EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY AND EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANITY, with Their Influence on the Opinions of Modern Christendom
London: John Russell Smith, 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. With this work, the Unitarian scholar Samuel Sharpe (1799-1881) aimed at demonstrating how false doctrines traceable back to the ancient Egyptians had made their way into mainstream Christianity, including "the Trinity, the two natures of Christ, and the atonement by vicarious sufferings." Octavo: xii, 116, [4, ads] pp. with 104 woodcuts. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titles and blind-stamped borders and decorations. Previous owner's ink signature to the front flyleaf, with a bookseller's ink stamp to the front pastedown. A bit of toning and wear along the extremities; otherwise very good. Scarce. Very good. Item #78644
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