Re: Pictures of Loc 111 at Qumran

On 25 Apr, 00:39, Day Brown <daybr...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 24, 2:24 am, Roger Pearse <roger_pea...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 24 Apr, 06:50, Day Brown <daybr...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The fact that the nativity in the Gospels was ripped off from the
birth ofMithrasshows us the influence of Zoroastrian texts.

I'm afraid that you've been misled by some misinformation online. The
oft-repeated statements that "Mithras was born of a virgin" (etc) are
all in fact false, and no such statements are to be found in
antiquity.

http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras

Nor does Mithras have anything to do with Zoroastrianism; nor Mitra
with Mithras, nor Mitra with 'parallels with Christ'. Always ask to
see the ancient data that backs any such stuff -- it will not be
forthcoming.

i DIDNT get it off line. Its cited in Joseph Campbell, "Occiental
Mythology"...

Still tosh, tho.

Among other things, he
traces the evolution of Zorastrianism out of the earlier Vedas, and
then goes on to show how Mithraic tradition expanded on them.

Since, however, the Roman cult of Mithras has no connection with the
Vedas, this shows that Campbell is not acquainted with modern
scholarship on the subject about which he writes. :-(

He also reports Mithraric texts that say
when Mithras was born (of what varies with the source), the "Angels in
heaven came down blowing their trumpets to tell the shepards watching
their flocks by nite."

Ask to see which text specifically. No such ancient text exists.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

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