CHAPTER IV.

ORIENTAL COSMOGONIES AND BIBLE RECORDS.

Discrepancies in the Pentateuch 167 Indian, Chaldean and Ophite systems compared 170 Who were the first Christians? 178 Christos and Sophia-Achamoth 183 Secret doctrine taught by Jesus 191 Jesus never claimed to be God 193 New Testament narratives and Hindu legends 199 Antiquity of the “Logos” and “Christ” 205 Comparative Virgin-worship 209