The Golden Bough scandalized the British public when first published, as it included the Christian story of the resurrection of Jesus in its comparative study. Critics thought this treatment invited an agnostic reading of the Lamb of God as a relic of a pagan religion.
For the third edition, Frazer placed his analysis of the Crucifixion in a speculative appendix — while discussion of Christianity was excluded from the single-volume abridged edition.[6][7]
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