Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 78 Mangasarian, M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch) 1859 1943 Mangasarian, Mangasar Mugurditch The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth? Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Truth about Jesus: Is He a Myth?" by M. M. Mangasarian is a critical examination of the historicity of Jesus, written in the late 19th century. The book sets out to question the foundations of Christianity by analyzing the evidence and arguments surrounding the existence of Jesus, drawing parallels with mythological figures from various cultures. Mangasarian's work aims to explore whether Jesus is indeed a historical figure or merely a product of mythologization. The opening of the book presents a thought-provoking dialogue between a Greek character who has awakened after centuries and a priest, discussing the existence of deities such as Jesus and Apollo. The Greek character grapples with the idea that if Apollo, a god he believes in, cannot be proven to exist, then perhaps Jesus too is an idol rather than a deity. The priest argues for the reality of Jesus, claiming that beliefs rooted in faith are fundamentally different from the myths of ancient religions. This sets the stage for Mangasarian’s exploration of religious narratives, inviting readers to question the origins and credibility of the stories told about Jesus while establishing a framework for the discourse that will follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Rationalism Jesus Christ -- Historicity BL Text Christianity Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 374689 374577 2024-10-03T07:56:20.326053 2023-10-03T07:29:16.964966 text/html text/html 374682 374570 2024-10-03T07:56:20.584026 2023-10-03T07:29:17.136991 text/html text/html 217027 2024-10-03T07:56:28.310992 application/epub+zip 221213 2024-10-03T07:56:23.822013 application/epub+zip 214193 2024-10-03T07:56:22.558010 application/epub+zip 424739 2024-10-03T07:56:31.877945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397015 2024-10-03T07:56:27.536003 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328285 2022-09-03T10:23:48.362487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350071 350010 2024-10-03T07:56:19.965036 2023-10-03T07:29:16.720056 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 345067 2020-12-29T10:40:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132037 2020-12-29T10:40:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19552 2024-10-03T07:56:32.002959 application/rdf+xml 16194 2024-10-03T07:56:23.106995 image/jpeg 3792 2024-10-03T07:56:22.833996 image/jpeg 214227 2024-10-03T07:56:20.618026 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia