INDEX

Abraham and Isaac, myth of, 34, 81, 149.

Aceldama, 40

Achilles, 13, 86

Acts, book of, 88, 91, 141

Acts of Pilate, 101

Adonis, 18, 20, 37, 73, 80, 82, 145, 215

Adversary, the, 219

Agapae, 168

Ahriman, 150

Alcander, 231

Allah, 19, 80

Allegory in the gospels, 154

Almsgiving, 164 sq.

Ananias and Sapphira, 159 sq., 231 n.

Angel of the Lord, 83, 85, 252

Anointing, the, 49

Antigonus, 52 n.

Antioch, 89, 175

Apocalypse, the, 92 sq., 108, 173 sq.

Apocryphal gospels, 210 n., 217

Apollonius of Tyana, 17

Apollos, 90

Apostles, order of, 131, 169, 203

—— the Twelve, 89 sq., 92, 126 sq.

Aretas, 141 n.

Aristides, 153

Artemis, 20

Ascension, the, 23, 26

Asceticism, 185

Ass, the mythical, 43 sq.

Attis, 18, 20, 37, 73, 145

Babylonian religion, 64, 93, 110, 174, 175, 219, 283

Bacchus, 44 sq. See Dionysos

Banos, 122, 125

Baptism, Jesuist, 90, 137 sq.

Barabbas myth, the, 27, 32 sq., 37, 40 sq., 88, 104, 136

Barnabas, Epistle of, 132 sq., 235

Baruch, Apocalypse of, 138, 182

Batak crucifixion, 62

Bauer, Bruno, 2

Baur, F. C., 248

Beaufort, L. de, 5

Betrayal, myth of, 40

Bhagavat Gîta, 13, 20 n.

Birrell, 224

Bishops, 167 sq., 203

Blass, 10

Brandt, 43, 105 n.

Bread, broken, 170 n.

Bryennios, 235

Buddha, 19, 218

Budge, Dr., 234

Burkitt, Prof., 114

Cancer, the zodiacal sign of, 45

Cannibal sacraments, 36

Carpenter, Dr. J. E., 209, 231 n., 234

Cassels, 24, 132

Causse, 150 n.

Cephas, 135

Cerinthus, 207

Charles, Canon, cited, 229

Cheetham, Canon, cited, 31

Cheyne, 114, 131

Child-God, the, 93

Chrestos, the epithet, 108

Chrestus, 108

Christmas, 209

Christopher, St., 217

Circumcision, 95, 141

Clementines, the, 256 sq.

Clergy, attitude of, to myth-theory, 222

Communism, alleged Christian, 169

Comtism, 4

Conder, Col., 68 sq.

Conrady, 210 n.

Conybeare, Dr. F. C., 12, 14, 25, 44 sq., 54 n., 56 n., 67 sq., 74 n., 78 sq., 84 n., 85 n., 86 sq., 91 n., 103 sq., 134 n., 178 n., 183, 209, 211 sq., 217 n., 218 n.

Cross, the, 42, 61 sq.

Crowns, in sacrifice, 52 sq.

Crucifixion, the, 31 sq., 41 sq., 50 sq.

Cyrus, 65

Daimons, the word, 72, 152; belief in, 152

David, 81, 87

Didachê, the, 31, 108, 131 sq., 160 sq., 170 sq., 235 sq.

Dionysos, 18, 19, 37, 45, 63, 79, 81, 219, 220

Docetism, 194, 207

Drama in Jewry, 74

Drews, Prof., 2, 22, 24, 55, 84 n., 224, 228

Dujardin, 149

Dupuis, 2, 174

Durkheim, 46 n.

Dying Gods, 18, 73, 82, 189

Ea, 110

Easter, 42

“Eating the God,” 36

Ebionites, the, 112 sq., 190 sq.

Ecclesiæ, 163 sq.

Economic causation, 157 sq.

El Elyon, 81, 249

Elymas, 258

Enoch, Book of, 109, 182

Ephesus, 90, 175

Epistles, making of, 176 sq.

Essenes, 75 n., 167

Eucharist, 31, 171

Eusebius, 182 sq.

Evemerism, 16, 81

Ewald, 55 n.

Festivals, Jewish, 41 sq.

Fish, the Divine, 44 sq.

