Did Jesus Christ really resurrect from the grave after three days? Probably not, it turns out. In 2008 archaeologists found a stone tablet that tells of a Jewish rebel hero who died and came back to life after three days. Jesus? No! His name was Simon, and he lived decades before Jesus. What we learn from this is that the Jews already had a template of the messiah that they expected, and they began applying ...
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I'm the author of Gods of Myth and Man and Evil Be My Good. I have a PhD in comparative literature, and am interested in how mythological and religious symbolism influences contemporary pop culture.
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