Enjoyable read. I would love more breakdowns of what the sources outside of Mark are for the different gospels. As an enthusiast without the opportunity to pursue these discussions in school, these are some of my favorite topics to read about
James, Jude and Revelation stand out as being Jewish texts. Jude famously cites Enoch. Matthew 25:31 also appears to be referring to Enoch, and the definition of righteousness that follows looks Jewish (faith is not part of the definition). Of course, Matthew copies a lot of Mark. So it looks like Matthew was composed because there was a competing document of the sayings of Jesus, and the Greek Matthew added bits from the competing document to suggest authenticity. Perhaps those bits were well known, thus had to be included.
BTW, the first 8 verses of Mark appear to be taken from Matthew. They describe who John the Baptist was. I have a hypothesis that "In those days..." marks the original beginning of the received Synoptic Gospels. Thus Matthew prepended the nativity and genealogy. Mark prepended the description of John the Baptist from Matthew. And Marcion's rejection of the nativity of Jesus in Luke caused the addition of the nativity of John the Baptist. The addresses to Theophilus ("godly person") were added to both Luke and Acts when both texts had achieved the received form, near the end of the 2nd Century. And I believe John's "In the beginning..." is the original beginning of that Gospel.
Was this gospel written by People familiar with Plato's theory of forms? Was the great teacher himself familiar & adapted his teachings accordingly, following his ancestors Prophetic tradition of calling out the national sin? The Original sin that began with our species first spoken words? The universal sin of Reification? The feeling that our ideas about reality are Reality? Did Jesus teach the art of Living-resurrection, as taught & practiced in ancient Egypt? Are his Parables essentially against all forms of Reification? So as to Rejoice in the Wonders of Creation? "Don't think, just Look," some modern day Philosopher did Say.
Matthew was written in Egypt. My first proof: Queen Helen’s Pyramids tie into Egypt’s North Star, that I assume was the Star of Bethlehem. Daniel has the Egyptian theology of balancing one’s soul (Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin). Egypt balanced your soul against a feather and, if lighter, it floated up past North Star (Heaven’s gate of seven stars). My second proof: The anti-sexism of Matthew - Be neither priest nor rabbi'; Some eunuchs are given by G-d; Four cosmopolitan women in Jesus’s lineage. Assassin’s Creed, Origins, drives this home. In Egypt, women owned property and businesses, running religion and government. My third proof: A bit long. Queen Helen instigated the Jewish and Egyptian (Tacitus Annals 2.85) proxy war against Rome (Josephus, Wars 7.10.1). Subsequently, all of the Roman historians derided Egyptian “magic” (Judgment, Eternal Life - and equality). Origen derides Egypt’s Ogduads. Dio’s Thunder legion has Christians praying with a Hermetic (Egyptian) Astrologer. Historians note the parallels between Jesus and Moses. These happened in Egypt where several speculate on an Egyptian tour for Jesus where he trained in Egyptian temple magic. If you read me further, I’ll explain how the bread of life comes down from Bethlehem’s heaven/star using Pierre Krijbolder’s Turin Shroud metaphoric interpretations. Bethlehem means “the house of bread”.
Enjoyable read. I would love more breakdowns of what the sources outside of Mark are for the different gospels. As an enthusiast without the opportunity to pursue these discussions in school, these are some of my favorite topics to read about
Thank you! I will be writing very shortly on 'Q', so keep your eyes peeled for that.
James, Jude and Revelation stand out as being Jewish texts. Jude famously cites Enoch. Matthew 25:31 also appears to be referring to Enoch, and the definition of righteousness that follows looks Jewish (faith is not part of the definition). Of course, Matthew copies a lot of Mark. So it looks like Matthew was composed because there was a competing document of the sayings of Jesus, and the Greek Matthew added bits from the competing document to suggest authenticity. Perhaps those bits were well known, thus had to be included.
BTW, the first 8 verses of Mark appear to be taken from Matthew. They describe who John the Baptist was. I have a hypothesis that "In those days..." marks the original beginning of the received Synoptic Gospels. Thus Matthew prepended the nativity and genealogy. Mark prepended the description of John the Baptist from Matthew. And Marcion's rejection of the nativity of Jesus in Luke caused the addition of the nativity of John the Baptist. The addresses to Theophilus ("godly person") were added to both Luke and Acts when both texts had achieved the received form, near the end of the 2nd Century. And I believe John's "In the beginning..." is the original beginning of that Gospel.
Was this gospel written by People familiar with Plato's theory of forms? Was the great teacher himself familiar & adapted his teachings accordingly, following his ancestors Prophetic tradition of calling out the national sin? The Original sin that began with our species first spoken words? The universal sin of Reification? The feeling that our ideas about reality are Reality? Did Jesus teach the art of Living-resurrection, as taught & practiced in ancient Egypt? Are his Parables essentially against all forms of Reification? So as to Rejoice in the Wonders of Creation? "Don't think, just Look," some modern day Philosopher did Say.
Dear Sir,
Matthew was written in Egypt. My first proof: Queen Helen’s Pyramids tie into Egypt’s North Star, that I assume was the Star of Bethlehem. Daniel has the Egyptian theology of balancing one’s soul (Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin). Egypt balanced your soul against a feather and, if lighter, it floated up past North Star (Heaven’s gate of seven stars). My second proof: The anti-sexism of Matthew - Be neither priest nor rabbi'; Some eunuchs are given by G-d; Four cosmopolitan women in Jesus’s lineage. Assassin’s Creed, Origins, drives this home. In Egypt, women owned property and businesses, running religion and government. My third proof: A bit long. Queen Helen instigated the Jewish and Egyptian (Tacitus Annals 2.85) proxy war against Rome (Josephus, Wars 7.10.1). Subsequently, all of the Roman historians derided Egyptian “magic” (Judgment, Eternal Life - and equality). Origen derides Egypt’s Ogduads. Dio’s Thunder legion has Christians praying with a Hermetic (Egyptian) Astrologer. Historians note the parallels between Jesus and Moses. These happened in Egypt where several speculate on an Egyptian tour for Jesus where he trained in Egyptian temple magic. If you read me further, I’ll explain how the bread of life comes down from Bethlehem’s heaven/star using Pierre Krijbolder’s Turin Shroud metaphoric interpretations. Bethlehem means “the house of bread”.
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Ray Shortell