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Title: He knew a lot about the Essens before others did
Review: Its pretty outdated in many ways including language , BUT there is also insights in this book that you wont get in other comparative texts.What intrigued me was he the made the connections between jesus and the essense and the therepute long before 1947 (this book was written in the 19th century mind you) and before the discovery of the dead sea scrolls. he goes beyond what Philo of alexandria has written way beyond into things that we now know are true. in fact there are insights here that you wont find in any book about jesus and dead sea scrolls.also the chapter on the life of krishna is interesting.But warning there is some borderline racist aspects to this book but keep in mind this was a product of its time. if you can see past it you can get some insights from this book
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