They were deeply inspired by pre-Islamic legends from Jewish and Islamic traditions, which claimed King Solomon used a divine carpet to control winds and demons for rapid transit.
The Essene way was created from four sources: Egyptian ideas, Jewish law, and Zoroastrian teachings, among others.
Did Jewish people push out Jesus or Yeshua?No.
Marcion believed that Jewish influences had corrupted the original Christian message.
He claimed that false apostles and Judaizers had added passages from the Old Testament and Jewish law to the pure teachings preserved by Paul.
He removed sections that linked Jesus to Old Testament prophecies or Jewish practices.
In that letter, Paul criticizes Peter and certain false apostles for promoting circumcision and other Jewish customs.
In these actions, Marcion opposed the integration of Jewish scriptures and traditions into Christian teaching.
“Even Jewish exegetes say that in the Hebrew language there is no term that indicates ‘God’ as we understand it.
There are people of the Jewish priesthood who hold much fear and anger towards us.
We are considered fugitives from both Roman and Jewish law.
Some of the Jewish priests became very angry with us and the message we were offering in the synagogue.
Benjamin was stoned to death by a Jewish mob 18 months after Yeshua’s crucifixion and resurrection.
Eventually an independent Jewish state was established in 142 BC, governed by the Hasmonian dynasty.
Much of the impetus that later created the Jewish Zealots and spurred the conservative fundamentalism of the Qumran Essenes derived from this divisive revolt, which was further amplified by the presence of conquering Roman soldiers and governors.
He called in council all the Jewish masters of the law and asked, What have the Jewish prophets said concerning such a one?11. The Jewish masters answered him and said, The prophets long ago foretold that one would come to rule the tribes of Israel; that this Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.12. They said, The prophet Micah wrote, O Bethlehem Judea, a little place among the Judean hills, yet out of you will one come forth to rule my people, Israel; yea, one who lived in olden times, in very ancient days.
Impact on Jewish Memory:
Despite reforms, memories of Asherah persisted in Jewish practices and texts.
His mother was a beautiful Jewish girl named Mary.
1. Augustus Cæsar reigned and Herod Antipas was ruler of Jerusalem.2. Three provinces comprised the land of Palistine: Judea, and Samaria, and Galilee.3. Joachim was a master of the Jewish law, a man of wealth; he lived in Nazareth of Galilee; and Anna, of the tribe of Judah, was his wife.4. To them was born a child, a goodly female child, and they were glad; and Mary was the name they gave the child.5. Joachim made a feast in honour of the child; but he invited not the rich, the honoured and the great; he called the poor the halt and the lame, the blind, and to each one he gave a gift of raiment, food or other needful thing.6. He said, The Lord has given me this wealth; I am his steward by his grace, and if I give not to his children when in need, then he will make this wealth a curse.7. Now, when the child was three years old her parents took her to Jerusalem, and in the temple she received the blessings of the priests.8. The high priest was a prophet and a seer, and when he saw the child he said,9. Behold, this child will be the mother of an honoured prophet and a master of the law; she shall abide within this holy temple of the Lord.10. And Mary did abide within the temple of the Lord; and Hillel, chief of the Sanhedrim, taught her all the precepts of Jews, and she delighted in the law of God.11. When Mary reached the age of womanhood she was betrothed to Joseph, son of Jacob, and a carpenter of Nazareth.12. And Joseph was an upright man, and a devoted Essenes.
