INDEX

Aaron, [78], [135]

Adam, connected with Messiah, [131];
originator of sin, [156], [192]

Adam, Cadmon, [135]

Ado, [54]

Adonæi, [54]

Adonis, as suffering, [64];
in sacrifice, [66];
in Bethlehem, [91];
relation to Atargatis, [117];
feast of, [186];
Passion of, [241];
as patron, [264]

Agni, as fire-God, [99], [100], [105], [154], [199];
as mediator, [113];
baptism of, [120];
self-offering of, [128]–33;
in symbolism, [140]–44, [159]

Ahuramazda, [37]–40

Amun Ra, [49]

Angromainyu, [38]–40

Aphrodite, [117], [137]

Apollo, [61], [103]

Asclepius, [138], [240], [264]

Asita, [104]

Atargatis, [117]

Attis, in symbolism, [61];
sufferings of, [64];
in sacrifice, [66];
relation to Cybele, [117], [148];
feast of, [186];
Passion of, [241];
as patron, [264], [281]

Augustus, as Saviour, [34]

Baal, [70]

Balder, [96], [97]

Baptism, [103], [118]–27, [195], [264]

Barabbas, [74]–6, [87]

Beardless One, the, [73]–5

Benjamin, [91]

Body of Christ, [200]

Brother of the Lord, [172]–4, [204], [230]

Buddha, birth of, [104], [127];
temptation of, [236];
personality, [257], [261], [262]

Buddhist influence on Jewish thought, [105]–15

Bull, as symbol, [70], [142], [144]

Caleb, [84]

Carpenter, [114]–17, [239]

Cross, [146]–61, [187], [199]

Crucifixion, [147], [148], [160]

Cybele, [117]

Cyrus, as Messiah, [41], [90];
in Herodotus, [89]

Dæmons, fear of, [35];
of darkness [39];
messengers of God, [48], [53]

David, [40], [69], [90], [91], [167]

Demeter, [137], [242]

Descent into the Underworld, [107]

Dionysus, sufferings of, [64], [242];
birth, [96]–103;
self-offering, [137];
feast of, [186];
personality, [261], [264]

Divine Son, Mithras, [39];
of Jahwe, [56];
Jesus, [126]

Dualism, [33], [37]

Ea, [120], [122]

Elijah, as Sun-God, [123], [126];
as prophet, [238], [244], [247]

Eros, [197]

Essenes, [52], [53], [58], [59], [63]

Esther, [72]

Fire-cult, Jahwe, [37], [70];
Hadad, [94];
Agni, [98]–100, [105], [112], [140];
merged in astrology, [102];
cross as symbol, [154]; Eros, [199];
in Brahmanism, [200]

First-born son of God, [48], [56], [113]

Fish, as symbol, [140]

Gibbet, [67], [69], [72], [79], [146]

Gnostics, [54], [120], [165], [192], [273]–82

Good and evil, opposition of, in Parseeism, [38]–9;
with Philo, [49]–50;
in Mandaism, [54];
Jesus and Barabbas, [75]

Hadad, [92]–4

Hades, in ancient Judaism, [43]

Haman, [72], [75], [81], [85], [87], [148], [212]

Hanged one, the, [149], [187]

Helios, [123], [126], [137]

Heljas, [123]

Hell, [38], [39], [43]

Hephaistos, [116], [138]

Hercules, [56], [81], [241], [264]

Hermes, [49], [101], [117], [264]

Hibil Ziwâ, [54], [120], [192]

Hippokoon, [56]

Holy Ghost, as father of Jesus, [115];
as mother of Jesus, [118];
Paul inspired by, [171];
at Pentecost, [211];
as spirit of unity, [287]

Honover, [38]

Horus, [101], [242]

Ideal man, in Seneca, [31]–3;
Saoshyant, [49]; in Plato, [85];
of Gnosticism, [281]

Ideas, of Plato, [48]

Ilia, [123]

Incarnation, [189], [192]

Individualism, [44]

Isaac, [78], [83], [241]

Isaiah, [41], [58], [65], [67], [150]

Istar, [72], [90], [117], [244]

Jacob, [56]

Jahwe, influence of Parseeism, [37], [40], [44];
influence of Grecian thought, [46];
struggle with Jacob, [56];
and Moses, [69];
as fire-god, [70];
sacrifice to, [76];
father of Jesus, [115];
cross as symbol, [149]–50

Jason, [58], [117], [137], [240]

Jessenes, [59]

Jesus, Jewish writer, [45];
as cult-god, [51]–63;
as Haman, [75];
as Barabbas, [76];
son of David, [81];
connection with Joshua, [83];
as victim, [85];
influence of Buddhism, [104]–15;
baptism, [122]–7;
execution of, [147];
the Pauline, [165]–213;
the Synoptic, [214]–30;
in secular literature, [230]–5;
in Christology, [235]–64;
true character of Synoptic, [264]–73;
the Johannine, [273]–82

