Allegro, John

Allegro, John The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross London, 1970... 

Allegro, John The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth Westbridge Books, London, 1979... 

John Allegro, a leading Dead Sea Scroll scholar and author of The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross, a daring volume of speculation about the origins of religion. 

Leeturer John Allegro examines a dried specimen of the sacred mushroom. 

The author of this remarkable book is 47-year-old John M. Allegro, lecturer in Old Testament and Inter-Testamental Studies at Manchester University, and a philologist—a student of words and language. 

Why are they handling it Says their managing director, Mr. Robin Denniston John Allegro unquestionably raises fundamental and revolutionary religious questions. But even if he can be challenged on some of his interpretations, our feeling is that this is a serious and deeply important contribution to an area of knowledge which is of vital concern, not just to the Christian community, but to every literate person. ... 

THE SACRED MUSHROOM AND THE CROSS BEGINNING THE MOST CHALLENGING BOOK FOR YEARS by JOHN ALLEGRO... 

JOHN allegro s controversial theory that strikes at the very foundations of Christianity.. 

WORSHIP BY ORGY TURNED THESE WOMEN INTO WITCHES A startling theory that Christianity is a hoax based on a sex-drug cult By JOHN ALLEGRO... 

JOHN allegro s startling theory that challenges all Christian belief. 

John Allegro first recognized the importance of swallowing (from tevaTa) in 1970. He related the names Jesus and Joshua to dew and the semen that heals and saves. 

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