Four Gospels as Historical Records, The, 28

Franciscans, the, 158

Frazer, Sir J. G., 41, 50, 54, 73, 145

Galilee, 74, 82, 208

Gnosticism, 110, 154, 207

Goat-God, the, 219

God-making, 18, 202

God-names, 77 sq., 202, 213

Golgotha, 40 sq., 68

Good Shepherd, the, 218

Gordon, A., 236 sq., 241

—— General, 69

Gospels, composition of, 7 sq., 182 sq.

Guilds, Greek, 163 sq.

Gunkel, 55

Hannah, 210

Hatch, 162 sq.

Harnack, 8

Harris, Dr. Rendel, cited, 109 sq., 229 n.

Haupt, E., 127 n.

Healing, myths of, 81 sq., 207 sq.

Hebrew monotheism, 76 sq., 115 sq., 149 sq.

Hebrews, Epistle to the, 168,177

—— Gospel of, 184

Helen, 253

Herakles, 18, 20, 21, 48

Herford, R. T., 38, 116 n.

Hermas, 108, 168

Hermes, 63

Herod, trial of Jesus before, 28, 103

Hierapolis, 63, 146

Hitchcock and Brown, 236 sq.

Hobbes, 159 n.

Hoffmann, A., 228 n.

Homer, myth in, 13

Iconographic myth, 46, 217, 218 n.

Ieoud, 34, 52

Inarus, 54

Inge, Dean, 12, 150 n.

Isaac, myth of, 34, 42, 215 n.

Isaiah, authorship of, 55

Israel, Father, 34

Jacob, myth of, 45, 81

James, Dr. M. R., 133

James, the gospel, 135

—— Epistle of, 169,176

Janus, myth of, 218

Japanese sacrifice, 35

Jephthah, myth of, 34

Jerusalem, 68, 195

Jesuism, elements in, 107 sq., 187

Jesus of Zechariah, the, 111

Jesus Barabbas, 32 sq.

“Jesus the Son,” 38

Jesus, the Talmudic, 17, 112, 129, 250

Jesuses in Josephus, 125 sq.

Jesus-God, the pre-Christian, 81 sq., 91 sq., 174 sq.

Jesus, of the Gospels, trials of, 28, 51; latest biographical view of, 30; entry of, into Jerusalem, 32, 43 sq.; crucifixion of, 26 sq., 31 sq., 50 sq., 61 sq.; anointing of, 49; burial of, 67 sq.; healing by name of, 91 sq., 151; as the One God, 107 sq.; a God, in Mark, 13, 187; as Messiah, 64 sq.; of the Apocalypse, 174

Jevons, F. B., cited, 31 n.

Jews, culture evolution of, 74 sq.; ecclesiastical organisation of, 167 sq.

John, Gospel of, 13, 96, 181, 187 sq., 205 sq.

—— Epistles of, 177

John the Baptist, 90, 92, 136, 187

—— the Theologian, 173

Joseph, myth of, 81, 215 sq., 260

Josephus, 121 sq.

Joshua, 81, 82 sq., 94 sq., 211

Judas the Galilean, 123 sq.

Judas Iscariot, 40, 105, 158, 217 n.

Jude, Epistle of, 93 sq., 168, 169

Justin Martyr, 117 sq., 196, 248 sq.

Kant, 223

Karabbas, 33

Khonds, sacrifice among the, 35 sq., 54,

Kings, sacrifices of, 34

Krishna, 19, 209 n., 214, 216, 217 n.

Kronos, 34, 52

Lamb, the, 42, 174 sq.

Lester, C. S., 28 sq., 33 n., 136 n.

Logos, the, 63, 93, 116, 206

Loisy, on the Pilate trial, 6, 51; and Dean Inge, 12; on invention, 21; on the crucifixion, 32; on Barabbas, 39, 51; on “Crucify him,” 43; on the burial of Jesus, 69; on the Twelve, 92; on the midnight trial, 99; on the Naassene hymn, 110; on the Samaritan passage, 200; on the myth-theory, 224 sq.

Lord’s Prayer, the, 133 sq., 171 sq.

Lucian, 63, 145, 252

Luke, Gospel of, 13, 102, 215, 216, 218

Lyall, 18

Lycurgus, 16, 231

Maccabees, the, 64, 65

McCabe, J., cited, 39 n.

