MYTHOLOGY'S LAST GODS     WILLIAM HARWOOD

PROMETHEUS BOOKS   AMHERST, NEW YORK   1998

Rare material complete in original dust jacket.  Number-line beginning w/2.  Black textured leather like boards, embossed gilt spine titles, lt. shelf wear.   Pages near fine; no writing.  Includes several charts and diagrams.  Bind fine, square; hinges intact.   Dust wrapper, slight wear, discoloration; protected in new clear sleeve.  Near fine in same jacket. 

More than 100 years ago, historians began applying critical methods of documentary analysis to the Judaeo-Christian Bible.  To scholars who had hoped to prove the Bible's authenticity, the results were traumatic.   Mythology's Last Gods is a comprehensive history of the development of Judaeo-Christian god-mythology. 

Harwood traces the beginning of the "god" concept, the evolution of Judaism to the first century, and the evolution of Christianity from its monotheistic beginnings to its emergence as a three-god creed in A.D. 325.  Harwood's work reveals many things including that Jesus the Nazarite preached only Essene Judaism, and that every teaching attributed to him can be traced to a pre-Christian source.  Includes detailed 6-page bibliography and 23-page index.   8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.   416 pages.  Insured post.