John G. Jackson

So, I have a good and bad to share about this book.

The good, is that the author references a lot of older texts, from the 1800's and early 1900's. Unfortunately, it's all too often that writers will limit themselves to books written within the last ten or fifteen years, instead of reaching through the history of human thought as well as drawing from the present.

Unfortunately, the good ends there.

I won't bother to do a full refutation of the majority of the points in the book, but I will present 2 key points for you to think about when reading the book:

1) The author presents few if any reference to the actual texts of other religions to justify his claims about their beliefs. While he should also have presented reference to the Bible when making claims about Jesus, the Bible is ubiquitous enough that such references could seemingly be considered common knowledge. Osiris and Horus legends are by no means as common, nor are Mithraic traditions or Buddhist history.

2) Many of the claims about those other beliefs are completely wrong. Again, I'll only list one now for simplicity sake: Horus was not born on December 25. Horus is not claimed to have been born on December 25. Horus' birthday was celebrated during the "Epagomenal Days" in August.

I will let atheist historian Tim O'Neill offer his thoughts on the subject as well:

https://www.quora.com/Was-the-Egyptian-God-Horus-born-on-the-25th-of-December-Wh...… (meer)

John G. Jackson foi um dos maiores historiadores que a revolução preta já deu, seus estudos influenciaram o que futuramente seria chamado de Afrocentricidade. Com apenas 17 anos de idade, seus escritos sobre a história antiga foram notados pelo Honorável Marcus Garvey, que o convidou para escrever no jornal da UNIA, o Negro World, fazendo com que o jovem Jackson fosse lido mundialmente. Em Etiópia e a Origem da Civilização, o Dr. Jackson aponta a influência direta que as contribuições vindas da Etiópia tiveram para a história da criação da sociedade. Na segunda parte, chamada de Cristianismo Antes de Cristo, ele usa seus estudos em Arqueologia, Religião Comparada, História e Antiguidade Clássica para propor que nada no cristianismo é original, mas que todas as características e doutrinas do que é agora conhecido como cristianismo foram retiradas das culturas e religiões da África antiga. Nesse livro você encontrará uma maneira breve e direta de entender como o povo preto foi responsável por erguer as bases tecnológicas e intelectuais para a civilização atual.… (meer)

Originally published in 1938, this book was written by an atheist who studied many ancient religions and in comparing them found their roots all to be traced to Africa and the kingdom of Kush (modern day Ethiopia). This is a very scholarly work, filled with quotations and cross references, not the ravings of someone with a cause based only on emotion. It raises questions for anyone, regardless of their religion, on the nature and qualities of God. It is also an excellent resource for further study.… (meer)