Madonnas, 213

Maia, 214

Malachi, 75

Marduk, 110

Mark, gospel of, 13, 174, 183, 187 sq., 215, 218 sq.

Marnas, 145

Marsyas, 219

Mary, the name, 112, 211 sq.

Massebieau, 174

Matthew, gospel of, 13, 173, 174, 183, 215

Melchisedek, 81

Merris, 213

Messiah, doctrine of, 29 sq., 44, 56, 64 sq., 109, 137 sq., 185, 216, 260

Metatron, the, 83, 84, 85

Mexico, sacrifice in, 35 sq.

Meyer, Prof. E., 16

Michael, 85

Middleton, 221, 223

Minim, the, 116, 136 n.

Miracles, 24; of healing, 207 sq.

—— of feeding, 220

Miriam, 87, 112, 211 sq.

Mithraism, 20, 21, 37, 73, 93

Mock-King, the sacrificed, 43, 50 sq., 88

Mohammed, 19

Monotheism, 76 sq., 115 sq., 148 sq.

Moses, 69, 81, 83, 213

Mosheim, 22

Myrrha, 80

Mystery-drama, the, 37, 40, 73 sq., 96 sq., 205

Myth and ritual, 73

Mythology, 46

Myth-theory, development of, 1 sq., 14; purpose of, 5; difficulties of, 6, 22; adopted in parts by its opponents, 26, 29, 44, 51; problems of, 2, 77 sq.; summary of, 202 sq.

Myth-motives:— Annunciation, 25, 209 Anointing, 49 Ascension, 23, 26 Baptism, 136 sq. Betrayal, 40 Birthplace, 15, 114 Casting lots for vesture, 61 Christmas, 209 Cross, the, 61 sq., 64 Crucifixion, 31 sq., 41 sq., 50 sq. Feeding Five Thousand, 219 Gall and vinegar, 59 Garment without seam, 60 sq. Good Shepherd, 218 Last Supper, 31, 37, 72 sq., 97 sq., 102, 104, 179 sq. Leg-breaking, 57 sq. Manger, 209 Menace of Herod, 209, 214 Purifying the Temple, 48 sq. Resurrection, 70 sq. Rock-tomb, 67 sq. Spear-thrust, 60 Temptation, 218 sq. Trials, 26, 28, 99 Triumphal Entry, 32, 43 sq. Twelve Apostles, 126 sq. Virgin Birth, 23, 195, 209 sq. Water turned into wine, 220

Names of Gods, 77 sq.

Nazaræans, 111, 113 sq., 194 sq.

Nazareth, problem of, 15, 93, 113, 114, 198

Nazarites, 111, 113, 114

Netzer, 111, 113

Neumann, A., 192

Newman, 15

Nicholson, E. B., 184

Nicolaitans, 175

Niebuhr, 5

Niemojewski, 41 n., 86 n.

Odes of Solomon, the, 109 sq.

Oral hypothesis, 10

Organization, early Christian, 154, 157 sq., 162 sq.

Origen, 48, 194, 248 n.

Orthodoxy, 23, 24

Osiris, 49, 62, 81

Paine, 223

Pan, 218, 219

Papias, 179, 183 sq.

Passover, 33, 42 sq., 63, 96

Paton, W. R., 54

Paul, problem of, 7, 63, 89, 115, 130, 139, 140 sq., 144 sq., 161, 172 sq., 256 sq.

Pentateuch, 5

Persian religion, 64, 174, 175

Personality, theory of Jesus’, 12 sq., 61, 146 sq., 170, 179, 181, 196, 206

Peter, legend of, 89, 141, 144, 218; Epistles of, 177, 256 sq.

Petrie, Dr. W. F., 10, 11

Pharisees, 89

Philip, 89

Philo Judæus, 116, 206

Pilate, trial of Jesus before, 26 sq., 41

Plutarch, on Solon, 16

Polytheism, Hebrew, 77

Prince of the Presence, 85 sq.

Prometheus, 53, 63

Prophets, 161, 169, 203

Proselytism, 141

Proteus, 218

Purim, 41 sq.

