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The Lion becomes Man The Gnostic Leontomorphic Creator and the Platonic Tradition by Howard M. Jackson may be of interest.

Andrew Criddle

I have real problems in dating Ode 19 before the Gospel writers. (It may imply knowledge of the protoevangelium or the sources on which the protoevangelium was based) A cup of milk was offered to me, and I drank it in the sweetness of the Lord's kindness. The Son is the cup, and the Father is He who...

One should note however, that some of the most interesting parallels to Christianity among the pagan mysteries are first attested in the post-Christian period. What parallels do you have in mind? What period do you have in mind as 'the post-Christian period'? See for example the passage from Firmic...

..................................... 5. Ba'al is a dying and rising god. Day writes on pages 116-118: I hope to demonstrate that the first clear reference to the literal resurrection of the dead in the Old Testament in Dan. 12.2 is a reinterpretation of the verse in Isa. 26.19 about resurrection, ...

....................................................... If, as seems highly probable, the letter is inauthentic then it is likely to be a deliberate anti-Christian hoax, like a lot of other material in the Augustan Histories. I'm aware the Augustan Histories are considered to be dubious histories, ...

I'm giving references for Baal and Inana I'll try and clarify my difficulty. It is quite possible that there was a Jewish myth in which Yahweh in primeval times battled with the forces of death and/or entered the realm of death, was initially defeated but finally victorious, in a way paralleled by ...

Hippolytus on the Naassenes is relevant.
As is this passage from Clement of Alexandria

Andrew Criddle

...................................................................... I have been meaning to take a closer look at the letter from Hadrian to Servianus. Its authenticity as a Hadrianic letter is, to my mind, very much to be questioned, at the very least; however, that does not necessarily mean tha...

Furthermore "Irenaeus told us that Justin Martyr wrote a work against Marcion, which is now lost." And Trump said he fired Comey for the way he mistreated Clinton not the Russia investigation. What's your point? IIUC we have both speculated that Justin against Marcion was one of the sourc...

Perrin in his controversial work Thomas and Tatian argues that the different saying are connected by link words and link concepts. I'm not sure if this is the sort of thing you are looking for.

Andrew Criddle