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| [Prefatory Note] | vii |
| ChapterI.—[THEAPPROACH] | 1 |
| ChapterII.—[THECENTRAL MYTH] | 24 |
| § 1. | [The Ground of Conflict] | 24 |
| § 2. | [The Sacrificial Rite] | 31 |
| § 3. | [Contingent Elements] | 39 |
| § 4. | [The Mock-King Ritual] | 50 |
| § 5. | [Doctrinal Additions] | 53 |
| § 6. | [Minor Ritual and Myth Elements] | 57 |
| § 7. | [The Cross] | 61 |
| § 8. | [The Suffering Messiah] | 64 |
| § 9. | [The Rock Tomb] | 67 |
| § 10. | [The Resurrection] | 70 |
| ChapterIII.—[ROOTS OFTHE MYTH] | 72 |
| § 1. | [Historical Data] | 72 |
| § 2. | [Prototypes] | 91 |
| § 3. | [The Mystery-Drama] | 96 |
| ChapterIV.—[EVOLUTIONOF THE CULT] | 107 |
| § 1. | [The Primary Impulsion] | 107 |
| § 2. | [The Silence of Josephus] | 121 |
| § 3. | [The Myth of the Twelve Apostles] | 126 |
| § 4. | [The Process of Propaganda] | 135 |
| § 5. | [Real Determinants] | 148 |
| ChapterV.—[ORGANIZATION AND ECONOMICS] | 157 |
| § 1. | [The Economic Side] | 157 |
| § 2. | [Organization] | 162 |
| ChapterVI.—[EARLYBOOK-MAKING] | 170 |
| § 1. | [The “Didachê”] | 170 |
| § 2. | [The Apocalypse] | 173 |
| § 3. | [Epistles] | 176 |
| ChapterVII.—[GOSPEL-MAKING] | 182 |
| § 1. | [Tradition] | 182 |
| § 2. | [Schmiedel’s Tests] | 188 |
| § 3. | [Tendential Tests] | 192 |
| § 4. | [Historic Summary] | 202 |
| ChapterVIII.—[SUPPLEMENTARY MYTH] | 207 |
| § 1. | [Myths of Healing] | 207 |
| § 2. | [Birth Myths] | 209 |
| § 3. | [Minor Myths] | 217 |
| ChapterIX.—[CONCLUSION] | 223 |
| AppendixA.—[TRANSLATION OF “THE TEACHING OF THE TWELVEAPOSTLES,” WITH NOTES] | 235 |
| AppendixB.—[THE MYTHOF SIMON MAGUS] | 248 |
| [Index] | 261 |