In this short, pointed work, Jackson argues that central Christian doctrines and the story of Jesus himself were adapted from far older pagan religions, especially those of ancient Egypt, drawing parallels with savior figures such as Osiris and Horus. First issued in 1941 and kept in print for decades by American Atheist Press, it became one of the most widely circulated popular treatments of the Christ-myth thesis among Black freethought and Afrocentric readers.
Author: John G. Jackson · First published: First published: New York, 1941
