Louis Jacolliot

French lawyer, colonial judge, traveler and prolific writer (1837–1890) known for translations and popular works on Indian religion, mythology and occult topics.

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  1. 1. The Bible In India, Or The Life Of Iezeus Christna

    The Life of Iezeus Christna

    A provocative 19th-century comparative study arguing that Christian narratives and the figure of Jesus derive from earlier Indian (and related Eastern) myths—especially the Krishna tradition—by drawing parallels in stories, rituals, names, and supposed linguistic roots; it advances philological, historical, and archaeological claims to support a diffusionist thesis that biblical accounts have Eastern antecedents. The book is speculative and polemical, reflecting colonial-era orientalist methods, and has been widely criticized for selective evidence and methodological weaknesses.

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