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Review title: Thoughtful and intriguing overview of mystery cults
Product review: Walter Burkert is a reputable scholar and provides a great deal of information regarding early mystery cults. I found the information useful even when I disagreed with him about his conclusions; specifically he aims to lead readers away from the conclusion that Christianity had too much in common, or was based upon, early mystery cult traditions - although based on the text this would be an easy assumption to make.The main difference it seems is that Burkert treats these cults as dead religions with a certain amount of condescension, while not concealing his higher evaluation of Christianity. He claims that "there is no evidence" for the resurrection of Attis or Osiris (as opposed to the presumed evidence that Jesus actually rose from the dead) and that Persephone's followers are not resurrected (as opposed to Christians, who will be).Read the book yourselves, but focus on the information provided rather than the beliefs of the author.
