Q&A #20: Was Jesus a Rip-Off of Serapis?

Was Jesus Christ a rip-off of the Serapis myth? In this episode, we dive into the origins of the Serapis cult to discover how it started and if had any connection to early Christianity. And along the way, we will be talking about a whole lot of sacred cow.

Please note, that in order to get this out by Monday, I had to pull an all-nighter after doing a full day of work, so I was really tired. As such, I ended up pronouncing “Serapis” a dozen different ways, which may be annoying; however, I did the best I could with the limited amount of sleep.

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[gabrielsyme]

A great rebuttal to the mythicists is a short text by a French theologian name Jean-Baptist’s Peres called “Grand Erratum”. It’s an ingenious text in which he satirically makes the case for Napoleon being a mythical figure similar to the archetypal Apollo, mirroring some claims of his contemporaries who held that Jesus was just a composite of other myths.

In it he makes the case that Napoleon is just another instance of a “sun god”, his name being derived from that of Apollo, his mother’s name means “sunrise”, he was victorious in the south, but defeated in the north, and he was sent to live the rest of his life in the western seas…. among other things.

[TheEngineerd]

"As such, I ended up pronouncing “Serapis” a dozen different ways, which may be annoying;"

Do we win a prize if we find the correct one? Of course, if we get it wrong, we're mythtaken.

[deiansalazar]

New biblical fanfiction: Jesus accidentally reincarnates as a sheep in a American farm and loses hope in humanity and nukes the planet and gives it to the Assyrians. 🤣

[slamrn]

You just covered all the different ways Serapis is pronounced so everyone will know who you are talking about - great job!😀

[rockytopbritt]

The mooing sound effect was hilarious.

[stephenrice]

As it happens, I was eating popcorn while watching this. It actually does add to the experience of seeing/hearing Dr. Falk calling bull on the Serapis claim multiple times.

[jvcoulter]

Wow, this is even shakier than Mithraism. It evaporates under the most simple examination. Thanks for the informative and entertaining takedown, Dr. Falk.

[trappedinpodcast]

The historical orgins of Christianity by Walter Williams…. Bring it to your audience the truth will unlock history forever.

[NB-qods]

Are you planning to do a video on the use of Egyptian iconography in Canaanite art?

[kennethvaughan]

Hi Dr. Falk, thanks for another great video. It’s not an area I would normally have interest in, but you always make these topics fascinating.

If you have time, could you point me
in the right direction for information on the 68AD riot?

[Laddi_ladida]

Mythicists have really muddled things up, people are unable to make head or tail of things. I just watched a video yesterday comparing Serapis to Jesus. Thank you for the clarification.

[hayatelaguna]

Great vid, man. Love all your content.

[Mikaelyahsharal]

All praises to The Most High YAHUAH!!! Someone is teaching truth

[davy]

I Agree with the points you make. Most of the people that say "JeSuS WaS StOlen FrOm PaGaniSm, Ze1tGEIST and Acient AlieNz are ignorant about Hellenism and what Alexander did (The he-goat in Daniel 8) or started because he died young. I do think that every ancient god is the same "guy" but is just an updated version of itself and more compatible with the culture cosmetically, and constantly evolving his attributes with syncretism (Paul had is debate with Stoic Philosophers in Acts 17). Baal/Zeus/Osiris/Moloch all had there "bull mode" and I do think that Aaron made the golden calf (or Cherub) by the gods that the Isrealites seen all those generations when being slaves in Egypt.

It is know that under Ptolomy 1-2 Manetho was a priest of the Serapis cult and used Serapis as his patron god for political and religious goals. Ptolomy 1 was also worshipped as a god as he convinced the Egyptians that he was somehow related to Alexander after he stole Alexander's corpse on his way back to Macedon for burial. The Egyptians believed that Alexander was the son of Zeus-Amon (already a mixed god) after his visit at the Oracle of Siwa which gave the "right" for Ptolomy to become the first Greek Pharaoh.
The book "The oriental cults in Roman Britain" by Eve Harris, they found statues of Serapis and Serpeum's, Serapis/Saturnus in Britain! along with other eastern deities such as Mithra (the bull slayer ;) I firmly believe that the roman catholic version of Jesus is an hellenized version of the real Jesus and paganized all the old gods and Christianised it. The Sacraments/eucharist etc are just the same ancient pagan rituals that Rome Christianised for their own agenda, including the priesthood and the whole papal structure. In ancient cults you had to do these "works" to maintain salvation or being initiated. In Attis cults they ate organs and drank blood to "have communion with Attis" just like the Eucharist, and baptism mentioned in your video. So yeah saying that Jesus is Serapis or some other solar deity is just nonsense!

They all try to put down Jesus with these pagan gods, like the Psalmist says in:
Psalm 62:
4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency.

Great video!!!!

[kylehall]

Serapis was spoken of as the leader of souls....leading souls to the light and receiving them again....he raises the dead, he will save us after death and we will be protected in his providence

[Jon]

I thought I knew a lot about Egyptian and Greek gods, however I didn’t know about Serapis until I played Assassin’s Creed Origins a few years ago and explored his temple in the game.

[ref]

Great explanation on point one! I was wondering why depictions of Christ aren't totally in line with Jewish customs and scriptural descriptions that likely could apply to Jesus' appearance. But that makes a lot of sense, being those early artist depictions originate from the Hellenized cultures.

[webslinger]

I think you should do more videos on atheists like you did with holy Kool-Aid. 👍👍

[EarthZepTepi]

First off Egyptology is NOT I repeat IS NOT Anicent Kemet this guy is just Blah Blah Blah..it's not making no sense to me what he saying ask me and I show you the proof of aerapi to jesus

[camsanders]

In interviews I've seen you say your a Christian yet at 23:23-23:26 you said "...these 2 myths are not the same." is this a mistake or am I mistaken about you being a christian