He thought, perhaps, the priests were plotting to restore the kingdom of the Jews, and so he said within himself, I will know more about this child that has been born a king.9. And so he told the magian priests to tarry in the city for a while and he would tell them all about the king.10. He called in council all the Jewish masters of the law and asked, What have the Jewish prophets said concerning such a one?11. The Jewish masters answered him and said, The prophets long ago foretold that one would come to rule the tribes of Israel; that this Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.12. They said, The prophet Micah wrote, O Bethlehem Judea, a little place among the Judean hills, yet out of you will one come forth to rule my people, Israel; yea, one who lived in olden times, in very ancient days.13. Then Herod called the magian priests again and told them what the masters of the Jewish law had said; and then he sent them on the way to Bethlehem.14. He said, Go search, and if you find the child that has been born a king, return and tell me all, that I may go and honour him.15. The magians went their way and found the child with Mary in the shepherd's home.16. They honoured him; bestowed upon him precious gifts and gave him gold, gum-thus and myrrh.17. These magian priests could read the hearts of men; they read the wickedness of Herod's heart, and knew that he had sworn to kill the new born king.18. And so they told the secret to the parents of the child, and bid them flee beyond the reach of harm.19. And then the priests went on their homeward way; they went not through Jerusalem.20. And Joseph took the infant Jesus and his mother in the night and fled to Egypt land, and with Elihu and Salome in ancient Zoan they abode.
Jewish sacred books.
This is the cradle-land of the initiate; all secret things belong to Egypt land; and this is why the masters come.13. In Zoan Abram taught his science of the stars, and in that sacred temple over there he learned the wisdom of the wise.14. And when his lessons all were learned, he took his kindred and his flocks and herds and journeyed back to Canaan, and in the plains of Mamre pitched his tent, and there he lived, and there he died.15. And records of his life and works and of his sons, and of the tribes of Israel, are well preserved in Jewish sacred books.16. In Persia Brahm was known, and feared.
Their food was fruits, and nuts, wild honey and the carob bread.8. Matheno was an Isrealite, and he attended all the Jewish feasts.9. When John was nine years old Matheno took him to a great feast in Jerusalem.10. The wicked Archelaus had been deposed and exiled to a distant land because of selfishness and cruelty, and John was not afraid.11. John was delighted with his visit to Jerusalem.
1. The home of Joseph was on Marmion Way in Nazareth; here Mary taught her son the lessons of Elihu and Salome.2. And Jesus greatly loved the Vedic and the Avesta; but more than all he loved to read the Psalms of David and the pungent words of Solomon.3. The Jewish books of prophecy were his delight; and when he reached his seventh year he needed not the books to read, for he had fixed in memory every word.4. Joachim and his wife, grandparents of child Jesus, made a feast in honour of the child, and all their near of kin were guests.5. And Jesus stood before the guests and said, I had a dream, and in my dream I stood before a sea, upon a sandy beach.6. The waves upon the sea were high; a storm was raging on the deep.7. Some one gave me a wand.
He criticises the narrowness of Jewish thought.
1. A royal prince of India, Ravanna of Orissa in the south, was at the Jewish feast.2. Ravanna was a man of wealth; and he was just, and with a band of Brahmic priests sought wisdom in the West.3. When Jesus stood among the Jewish priests and read and spoke, Ravanna heard and was amazed.4. And when he asked who Jesus was, from whence he came and what he was, chief Hillel said,5. We call this child the Day Star from on high, for he has come to bring to men a light, the light of life; to lighten up the way of men and to redeem his people, Israel.6. And Hillel told Ravanna all about the child; about the prophecies concerning him; about the wonders of the night when he was born; about the visit of the magian priests;7. About the way in which he was protected from the wrath of evil men; about his flight to Egypt-land, and how he then was serving with his father as a carpenter in Nazareth.8. Ravanna was entranced, and asked to know the way to Nazareth, that he might go and honour such a one as son of God.9. And with his gorgeous train he journeyed on the way and came to Nazareth of Galilee.10. He found the object of his search engaged in building dwellings for the sons of men.11. And when he first saw Jesus he was climbing up a twelve step ladder, and he carried in his hands a compass, square and axe.12. Ravanna said, All hail, most favoured son of heaven!13. And at the inn Ravanna made a feast for all the people of the town; and Jesus and his parents were honoured guests.14. For certain days Ravanna was a guest in Joseph's home on Marmion Way; he sought to learn the secret of the wisdom of the son; but it was all to great for him.15. And then he asked that he might be the patron of the child; might take him to the East where he could learn the wisdom of the Brahms.16. And Jesus longed to go that he might learn; and after many days his parents gave consent.17. Then, with proud heart, Ravanna with his train, began the journey towards the rising sun; and after many days they crossed the Sind, and reached the province of Orissa, and the palace of the prince.18. The Brahmic priests were glad to welcome home the prince; with favour they received the Jewish boy.19. And Jesus was accepted as a pupil in the temple Jagannath; and here learned the Vedas and the Manic laws.20. The Brahmic masters wondered at the clear conceptions of the child, and often were amazed when he explained to them the meaning of the laws.
