Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Notes: Greek words and some characters may not display properly--in that case, try another version. Transliterations of Greek words can be found in the ascii and html files. Words surrounded by _underscores_ are in italics in the original. Characters superscripted in the original are enclosed in {braces}. Ellipses match the original. A row of asterisks represents a thought break. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A complete list of corrections follows the text. The original sometimes uses two numbered columns for comparisons. This text has the contents of the right column indented like a block quote below the contents of the left column. Other notes follow the text. BIBLE MYTHS AND THEIR PARALLELS IN OTHER RELIGIONS BEING A COMPARISON OF THE Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles WITH THOSE OF HEATHEN NATIONS OF ANTIQUITY CONSIDERING ALSO THEIR ORIGIN AND MEANING BY T. W. DOANE _WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS_ SEVENTH EDITION "_He who knows only one religion knows none._"--PROF. MAX MULLER. "The same thing which is now called CHRISTIAN RELIGION existed among the Ancients. They have begun to call Christian the true religion which existed before."--ST. AUGUSTINE. "Our love for what is old, our reverence for what our fathers used, makes us keep still in the church, and on the very altar cloths, symbols which would excite the smile of an _Oriental_, and lead him to wonder why we send missionaries to his land, while cherishing his faith in ours."--JAMES BONWICK. COPYRIGHT, 1882. COPYRIGHT RENEWED, 1910 Printed in U.S.A. INTRODUCTION.