Dear Ben Thank you for your interesting email. If I remember rightly, I visited Greece a day or two after the terrorist attacks in New
Tag: Jesus
Email: Jesus in (and Out) of the Babylonian Talmud! (3.9.2020)
Jesus Christ is interpreted as being a direct descendent of King David in an unbroken line – who has inherited by his divine status, everything that belongs to the Kingly status of his position in history. Yahweh blesses him with both spiritual and temporal power – with the name ‘Nazorean’ meaning ‘healer’ and not pertaining to any geographical location. (You are probably aware that modern archaeology has revealed that ‘Nazareth’ was a burial area for the Jews for thousands of years, and that it was taboo for anyone to have lived there). According to the Nazoreans, Jesus was born in Judea during the reign of king Alexander Jannaeus r. 103-76 BCE (perhaps a hundred years earlier than commonly thought today).
Email: The Philological definition of The term ‘Catholic’ (25.8.2020)
Dear Gillian I am reading Bart D Ehrman’s monumental book entitled ‘Lost Christianites’. Obviously, this is a critical study premised upon the objective discipline of philology, but
Email: The Lord’s Prayer and ‘Q’ History (27.7.2020)
As I work in translation, I am surprised by the latitude the Christian Church has allowed for English translations from the Hebrew and the Greek.
EMail: Gospel of Judas (Review)
Dear Gillian I trust you are refreshed after your sojourn to Serbia! I wasn’t exactly honest with you yesterday – when I said I was examining the Medal of St
Email: Why You Should Not Believe Anything! (11.6.2020)
Dear Gillian I finished re-reading the Islamic book on Jesus living to 125 years old (curious), and dying in India. I am not opposed to
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 