1. Among the priests of Jagannath was one who loved the Jewish boy.
Lamaas Bramas was the name by which the priest was known.2. One day as Jesus and Lamaas walked alone in plaza Jagannath, Lamaas said, My Jewish master, what is truth?3. And Jesus said, Truth is the only thing that changes not.4. In all the world there are two things; the one is truth; the other falsehood is; and truth is that which is, and falsehood that which seems to be.5. Now truth is aught, and has no cause, and yet it is the cause of everything.6. Falsehood is naught, and yet it is the manifest of aught.7. Whatever has been made will be unmade; that which begins must end.8. All things that can be seen by human eyes are manifests of aught, are naught, and so must pass away.9. The things we see are but reflexes just appearing, while the ethers vibrate so and so, and when conditions change they disappear.10. The Holy Breath is truth; is that which was, and is, and evermore shall be; it cannot change nor pass away.11. Lamaas said, You answer well; now, what is man?12. And Jesus said, Man is the truth and falsehood strangely mixed.13. Man is the Breath made flesh; so truth and falsehood are conjoined in him; and they strive, and naught goes down and man as truth abides.14. Again Lamaas asked, What do you say of power?15. And Jesus said, It is a manifest; is the result of force; it is but naught; it is illusion, nothing more.
1. Four years the Jewish boy abode in temple Jagannath.2. One day he sat among the priests and said to them, Pray, tell me all about your views of castes; why do you say that all men are not equal in the sight of God?3. A master of their laws stood forth and said, The Holy One whom we call Brahm, made men to suit himself, and men should not complain.4. In the beginning days of human life Brahm spoke, and four men stood before his face.5. Now, from the mouth of Parabrahm the first man came; and he was white, was like the Brahm himself; a brahman he was called.6. And he was high and lifted up; above all want he stood; he had no need of toil.7. And he was called the priest of Brahm, the holy one to act for Brahm in all affairs of earth.8. The second man was red, and from the hand of Parabrahm he came; and he was called shatriya.9. And he was made to be the king, the ruler and the warrior, whose highest ordained duty was protection of the priest.10. And from the inner parts of Parabrahm the third man came; and he was called a visya.11. He was a yellow man, and his it was to till the soil, and keep the flocks and herds.12. And from the feet of Parabrahm the fourth man came; and he was black; and he was called the sudras, one of low estate.13. The sudras is the servant of the race of men; he has no rights that others need respect; he may not hear the Vedas read, and it means death to him to look into the face of priest, or king, and naught but death can free him from his state of servitude.14. And Jesus said, Then Parabrahm is not a God of justice and of right; for with his own strong hand he has exulted one and brought another low.15. And Jesus said no more to them, but looking up to heaven he said,16. My Father-God, who was, and is, and evermore shall be; who holds within thy hands the scales of justice and of right;17. Who in the boundlessness of love has made all men to equal be.
1. Among Benares' temple priests was one, a guest, Ajainan, from Lahore.2. By merchantmen Ajainin heard about the Jewish boy, about his words of wisdom, and he girt himself and journeyed from Lahore that he might see the boy, and hear him speak.3. The Brahmic priests did not accept the truth that Jesus brought, and they were angered much by what he said at the Udraka feast.4. But they had never seen the boy, and they desired much to hear him speak, and they invited him to be a temple guest.5. But Jesus said to them, The light is most abundant, and it shines for all; if you would see the light come to the light.6. If you would hear the message that the Holy One has given me to give to men, come unto me.7. Now, when the priests were told what Jesus said they were enraged.8. Ajainin did not share their wrath, and he sent forth another messenger with costly gifts to Jesus at the farmer's home; he sent this message with the gifts:9. I pray you master, listen to my words; The Brahmic law forbids that any priest shall go into the home of any one of low estate; but you can come to us;10. And I am sure these priests will gladly hear you speak.
