John M. Allegro
John M. Allegro was an English archaeologist and scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He served in the Royal Navy during World War II before studying Hebrew and Greek at Manchester University. In 1968, his translations of scripture commentary known as pesharim were published as Discoveries in the Judaean Desert of Jordan V: 4Q158-4Q186. He resigned his post at the Faculty of Theology at Manchester University shortly before the publication of The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross in 1970.
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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
- By: John M. Allegro
- Narrator: Martyn Swain
- Length: 10 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: December 06, 2022
- Language: English
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Where did God come from? What do the bible stories really tell us? Who or what was Jesus Christ? This book challenges everything we think we know about the nature of religion: -The ancient fertility cult at the heart of Christianity. -The living... Read more
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