SOURCE: Frost, William P. “Joseph Campbell's Views on the Oneness of Jesus and His Father.” In Following Joseph Campbell's Lead in the Search for Jesus' Father, pp. 77-96. Lewiston, N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.

In the following essay, Frost considers Campbell's treatment of Judeo-Christian mythology.

Besides the canonical biblical books (those officially approved by the hierarchy of Christianity and the Jewish authorities) there exists what is called “The Other Bible.” Willis Barnstone edited The Other Bible; on the cover is printed, “For the first time in one volume ancient esoteric texts from: the pseudopigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the early Kabbalah, the Nag Hammadi Library, and other sources.” This refers to the fact that orthodox Jews and Christians were very selective in picking those sources which promoted their own belief systems and doctrines. The other sources were regarded heretical, and some of the devil.

Campbell was not...