Is Jesus a Copy of Pagan gods? Testing the Sources | Part 2 - a podcast by Two Messianic Jews
from 2021-02-15T17:52:37
One of the primary arguments a prominent Jewish counter-missionary gave us for why we should leave Messianic Judaism is that Jesus was a copy of pagan myths and never existed as a historical figure. In this second video of the three-part series, we go directly to the primary sources. Long story short, this counter-missionary is wrong about the parallels between Jesus and Osiris and Dionysus.
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Sibylline Oracles: George W. E. Nickelsburg, Jr., Resurrection, Immortality, and Eternal Life in Intertestamental Judaism, Harvard Theological Studies 26 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972), 94.
Plutarch, Isis and Osiris: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Moralia/Isis_and_Osiris*/A.html
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Dr. Mike Licona, “Did the Early Christians BORROW from Pagan Myths?”
Inspiring Philosophy, “Was Jesus a copycat Savior?”
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Mike Winger, “Jesus Wasn’t a Pagan God: Debunking Zeitgeist and Religulous”
Podcast episode: Capturing Christianity, Featuring Mary Jo Sharp
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