, 187, 199

Crucifixion, 147, 148, 160

Cybele, 117

Cyrus, as Messiah, 41, 90; in Herodotus, 89

Dæmons, fear of, 35; of darkness 39; messengers of God, 48, 53

David, 40, 69, 90, 91, 167

Demeter, 137, 242

Descent into the Underworld, 107

Dionysus, sufferings of, 64, 242; birth, 96–103; self-offering, 137; feast of, 186; personality, 261, 264

Divine Son, Mithras, 39; of Jahwe, 56; Jesus, 126

Dualism, 33, 37

Ea, 120, 122

Elijah, as Sun-God, 123, 126; as prophet, 238, 244, 247

Eros, 197

Essenes, 52, 53, 58, 59, 63

Esther, 72

Fire-cult, Jahwe, 37, 70; Hadad, 94; Agni, 98–100, 105, 112, 140; merged in astrology, 102; cross as symbol, 154; Eros, 199; in Brahmanism, 200

First-born son of God, 48, 56, 113

Fish, as symbol, 140

Gibbet, 67, 69, 72, 79, 146

Gnostics, 54, 120, 165, 192, 273–82

Good and evil, opposition of, in Parseeism, 38–9; with Philo, 49–50; in Mandaism, 54; Jesus and Barabbas, 75

Hadad, 92–4

Hades, in ancient Judaism, 43

Haman, 72, 75, 81, 85, 87, 148, 212

Hanged one, the, 149, 187

Helios, 123, 126, 137

Heljas, 123

Hell, 38, 39, 43

Hephaistos, 116, 138

Hercules, 56, 81, 241, 264

Hermes, 49, 101, 117, 264

Hibil Ziwâ, 54, 120, 192

Hippokoon, 56

Holy Ghost, as father of Jesus, 115; as mother of Jesus, 118; Paul inspired by, 171; at Pentecost, 211; as spirit of unity, 287

Honover, 38

Horus, 101, 242

Ideal man, in Seneca, 31–3; Saoshyant, 49; in Plato, 85; of Gnosticism, 281

Ideas, of Plato, 48

Ilia, 123

Incarnation, 189, 192

Individualism, 44

Isaac, 78, 83, 241

Isaiah, 41, 58, 65, 67, 150

Istar, 72, 90, 117, 244

Jacob, 56

Jahwe, influence of Parseeism, 37, 40, 44; influence of Grecian thought, 46; struggle with Jacob, 56; and Moses, 69; as fire-god, 70; sacrifice to, 76; father of Jesus, 115; cross as symbol, 149–50

Jason, 58, 117, 137, 240

Jessenes, 59

Jesus, Jewish writer, 45; as cult-god, 51–63; as Haman, 75; as Barabbas, 76; son of David, 81; connection with Joshua, 83; as victim, 85; influence of Buddhism, 104–15; baptism, 122–7; execution of, 147; the Pauline, 165–213; the Synoptic, 214–30; in secular literature, 230–5; in Christology, 235–64; true character of Synoptic, 264–73; the Johannine, 273–82

Jews, expectation of redemption, 37; King of the, 75

John the Baptist, 119–23

Joseph, as Messiah, 80–2; as father of Jesus, 115–17, 239

Joshua, name of expected Messiah, 80–2; father of Jasios, 117; Ephraimitic God, 82–4; relation to Caleb, 123; connection with Pasch, 135–8

Judgment, last, 39, 43

Karabas, 74

King of the Jews, 75

Kingdom of peace, longing for, 33–5; in Parseeism, 39; in Buddhism, 109

Krishna, 89, 105–8, 139

Lamb, as symbol, 142–6; Paschal, 136, 158

Leto, 88, 103

Logos, 47–50, 56, 59, 115, 116, 191, 278–81, 296

Magi, 94, 103

Mandâ de hajjê, 54, 192

Mandæi, 54, 120, 165, 192, 273–82

Manu, 131, 134

Marduk, 49, 54, 56, 63, 72–5, 120

Maria (Mary), 83, 116–17, 239

Mediator, Mithras, 38; Spenta Armaiti, 47; in Mandaism, 54–5; in early Judaism, 55–9; Agni, 113; Hermes, 115

Melchisedek, 134

Melkart, 64, 77

Men, 61, 126, 134

Messiah, as king, 40; influenced by Persian thought, 40–3; Nazarene, 61; sufferings of, 64–87; birth of, 88–117; servant of God, 188; identification with Jesus, 205–9, 236–9, 245, 264

Mirzam, 83

Mithras, as mediator, 38–41, 49, 56; sufferings of, 64, 66, 80; as sun-hero, 96; birth of, 101; Mysteries of, 120, 137, 251; as fire-God, 155; feast of, 184; Passion of, 241; personality of, 281

Moloch, 56, 70, 77

Monotheism, 37, 55, 91

Mordecai, 72–5, 81

Moses, 40, 78, 90, 103, 126, 150, 167, 237, 244, 265

Myrrha, 83, 116

Mysteries, in Judaism, 55; of Mithras, 120–37, 251

Nabu, 49, 54

Nanna, 96

Nassenes, 54, 118, 274

Nazar, 61

Nazarene, signification of, 59–61

Nazarenes, sect, 59, 210

Nazareth, 59–61, 81, 239

Ninus, 117

Odin, 97

Osiris, sufferings of, 64; in sacrifice, 66; birth of, 96; hanging of, 148; feast of, 186; Passion of, 241–2; personality of, 261, 264

Pasch, 72, 76, 83, 135

Persephone, 81, 242

Phanes, 56

Philo, 48–51, 53, 197, 204, 236

Plato, 46–8, 85, 197–9

Prometheus, 81

Protogonos, 56

Purim, feast of, 72, 81, 85

Purusha, 113, 130, 131

Ram, as symbol, 115, 142–4, 158

Resurrection, 39, 43, 170, 206, 241

Ride of the beardless, 73–5

Sacred tree-trunk, 66, 97, 157

Sacrifice of representative of God, 66–70; of first-born, 76–7; substitution of circumcision, 83

Sandan, 66, 184

Saoshyant, as Saviour, 39–42, 49; as judge of the world, 80; seed of Zarathustra, 91; Mysteries of, 137

Sargon, 103

Satan, 38

Saturnalia, 71

Savitar, 114

Scapegoat, 67

Semiramis, 116–17

Seneca, on the ideal man, 31–3

Serapis, 150

Simeon, 104

Soma cup, 128, 129, 137, 142

Son of Man, 41, 112–13, 189, 236

Spenta Armaiti, 47, 49

Stoics, 48, 116, 183–4, 195

Suffering servant of God, 64–7, 237

Sun-cult, 90, 95, 151

Tammuz, 64–5, 82–4, 91, 117, 186

Tau, as symbol, 149

Therapeutes, 51–9

Thoth, as mediator, 49

Tree, of Life, 43, 49, 156, 157; in sacrifice, 70, 97

Twelve, the, 62, 135, 170, 271

Union with Christ, 194

Ushas, 101

Virgin, 39, 102, 103, 117

Vohu mano, 49

Wisdom, as Logos, 47, 48

Word, 47–50

Zakmuk, 71

Zarathustra, 39, 236, 257

Zerubbabel, 57, 58

Zeus, 56, 64, 81, 101, 137

Zodiac, 84, 102, 103, 139, 240

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