Christianity has no religious idea that lacks resemblance to surrounding religions. Religions do not need to copy each other to have similar ideas, the reason is that the way in which humans deal with divinity is limited. We can say that Christianity has some aspects that are not present in Judaism, the contemporary religion. For example, the virginity of Mary. In Judaism there is no eulogy of virginity. However, there are priestesses in the Greek world who could be sentenced to death if they were caught in some sexual sin. Virginity is therefore a Greek good, not a Semitic good. The institution of the Eucharist through which the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ is not understood in the Jewish sphere either. For Judaism the existence of the Holy Trinity is also impossible, however, we see these ideas in Platonic philosophy.
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What do we know about the lost years of Jesus?
Was the Virgin a myth that came from older cultures?
What do we know about the Virgin Mary?
Where does the story of the Magi come from?
What is the origin of Christmas?
What do we really know about the figure of Judas and his suicide?
Did Jesus have brothers?
Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute?
What can we know about Mary Magdalene and her relationship with Jesus?
Was Mary Magdalene really at the Last Supper?
Was the character deified by the first Christians by reinterpreting existing scriptures?
What were the main currents of early Christianity?
Was Jesus a notable rabbi?
What can we know about the resurrection of Jesus?
What remarkable contribution do the apocryphal gospels make about the life of Jesus?
Could there be in the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas part of the message of a more authentic Jesus?
Why didn't his disciples write about Jesus?
What is the reason why the figure of Jesus has endured in time?
Was Jesus a Christian or did he claim to found any religion?
