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Parallels bet ween Jesus and
Horus, an Egypt ian God
Quotations:
"The Christ ian myt hs were f irst relat ed of Horus or Osiris, who was t he embodiment of divine goodness,
wisdom, t rut h and purit y...This was t he great est hero t hat ever lived in t he mind of man -- not in t he
f lesh -- t he only hero t o whom t he miracles were nat ural because he was not human."1
"...I am t he LORD t hy God f rom t he land of Egypt , and t hou shalt know no god but me: f or t here is no
saviour beside me." Hosea 13: 4, King James Version. This passage may have an addit ional and complet ely
different meaning from t hat usually assigned.
Background:
About Yeshua of Nazaret h:He is commonly ref erred t o as Jesus Christ , alt hough Joshua would be a more
accurat e t ranslat ion of his first name. "Christ " is not his last name; it is simply t he Greek word for "Messi ah," or
"anoint ed one. " Theologians have discovered about 50 gospels which were widely used by Jewish, Pauline and
Gnost ic groups wit hin t he early Christ ian movement . Only four of t hese were chosen by t he surviving group,
Pauline Christ ianit y, and were included in t he Bible. Those four Gospels describe Jesus as a Jew who was born t o
a virgin in Palest ine circa 4 t o 7 BCE. He is port rayed as a rabbi, t eacher, healer, exorcist , magician, prophet , and
religious leader who had a one year (according t o Mark, Mat t hew and Luke) or a t hree year (according t o John)
minist ry in Palest ine, st art ing when he was about 30 years old. Most Christ ians believe t hat he was execut ed by
t he Roman occupying army, visit ed t he underworld, was resurrect ed, spent 40 days wit h his disciples, and t hen
ascended t o heaven. Most Christ ian denominat ions view Jesus as God, and as t he Son of God, t he second person
in the Trinity.|
Conservat ive Christ ians view t he Gospels as being inerrantw hose aut hor s w er e inspired by God. The Gospel s and ot her passages in t he Bible are most ly int erpret ed lit erally. Muslims revere Jesus as a great prophet -- next only t o Muhammad in import ance. They regard t he assert ion t hat Jesus is God t o be blasphemy.
About Horus: Various ancient Egyptian statues and writings tell of Horus, (pronounced "hohr'-uhs;"
a.k.a. Harseisis, Heru-sa-Aset (Horus, son of Isis), Heru-ur (Horus t he elder), Hr, and Hrw), a creat or sky God. He
was worshipped t housands of years before t he first cent uryCE -- t he t ime when Jesus was minist ering in
Pal est ine.2 Horus was oft en represent ed as a st ylized eye symbol, symbolizing t he eye of a falcon. He was also present ed "in t he shape of a sparrow hawk or as a man [ or l ion] wit h a hawk's head."3 He is of t en shown as an infant cradled by his mot her Isis. He was considered t o be t he son of t wo maj or Egypt ian deit ies: t he God Osirus
and and t he Goddess Isis. In adult hood, he avenged his f at her's murder, and became recognized as t he God of
civil order and j ust ice. Each of t he Egypt ian pharaohs were believed t o be t he living embodiment -- an
incarnat ion -- of Horus.4
Isis with Horus5
Horus5
"A list of the names of all the gods of Egypt would fill pages. But all these gods were only forms, attributes or
phases of Ra, t he solar god, who himself was t he supreme symbol or met aphor f or God....Horus, t he son of
Osirus and Isis, is himself an aspect of Ra."6
Life events shared by Horus and Jesus
St ories from t he life of Horus had been circulat ing for cent uries before Jesus birt h (circa 4 t o 7 BCE). If any
copying occurred by t he writ ers of t he Egypt ian or Christ ian religions, it was t he followers of Jesus who
incorporat ed int o his biography t he myt hs and legends of Horus, not vice-versa.
