Post by imhotep06 on Feb 25, 2011 3:39:43 GMT -5
Passion of the Christ or Passion of Osiris: A Kongo Origins for the Jesus Myth
In this text, Asar Imhotep joins the debate, armed with original research, concerning the historicity and existence of the Hebrew savior Jesus the Christ of the first century CE. This work seeks to answer the question whether Jesus the Christ was an actual person—whose life is accurately recorded in the Biblical text—or is he a mythological character inspired by earlier myths that were popular in the area of Palestine during this time period? Analyzing data from the fields of cultural anthropology, comparative religion and historical comparative linguistics, Asar asserts that Jesus of the Bible is a mythological figure whose story originates in the Great Lakes region of Africa (among the Cyena Ntu/Bantu family), which moved up the Nile Valley into the Sahara region during the Naptian Pluvial period, which later spread into places like Egypt and the Near East. It is from this location that Jesus, in the form of Osiris, was adopted and modified to better align itself with the culture and ideologies of the Hebrew priest-class. Jesus is a personification for a title of a priest-class called Nganga found all over Central, East and South Africa in modern times. Our case study examines four cultural areas to establish linguistic and cultural parallels to make the case for an African origin of Jesus: Nigeria (Yoruba Ifa), The Democratic Republic of Congo (Luba, Lega), Ancient Egypt (Rmt, Luntu) and Palestine (Hebrews). Other areas of Africa will be explored for supportive references.
Explorations of the book:
- A systematic examination of the linguistic and conceptual relationships between the gods Esu (Yoruba), Wsr/Jsr (Egypt) and Yeshua/Jesus (Hebrew) which demonstrates that all three are the exact same deity.
- We explore the purpose, role and vitality of African Centers of Wisdom (misnomered “secret societies”).
- Demonstrates how the Yoruba system of Ifá can illuminate obscure concepts among the ancient Egyptians and among the Hebrews
- We engage in an expanded discussion of the meanings of the Ankh symbol in Central Africa and how it relates to the Cross adopted by the ancient Hebrews.
- We demonstrate Yeshua’s origin among “water” and “plant” life.
- We also examine the African origins of the word "God" which found its way into English.
- Showcases more than 23 points of correspondences between Jesus and Osiris with linguistic confirmations in the Yoruba and Tshiluba languages.
- Discover what a “real” messiah and savior is in African communities of memory (mashiakh, musungidi, musungila, musungelo, mununga)
- Provides a new purpose for the Jesus myth with a new association with land and agriculture.
- This work resituates Wsr, Esu and Yeshua in its earth-based contexts and suggests ways to reintroduce an earth-centered public discourse as imagined by the ancients who creatively fashioned these stories to serve such a purpose.
- We introduce the people in central Africa who are called Osiris/Wsr/Yeshua to this day (Wsr-Ankh, Washil-Anga, Bwashilanga-Luba).
- Explores the dangers of not having “Jesus” in our lives, and the risk to human and other biological life-forms as conceptualized by the ancient Africans.
- And more…
Table of Contents:
Dedication 3
Acknowledgements 5
Introduction 6
Method 9
Understanding African Wisdom Traditions 16
In The Name of Jesus? 26
Folk-Etymology 29
Jesus/Osiris “lords of life”…and Water! 59
Bread of Life 70
The Divine Shepherd 72
The Passion 75
I am the way – The Cross and The crossroads 76
The Messiah 93
The African schools of Life 99
King of Kings 104
Osiris, ESu, Jesus – The “way” 110
Conclusion 121
Bibliography 143
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