1. The words and works of Jesus caused unrest through all the land.2. The common people were his friends, believed in him and followed him in thongs.3. The priests and rulers were afraid of him, his very name sent terror to their hearts.4. He preached the brotherhood of life, the righteousness of equal rights, and taught the uselessness of priests, and sacrificial rites.5. He shook the very sand on which the Brahmic system stood; he made the Brahmic idols seem so small, and sacrifice so fraught with sin, that shrines and wheels of prayer were all forgot.6. The priests declared that if this Jewish boy should tarry longer in the land a revolution would occur; the common people would arise and kill the priests, and tear the temples down.7. And so they sent a call abroad, and priests from every province came.
It was Barata Arabo.2. Together Jesus and Barata read the Jewish Psalms and Prophets; read the Vedas, the Avesta and the wisdom of Gautama.3. And as they read and talked about the possibilities of man, Barata said,4. Man is the marvel of the universe.
(The Hebrews call these seven Spirits, Elohim.)21. And these are they who, in their boundless power, created everything that is, or was.22. These Spirits of the Triune God moved on the face of boundless space and seven ethers were, and every ether had its form of life.23. These forms of life were but the thoughts of God, clothed in the substance of their ether planes.24. (Men call these ether planes the planes of protoplast, of earth, of plant, of beast, of man, of angel and of cherubim.)25. These planes with all their teeming thoughts of God, are never seen by eyes of man in flesh; they are composed of substance far too fine for fleshy eyes to see, and still they constitute the soul of things;26. And with the eyes of soul all creatures see these ether planes, and all forms of life.27. Because all forms of life on every plane are thoughts of God, all creatures think, and every creature is possessed of will, and, in its measure, has the power to choose,28. And in their native planes all creatures are supplied with nourishment from the ethers of their planes.29. And so it was with every living thing until the will became a sluggish will, and then the ethers of the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast, the man, began to vibrate very slow.30. The ethers all became more dense, and all the creatures of these planes were clothed with coarser garbs, the garbs of flesh, which men can see; and thus this coarser manifest, which men call physical, appeared.31. And this is what is called the fall of man; but man fell not alone for protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast were all included in the fall.32. The angels and the cherubim fell not; their wills were ever strong, and so they held the ethers of their planes in harmony with God.33. Now, when the ethers reached the rate of atmosphere, and all the creatures of these planes must get their food from atmosphere, the conflict came; and that which the finite man ahs called, survival of the best, became the law,34. The stronger ate the bodies of the weaker manifests; and here is where the carnal law of evolution had its rise.35. And now man, in his utter shamelessness, strikes down and eats the beasts, the beast consumes the plant, the plant thrives on the earth, the earth absorbs the protoplast.36. In yonder kingdom of the soul this carnal evolution is not known, and the great work of master minds is to restore the heritage of man, to bring him back to his estate that he has lost, when he again will live upon the ethers of his native plane.37. The thoughts of God change not; the manifests of life on every plane unfold into perfection of their kind; and as the thoughts of God can never die, there is no death to any being of the seven ethers of the seven Spirits of the Triune God.38. And so an earth is never plant; a beast, or bird, or creeping thing is never man, and man is not, and cannot be, a beast, or bird, or creeping thing.39. The time will come when all these seven manifests will be absorbed, and man, and beast, and plant, and earth and protoplast will be redeemed.40. Barata was amazed; the wisdom of the Jewish sage was a revelation unto him.41. Now, Vidyapati, wisest of the Indian sages, chief of temple Kapavistu, heard Barata speak to Jesus of the origin of man, and heard the answer of the Hebrew prophet, and he said,42. You priests of Kapavistu, hear me speak: We stand to-day upon a crest of time.
