Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles WITH

Those of Heathen Nations of Antiquity CONSIDERING ALSO

THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING

By T. W. DOANE

INTRODUCTION.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF

AUTHORS AND BOOKS QUOTED IN THIS WORK. Abbot (Lyman). A

PART I. THE OLD TESTAMENT.

CHAPTER I. THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN.

CHAPTER II. THE DELUGE. [19:1]

CHAPTER III. THE TOWER OF BABEL.

CHAPTER IV. THE TRIAL OF ABRAHAM'S FAITH.

CHAPTER V. JACOB'S VISION OF THE LADDER.

CHAPTER VI. THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT, AND PASSAGE THROUGH THE RED SEA.

CHAPTER VII. RECEIVING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

CHAPTER VIII. SAMSON AND HIS EXPLOITS.

CHAPTER IX. JONAH SWALLOWED BY A BIG FISH.

CHAPTER X. CIRCUMCISION.

CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION OF PART FIRST.

PART II. THE NEW TESTAMENT.

CHAPTER XII. THE MIRACULOUS BIRTH OF CHRIST JESUS.

CHAPTER XIII. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.

CHAPTER XIV. THE SONG OF THE HEAVENLY HOST.

CHAPTER XV. THE DIVINE CHILD RECOGNIZED AND PRESENTED WITH GIFTS.

CHAPTER XVI. THE BIRTH-PLACE OF CHRIST JESUS.

CHAPTER XVII. THE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST JESUS.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS.

CHAPTER XIX. THE TEMPTATION, AND FAST OF FORTY DAYS.

CHAPTER XX. THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST JESUS.

CHAPTER XXI. THE DARKNESS AT THE CRUCIFIXION.

CHAPTER XXII. "HE DESCENDED INTO HELL."

CHAPTER XXIII. THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST JESUS.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST JESUS, AND THE MILLENNIUM.

CHAPTER XXV. CHRIST JESUS AS JUDGE OF THE DEAD.

CHAPTER XXVI. CHRIST JESUS AS CREATOR, AND ALPHA AND OMEGA.

CHAPTER XXVII. THE MIRACLES OF CHRIST JESUS AND THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS.

CHAPTER XXVIII. CHRIST CRISHNA AND CHRIST JESUS COMPARED.

CHAPTER XXIX. CHRIST BUDDHA AND CHRIST JESUS COMPARED.

CHAPTER XXX. THE EUCHARIST OR LORD'S SUPPER.

CHAPTER XXXI. BAPTISM.

CHAPTER XXXII. THE WORSHIP OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER.

CHAPTER XXXIII. CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS.

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE BIRTH-DAY OF CHRIST JESUS.

CHAPTER XXXV. THE TRINITY.

CHAPTER XXXVI. PAGANISM IN CHRISTIANITY.

CHAPTER XXXVII. WHY CHRISTIANITY PROSPERED.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ANTIQUITY OF PAGAN RELIGIONS.

CHAPTER XXXIX. EXPLANATION.

CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION.

APPENDIX.

APPENDIX A.

APPENDIX B.

APPENDIX C.

APPENDIX D.

INDEX.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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