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World Saviors and Messiahs of the Roman Empire, 28 BCE-135 CE: The Soterial Age
World Saviors and Messiahs of the Roman Empire 28 BCE135 CE The Soterial Age Author:Milo Kearney, James Zeitz This book seeks to achieve a better understanding of Jesus, and of the birth of Christianity, by placing them in the context of twenty-some living World Saviors and Messiahs who appeared in the first century-and-a-half of the Roman Empire (here defined as the Soterial Age or the Age of Saviors). The first half of the book examines the past histo... more »ry of the contributing cultures in order to understand why this phenomenon occurred at this time and place. It reviews the expectations or prophecies of a coming World Savior in the Zoroastrian, Mithraic, Jewish, and Greco-Roman communities. Prophecies (actual or perceived) which dated the appearance of such a Savior are considered. The second half of the book looks at the acclaimed Roman, Jewish, Samaritan, and Greek Saviors of the Soterial Age itself. The question of why Jesus' followers eventually prevailed over the others is addressed, and the phenomenon is placed in a universal perspective with a review of soterial expectations in early religions around the globe. The book concludes with the impact of the soterial movement on the Roman Empire and later Western World.« less