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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth
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And then there's also the sacred mushroom in the cross, the John Marco Allegro book, where he where he was one of the ordained ministers that was his task was to decode the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2026 Listen at 44:38 What they say about it
- Written after first book“wrote a second book”2
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John Marco Allegro wrote a second book called The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth after they bought out his first book.
Michael Shermer The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2018 There's also another book that he wrote that he wrote a second book because the first book got bought out the second book was the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth okay and it was very very controvers controversial.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2014 He came out with another book called the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Christian myth which is still available.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Apr 2018 That was The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth and I think it felt to me when I read that one it's almost like he has to write a book because they took the other one away.
Jordan Peterson The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2024 Where and when it comes up
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth by John Marco Allegro is a controversial scholarly investigation that attempts to link ancient religious texts and Christian origins to the use of hallucinogenic plants and mystery cults. The book has frequently captivated guests on The Joe Rogan Experience, where Joe Rogan has repeatedly discussed Allegro's theories with various interviewees, including Michael Shermer, Brian Muraresku, and Jordan Peterson. Rogan and his guests often recount how Allegro, an ordained scholar originally tasked with translating the Dead Sea Scrolls, pursued these radical hypotheses after his mainstream academic interpretations faced suppression or controversy. Jordan Peterson discussed the book while evaluating how Allegro's alternative religious histories paralleled his earlier forbidden research, and Brian Muraresku analyzed the chronological sequence of Allegro's written works concerning ancient sacraments. Although fringe and heavily disputed by mainstream historians, the book remains a frequent subject of fascination among podcast guests exploring alternative theories of religious evolution, psychoactive substances, and ancient mythology.
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Joe Rogan And then there's also the sacred mushroom in the cross, the John Marco Allegro book, where he where he was… 6
“And then there's also the sacred mushroom in the cross, the John Marco Allegro book, where he where he was one of the ordained ministers that was his task was to decode the Dead Sea Scrolls.”
“and then he wrote another book called I think that was it God this the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth is his his other book that he wrote about it”
“did you read uh the dead sea scrolls in the christian myth as well from allegro”
“he came out with another book called the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Christian myth which is still available”
“There's also another book that he wrote that he wrote a second book because the first book got bought out the second book was the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth okay and it was very very controvers controversial”
“it's called the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Christian myth”
Brian Muraresku and then he so he comes out the second book the dead sea scrolls in the christian myth what 1
“and then he so he comes out the second book the dead sea scrolls in the christian myth what”
Daniele Bolelli one of them was called the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth and the first one was called The Sacred… 1
“one of them was called the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth and the first one was called The Sacred Mushroom in the cross”
Jordan Peterson That was um the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth and I think it it felt to me when I read that one… 1
“That was um the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth and I think it it felt to me when I read that one it's almost like he has to write a book because they took the other one away because it's kind of like saying most of the same stuff”
Michael Shermer then John Marko Allegro wrote a second book called the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth after they b… 1
“then John Marko Allegro wrote a second book called the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth after they bought out his first book”
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“I think it was bought up by the Catholic Church and they stopped production of it and then he released a new book called the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth and that one was available.”
“and so then he made another book called The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian myth that was based on the same material”
“the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Christian myth and the sacred mushroom in the cross books on that but he was a usually guy who studied that the Dead Sea Scrolls”