Aut hor and t heologian Tom Harpur st udied t he works of t hree aut hors who have writ t en about ancient Egypt ian
religion: Godf rey Higgins (1771-1834), Gerald Massey (1828-1907) and Alvin Boyd Kuhn (1880-1963). Harpur
incorporat ed some of t heir findings int o his book "Pagan Chr i st ." He argued t hat all of t he essent ial ideas of bot h
Judaism and Christ ianit y came primarily from Egypt ian religion. "[Aut hor Gerald] Massey discovered nearly t wo
hundred inst ances of immediat e correspondence bet ween t he myt hical Egypt ian mat erial and t he allegedly
hi st or i cal Chr i st i an wr i t i ngs about Jesus. Hor us i ndeed was t he ar chet ypal Pagan Chr i st."7
Comparison of some life events of Horus and Jesus:
Event
Horus
Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus
Concept ion:
By a virgin.
By a virgin.8
Fat her:
Only begot t en son of t he God Osiris.
Only begot t en son of Yehovah (in t he
form of the Holy Spirit).
Mot her:
Meri.9
Miriam (a.k.a. Mary).
Fost er fat her:
Seb, (Jo-Seph).9
Joseph.
Fost er fat her's
ancest ry:
Of royal descent .
Of royal descent .
Birth location:
In a cave.
In a cave or st able.
Annunciat ion:
By an angel t o Isis, his mot her.
By an angel t o Miriam, his mot her.8
Birt h heralded by:
The st ar Sirius, t he morning st ar.
An unident ified "st ar i n t he East ."
Birth date:
Ancient Egypt ians paraded a manger and
child represent ing Horus t hrough t he st reet s
at the time of the winter solstice (typically
DEC- 21) .
Celebrat ed on DEC-25. The dat e was
chosen t o occur on t he same dat e as t he
birt h of Mit hra, Dionysus and t he Sol
Invict us (unconquerable Sun), et c.
Birt h announcement :
By angel s.
By angel s.8
Birth witnesses:
Shepherds.
Shepherds.8
Later witnesses to
birth:
Three solar deit ies.
Three wise men.8
Deat h t hreat during
inf ancy:
Herut t ried t o have Horus murdered.
Herod t ried t o have Jesus murdered.
Handling t he t hreat :
The GodTh at t ells Horus' mot her "Come,
t hou goddess Isis, hide t hyself wit h t hy child."
An angel t ells Jesus' fat her t o: "Ar i se
and t ake t he young chil d and his
mot her and f lee int o Egypt ."
Rit e of passage rit ual:Horus came of age wit h a special rit ual,
when his eye was rest ored.
Taken by parent s t o t he t emple for what is t oday called a bar mit zvah ritual.
Age at t he rit ual:
12
12
Break in life history:
No dat a bet ween ages of 12 & 30.
No dat a bet ween ages of 12 & 30.
Bapt ism locat ion:
In t he river Eridanus.
In t he river Jordan.
Age at bapt ism:
30.
30.
Bapt ized by:
Anup t he Bapt iser.
John t he Bapt ist .
Subsequent fat e of
t he bapt iser:
Beheaded.
Beheaded.
Tempt at ion:
Taken f rom t he desert of Ament a up a high
mount ain by his arch-rival Sut . Sut (a.k.a.
Set ) was a precursor for t he Hebrew Sat an.
Taken from t he desert in Palest ine up a
high mount ain by his arch-rival Sat an.
Result of temptation: Horus resists temptation.
Jesus resist s t empt at ion.
Close followers:
Twelve disciples.
Twelve disciples.
Activities:
Walked on wat er, cast out demons, healed
t he sick, rest ored sight t o t he blind. He
"st illed t he sea by his power ."
Walked on wat er, cast out demons,
healed t he sick, rest ored sight t o t he
blind. He ordered t he sea wit h a "Peace,
be still" command.
Raising of t he dead:
Horus raised Osirus, his dead father, from
t he grave.1 0
Jesus raised Lazarus f rom t he grave.
Locat ion where t he
resurrection miracle
occurred:
Anu, an Egypt ian cit y where t he rit es of t he deat h, burial and resurrect ion of Horus were enact ed annually.1 0
Hebrews added t heir prefix for house
('bet h") t o "Anu" t o produce"Bet h - Anu " or t he "House of Anu. " Since "u" and "y" were int erchangeable in ant iquit y,
"Bet hanu" became "Bet hany, " t he
locat ion ment ioned in John 11.
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