Historical Christian comparative-religion works preserved as arguments in the history of scholarship, with their methods and period limits made explicit.
Self-Contradictions of the Bible — William Henry Burr — William Henry Burr's 1860 catalogue of paired biblical passages arranged to display apparent contradictions, grouped by theological, moral, historical, and speculative topic.
The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ — Nicolas Notovitch — Nicolas Notovitch's 1890 account of a Tibetan Buddhist manuscript he said he found describing the travels and teaching of a young 'Saint Issa' in India during Jesus's unrecorded years, a claim rejected by every scholar who has investigated it.
The Woman's Bible — Elizabeth Cady Stanton — Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of collaborators publish a verse-by-verse feminist commentary on every biblical passage concerning women, in two parts (1895 and 1898).
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors — Kersey Graves — Kersey Graves's 1875 comparative-mythology argument that the Christian narrative of a crucified, resurrected savior echoes older stories told of sixteen other legendary and religious figures.