Jesus VS Osiris

(Originally posted on Dec 15, 2017)
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Was Jesus based on the Egyptian god Osiris? Many on the internet seem to think so, and this video addresses this claim.

Sources:

John Gywn Griffiths - The Origins of Osiris and His Cult

Dmitri Meeks - Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods

Alan Shorter - Egyptian Gods: A Handbook

Plutarch - Isis and Osiris

Jonathan Z. Smith - Dying and Rising Gods, Encyclopedia of Religion

Erik Hornung - Conceptions of God In Ancient Egypt

Christian Roy - Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia

Claude Traunecker - The Gods of Egypt

Hew Dalrymple Daunt - The Centre of Ancient Civilization