The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ

The work surveys ancient religious narratives and argues that many elements central to Christianity—such as miraculous and virgin births, celestial portents and angelic visitations, sacramental rites, death and resurrection, and doctrines resembling the Trinity—have precedents in older oriental and pagan traditions. Through chapter-length comparisons the author compiles claimed analogies, traces ritual origins for baptism, the Eucharist, and anointing, critiques the doctrines of divine incarnation and atonement, and contends that core Christian teachings were adapted from earlier systems rather than originating independently.