J. G. Jackson Analysis

The Author J.G. Jackson wrote an interesting book on the Pagan origins of the Christian religion. The author set out to discredit or reveal the Pagan background of the Christian religion and also the similarities to other religions before Christ ever existed. Jackson wrote this book to show others that many of the modern rituals seen today came from other religions long before Christ ever existed using many sources from books including the Bible to show holes in the Christian history.
The book actually was made up mostly of sources from other authors, reverends, and religious experts. This was done quite nicely because the author compared and contrasted these texts leaving it up to the reader to decide what he was trying to say in his overall message. The author used a wide variety of second hand sources because of the time period in which he was trying to gather information from and also the lack of actual evidence from
My reasoning behind this answer lies not in what the book is literally saying, but what the book is trying to get you to do. Reflecting on how short this book is and the broad statements made no person in their right mind would think someone would change their mind behind it. Being the person I am, no one could just tell me something and expect me to believe it. This book is really telling you to go do your research and find out the truth for yourself. This leads me to the next question of the author proving his thesis or not. The author could not prove his thesis in eighteen pages even if that’s what he initially set out to do. With the amount of information in history one could never squeeze hundreds of years of information or prove a thesis like this in a few pages. This takes many sources of historical evidence not just books of second hand sources. The one book (the Bible) Jackson used that had historical significance didn’t provide evidence to prove his