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050	0	0	_aBT205 .F43 1993
100	0		_aFideler, David R. 1961-
245		0	_aJesus Christ, sun of God; ancient cosmology and early Christian symbolism
250			_a1st ed
300			_axviii, 430 p.; illus.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; indices
336			_a text _b txt _2 rdacontent
337			_a unmediated _b n _2 rdamedia
338			_a volume _b nc _2 rdacarrier
500			_aCumont, Franz. 1868-1947 : Cumont's theory of Mithraism based on Persian roots has undergone major revision since 1970 in favor of a constellational theory.. Symbolism of Bull : Ch. 6.. Astrology - Precession of The Equinoxes : see index under Precession .... Numbers (In Religion, Folklore, etc.) : See index under numbers, gematria, Logos, mathematics, number canon, arithmology.. Orphism : see index under Orpheus, Orphic Writings, Orphism.. Hermes Trismegistus : Emerald tablet; symbolism; see index.. Apollo (Greek Deity) : god of sun, logos and harmony; see index.
505	0		_aChapters: Cosmology and the search for unity - 1. In the beginning: philosophy and initiation in the ancient world - 2. Gematria: the secret language of the Christian mysteries - 3. The solar logos: the 'Word of the Sun' in Hellenistic mysticism and cosmology - 4. The harmony of Apollo: the origins of Gematria in ancient Greece - 5. The Miraculous Feeding of the Five Thousand and other mysteries of the New Testament - 6. The Gospel of John and the Gnostic tradition - 7. New light on the Mithraic myteries - 8. The birth of the Aeon: Christianity and the renewal of time - 9. The Orphic Christ and the 'New Song' of Christianity - 10. The harmony that was, is, and ever shall be - Appendix I. The Miraculous Catch of 153 Fish in The Unbroken Net - II. The hymn of the pearl
520	3		_a'...focuses on the pre-Christian idea of the Logos, the pattern of Harmony which was seen as underlying the order of the universe, and which some of the earliest Christians identified with the figure of Jesus, the avatar of the Christian faith. As such, this is not a book about the historical Jesus, but shows how, in antiquity, Jesus and other divine figures were represented as symbolic personifications of cosmic principles.'
563			_aPaperback
650			_aBible. Apocrypha _2FAST
650			_aBible _2FAST
650			_aChurch history--Primitive and early church _2FAST
650			_aLogos _2FAST
650			_aChristianity and Other Religions _2FAST
650			_aGnosticism--Relations--Christianity _2FAST
650			_aPaganism--Relations--Christianity _2FAST
650			_aCosmology, Ancient _2FAST
650			_aTime _2FAST
650			_aMithraism _2FAST
650			_aCumont, Franz. 1868-1947 _2FAST
650			_aSymbolism of Bull _2FAST
650			_aSymbolism of Sun _2FAST
650			_aSun (In Religion, Folklore, etc.) _2FAST
650			_aPythagoras _2FAST
650			_aStars (In Religion, Folklore, etc.) _2FAST
650			_aNumbers (In Religion, Folklore, etc.) _2FAST
650			_aOrphism _2FAST
650			_aOrpheus _2FAST
650			_aPlato. 428-347 B.C. _2FAST
650			_aPisces, Age of (Astrology) _2FAST
650			_aOrigen _2FAST
650			_aOmphalos _2FAST
650			_aHermes (Greek deity) _2FAST
650			_aHermes Trismegistus _2FAST
650			_aApollo (Deity) _2FAST
650			_aAion (Greek deity) _2FAST
650			_aHymn of the Soul _2FAST
650			_aBible. John _2FAST
942			_cBOOKS _kRj _mFid
999			_c53291 _d53291
264			_aWheaton, Ill _bQuest Books _cc1993