Jews, expectation of redemption, [37];
King of the, [75]

John the Baptist, [119]–23

Joseph, as Messiah, [80]–2;
as father of Jesus, [115]–17, [239]

Joshua, name of expected Messiah, [80]–2;
father of Jasios, [117];
Ephraimitic God, [82]–4;
relation to Caleb, [123];
connection with Pasch, [135]–8

Judgment, last, [39], [43]

Karabas, [74]

King of the Jews, [75]

Kingdom of peace, longing for, [33]–5;
in Parseeism, [39]; in Buddhism, [109]

Krishna, [89], [105]–8, [139]

Lamb, as symbol, [142]–6;
Paschal, [136], [158]

Leto, [88], [103]

Logos, [47]–50, [56], [59], [115], [116], [191], [278]–81, [296]

Magi, [94], [103]

Mandâ de hajjê, [54], [192]

Mandæi, [54], [120], [165], [192], [273]–82

Manu, [131], [134]

Marduk, [49], [54], [56], [63], [72]–5, [120]

Maria (Mary), [83], [116]–17, [239]

Mediator, Mithras, [38];
Spenta Armaiti, [47];
in Mandaism, [54]–5;
in early Judaism, [55]–9;
Agni, [113];
Hermes, [115]

Melchisedek, [134]

Melkart, [64], [77]

Men, [61], [126], [134]

Messiah, as king, [40];
influenced by Persian thought, [40]–3;
Nazarene, [61]; sufferings of, [64]–87;
birth of, [88]–117;
servant of God, [188];
identification with Jesus, [205]–9, [236]–9, [245], [264]

Mirzam, [83]

Mithras, as mediator, [38]–41, [49], [56];
sufferings of, [64], [66], [80];
as sun-hero, [96]; birth of, [101];
Mysteries of, [120], [137], [251];
as fire-God, [155];
feast of, [184];
Passion of, [241];
personality of, [281]

Moloch, [56], [70], [77]

Monotheism, [37], [55], [91]

Mordecai, [72]–5, [81]

Moses, [40], [78], [90], [103], [126], [150], [167], [237], [244], [265]

Myrrha, [83], [116]

Mysteries, in Judaism, [55];
of Mithras, [120]–37, [251]

Nabu, [49], [54]

Nanna, [96]

Nassenes, [54], [118], [274]

Nazar, [61]

Nazarene, signification of, [59]–61

Nazarenes, sect, [59], [210]

Nazareth, [59]–61, [81], [239]

Ninus, [117]

Odin, [97]

Osiris, sufferings of, [64];
in sacrifice, [66];
birth of, [96];
hanging of, [148];
feast of, [186];
Passion of, [241]–2;
personality of, [261], [264]

Pasch, [72], [76], [83], [135]

Persephone, [81], [242]

Phanes, [56]

Philo, [48]–51, [53], [197], [204], [236]

Plato, [46]–8, [85], [197]–9

Prometheus, [81]

Protogonos, [56]

Purim, feast of, [72], [81], [85]

Purusha, [113], [130], [131]

Ram, as symbol, [115], [142]–4, [158]

Resurrection, [39], [43], [170], [206], [241]

Ride of the beardless, [73]–5

Sacred tree-trunk, [66], [97], [157]

Sacrifice of representative of God, [66]–70;
of first-born, [76]–7;
substitution of circumcision, [83]

Sandan, [66], [184]

Saoshyant, as Saviour, [39]–42, [49];
as judge of the world, [80];
seed of Zarathustra, [91];
Mysteries of, [137]

Sargon, [103]

Satan, [38]

Saturnalia, [71]

Savitar, [114]

Scapegoat, [67]

Semiramis, [116]–17

Seneca, on the ideal man, [31]–3

Serapis, [150]

Simeon, [104]

Soma cup, [128], [129], [137], [142]

Son of Man, [41], [112]–13, [189], [236]

Spenta Armaiti, [47], [49]

Stoics, [48], [116], [183]–4, [195]

Suffering servant of God, [64]–7, [237]

Sun-cult, [90], [95], [151]

Tammuz, [64]–5, [82]–4, [91], [117], [186]

Tau, as symbol, [149]

Therapeutes, [51]–9

Thoth, as mediator, [49]

Tree, of Life, [43], [49], [156], [157];
in sacrifice, [70], [97]

Twelve, the, [62], [135], [170], [271]

Union with Christ, [194]

Ushas, [101]

Virgin, [39], [102], [103], [117]

Vohu mano, [49]

Wisdom, as Logos, [47], [48]

Word, [47]–50

Zakmuk, [71]

Zarathustra, [39], [236], [257]

Zerubbabel, [57], [58]

Zeus, [56], [64], [81], [101], [137]

Zodiac, [84], [102], [103], [139], [240]

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