Jesus vs. Mithra

(Originally posted on Sep 16, 2016)
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Was Jesus based on the Persian God Mithra? Many on the internet seem to think so, and this video addresses this claim.

Sources:
Marta Vannucci - The Vedic God Mitra

David Ulansey - The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries

Commodianus - Instructions 13

The Avesta

Roger Beck - Merkelbach's Mithras

Roger Beck - Religion of the Mithras Cult

Michelle Salzman - Minding Time: Pagan and Christians Notions of the Week in the Fourth-Century Roman Empire

Maarten Jozef Vermaseren - Mithras, the Secret God

Michael Speidel - Mithras-Orion, Greek Hero and Roman Army God