The Egyptian Origin of Christianity

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Summary: Reviewer:The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities
Review: "This... is intended for all those who question the origin of Christian symbols, rituals and ceremonies. This book clearly demonstrates the similarities between Egyptian religion and Christianity in general and the modern Roman Catholic Church in particular. The facts are presented in a well-organized structure based on a number of different themes such as: the ceremonial parallels, the Genesis, the Great Flood, the seven Sacraments, the Jesus/Osiris connection, the Mary/Isis connection and the Trinities. It is in the Animism chapter that the author juxtaposes extracts from the Bible and from the Book of the dead. This chapter is eminently revealing.... The topic of this book, and the Egyptian / Christian religious parallel in particular, is rarely addressed in modern literature. Ms. Bargeman meticulously and definitively demonstrates that the Egyptian influence on modern theology can be easily discerned in Christian practices, and that Christianity as a whole is greatly indebted to its Egyptian antecedents. This book should be a welcomed addition to the TO DO list of all (not yet satisfied) avid readers of the now famous "The Da Vinci Code".
- Denis et Claudette Goulet, Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities


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Summary: An informative, iconoclastic analytical survey
Review: Now in a revised second edition, Lisa Ann Bargeman's The Egyptian Origin Of Christianity offers an informative, iconoclastic analytical survey of those non-Biblical contributions to the concepts and ecumenical development of Christianity drawn from the Egyptian religious myths and rituals of antiquity. The juxtaposing of texts from the Bible and from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the comparison of similarities between the story of Osiris and the story of Jesus, the observations of cosmology, physical symbolism, and tradition, are all revealed in startling and unexpected ways that will give serious students of both Egyptian and Christian metaphysics a great deal of food for thought and reflection. Lisa Bargeman adheres to a very high standard of scholarship both in her presentation and in her interpretative commentary. The Egyptian Origin Of Christianity is a welcome and much appreciated contribution to Metaphysical Studies.

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Summary: Offers some surprising insights into Catholicism
Review: This book is at its best in itemizing a surprising number of external forms of worship which the Roman Catholic chuch appears to have adopted wholesale from Egyptian practices. How this happened though is left unexplored, and other parrallels between the religions are not nearly as compelling. Basically this would serve as a useful reference source for someone who is going to do an indepth treatment of the pagan sources of Catholicism.