The Forgery of the Old Testament and Other Essays

By: Joseph Mccabe

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Paperback | 1 August 1993 | Edition Number 1

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Is the creation story in Genesis nothing more than a botched version of a Babylonian myth? Is 'free will' illusory? Are the Jesuits really educated men? In these three classic essays "The Forgery of the Old Testament", "The Myth of Immortality" and "Lies of Religious Literature" Joseph McCabe (1867-1955), ex-priest and the 'world's greatest scholar', exposes the inconsistencies, absurdities, and outright mendacity that lie behind the most revered texts and 'truths' of Christianity. With forcefulness, clarity, and often biting humor, McCabe attacks two millennia of Christian tradition which, he says, must withdraw before the weapons of science and reason.

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The Forgery of the Old Testament
The Romance of the Old Testament	p. 13
How We Detect the Forgery	p. 18
The Priestly Forgers	p. 25
The Mistakes of "Moses"	p. 32
The Mythical History of the Jews	p. 39
The Truth about the Prophets	p. 45
Pious Fiction	p. 52
Conclusion	p. 58
The Myth of Immortality
The Law of Death	p. 63
Evolution and the Soul	p. 70
Is the Mind a Spirit?	p. 77
What Is Personality?	p. 84
Modern Theories of Immortality	p. 89
The Freedom of the Will	p. 95
Paradise Lost	p. 101
Lies of Religious Literature
What Is a Liar?	p. 109
The Falsification of History	p. 116
Misrepresentation of Science	p. 123
Fundamentalist Fudge	p. 130
Catholic Truth	p. 136
Modernist Morals	p. 145
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