Pythagoras, 15, 17

Reinach, S., 50

Renan, 23, 30, 146

Resurrection, the, 70, 180

Rhodes, sacrifice at, 41, 52

Rix, cited, 68

Robinson, Canon, 137

Roman sacrifice, 35

Sacæa, the, 41 sq., 44

Sacraments, 31, 72 sq., 87, 88, 102, 193

Sacred Books, 19 sq., 80, 151, 155, 166

Sacrifice, theory and practice of, 33 sq.

Sacrificed God, the, 20, 35, 106. See Dying Gods

Samaria, Christism in, 89 sq., 93, 185–6, 197, 205, 260

Samaritan cults, 84, 89, 93, 117 sq., 216, 239 sq.

Samson, 81, 86, 249

Sanday, Dr., 224 n.

Sarah, 210

Sargon, 214

Satan, 150, 218 sq.

Saturnalia, 34, 41

Saviour Gods, 20, 63, 119, 193

Schmiedel, 8 sq., 10, 23, 25, 178, 186, 188 sq., 197, 208 sq., 226 sq., 259

Schweitzer, 6

Seeberg, cited, 133–4

Second Coming, the, 196 sq.

Selene, 253

Sem, 117 sq.

Semitic sacrifice, 33 sq.

Sepulchre, the Holy, 68 sq., 196

Sermon on the Mount, 15, 30, 133, 185, 229

Seventy, mission of, 91 sq.

Shakespeare, 99, 100, 103

Shekinah, 252

Silenus, 219

Simon Magus, 117 sq., 248 sq.

Simon Ben Jochai, 255

Sincerity, religious, 158

Smith, Prof., 10

Smith, Prof. W. B., 2, 3, 13, 14, 21, 88, 91, 189 n., 207 sq.; on rise of Jesus-cult, 107 sq., 151 sq.; on the Nazaræans, 113

Smith, Prof. W. Robertson, 31 n., 87

Solomon, G., 124 sq.

Solon, 15 sq.

Soltau, cited, 209 n., 210 n., 215 n., 222 n.

Son-Gods, 18, 80

Soury, 27

Spence, Canon, 236 sq.

Spirit, the Holy, 184

Spitta, 176, 218

Stigmata, 63

Strange, Judge, cited, 65

Strauss, 2, 10, 14, 23, 26 sq., 4 [** missing? ] 8, 54

Suetonius, 108

Suffering Messiah, the, 64 sq.

Sun myth, 86, 219

Supper, the Last, 31, 37, 72 sq., 97 sq., 102, 104, 179 sq.

Supreme Gods, 18

Synods, 164

Tacitus, 26 sq.

Tammuz, cult of, 77, 215

Taylor, Dr. C, 172, 236

Teaching of the Twelve Apostles. See Didachê

Teaching God, the, 20

Tennyson, 101

Tertullian, 44

Testaments of the Patriarchs, 139, 220, 229 sq.

Tezcatlipoca, 21

Theudas, 141 n.

Thieves, the two, 53 sq.

Thorburn, Dr. T. J., 5 n., 25, 209 n., 210 n., 216 n., 231 n.

Totems, 86

Tree, the sacred, 62, 63

Trinity, doctrine of, 206

Triple sacrifice, 54

Two Ways, the, 132 sq.

Twelve Apostles, myth of, 89 sq., 92, 126 sq.

Twenty-four Counsellors, the, 93

Ulysses, 86

Una, 48

Van Manen, 178 sq.

Vedas, myths of, 79

Vernes, 149

Virgin-Birth, the, 23, 24, 25, 195, 209 sq.

Volkmar, 105 n.

Volney, 2

Voltaire, 223

Weiss, B., 9 n., 103

Wellhausen, 14, 114

Whittaker, T., 93, 150 n., 178 n.

Williams, N. P., 224 n.

Winckler, 87

Wood, H. G., 7 sq., 62 n., 99 sq.

Wrede, 6

Wright, Dr., 10, 11

Yahweh, 19, 76, 79, 80, 87, 191

Zakmuk, 42

Zarathustra, 19, 218

Zealots, 167

Zeus and Dyaus, 78

—— and Hêrê, 13

—— and Pan, 219

—— and Saturn, 115

Zodiacal myth, 45, 62, 134 n., 174 sq.

Zohar, the, 255

Zoroaster, 19, 218