The rulers heard the story of the hermit of the hills.12. And they sent couriers forth to talk with him that they might know about the coming king; but they could find him not.13. And after certain days he came again into the market place, and all the city came to hear him speak; he said:14. Be not disturbed, you rulers of the state; the coming king is no antagonist; he seeks no place on any earthly throne.15. He comes the Prince of Peace, the king of righteousness and love; his kingdom is within the soul.16. The eyes of men shall see it not and none can enter but the pure in heart.17. Prepare, O Israel, prepare to meet your king.18. Again the hermit disappeared; the people strove to follow him, but he had drawn a veil about his form and men could see him not.19. A Jewish feast day came; Jerusalem was filled with Jews and proselytes from every part of Palestine, and John stood in the temple court and said,20. Prepare, O Israel, prepare to meet your king.21. Lo, you have lived in sin; the poor cry in your streets, and you regard them not.22. Your neighbours, who are they?
1. The Jewish paschal feast time came and Jesus left his mother in Capernaum and journeyed to Jerusalem.2. And he abode with one a Sadducee, whose name was Jude.3. And when he reached the temple courts the multitudes were there to see the prophet whom the people thought had come to break the yoke of Rome, restore the kingdom of the Jews, and rule on David's throne.4. And when the people saw him come they said, All hail!
1. Now, John the harbinger, was at the Salim Springs where water was abundant, and washed the bodies of the people who confessed their sins.2. A Jewish lawyer went to John and said, Has not this man from Galilee, he whom you washed and called the Christ, become your foe?3. They say that he is at the Jordan ford; that he is building up a church, or something else, and that he washes people just as you have done.4. And John replied, This Jesus is indeed the Christ whose was I came to pave.
And James and Jude exclaimed, Lord, we will follow you.34. And on the morrow Jesus sent a message unto Simon, leader of the Zelotes, a strict exponent of the Jewish law.35. And in the message Jesus said, The masters call for men to demonstrate the faith of Abraham; I go, and you may follow me.
They said among themselves, This is a day we never can forget; we have seen wondrous things to-day.27. And when the multitudes had gone the twelve remained, and Jesus said to them,28. The Jewish festival draws near; next week we will go to Jerusalem, that we may meet our brethren from afar, and open up to them the way that they may see the king.29. The Christines sought the quiet of their homes, where they remained in prayer for certain days.
And Jesus said to her, Weep not, I am the life; your son shall live.20. And Jesus raised his hand; the bearers of the dead stood still.21. And Jesus touched the bier and said, Young man, return.22. The soul returned; the body of the dead was filled with life; the man sat up and spoke.23. The people were astonished at the scene, and every one exclaimed, Praise God.24. A Jewish priest stood forth and said, Behold a mighty prophet has appeared; and all the people said, Amen.25. The Christines journeyed on; they taught, and healed the sick in many towns of Galilee, and then they came again unto Capernaum.
He asks Jesus, Cannot the Christine religion be introduced more successfully by reforming the Jewish service?
1. Now, Nicodemus, who once came to Jesus in the night to learn the way of life, was one among the guests.2. And standing forth he said, Rabboni, it is true that Jewish laws and Jewish practices do not agree.3. The priesthood needs to be reformed; the rulers should become more merciful and kind; the lawyers should become more just; the common people should not bear such loads.4. But could we not gain these reforms and not destroy the service of the Jews?5. Could you not harmonise your mighty work with that of Pharisee and scribe?
Might not the priesthood be a benefit to your divine philosophy?6. But Jesus said, You cannot put new wine in ancient skins, for when it purifies itself, lo, it expands; the ancient bottles cannot bear the strain; they burst, and all the wine is lost.7. Men do not mend a worn-out garment with a piece of cloth unworn, which cannot yield to suit the fabric, weak with age, and then a greater rent appears.8. Old wine may be preserved in ancient skins; but new wine calls for bottles new.9. This spirit-truth I bring is to this generation new, and if we put it in the ancient skins of Jewish forms, lo, it will all be lost.10. It must expand; the ancient bottles cannot yield and they would burst.11. Behold the kingdom of the Christ!
yes, they may believe; they are accursed; they know not anything.13. But Nicodemus came before the rulers and he said, Can Jewish judges judge a man and sentence him until they hear his plea?
the parents or the man himself?4. And Jesus said, Afflictions all are partial payments on a debt, or debts, that have been made.5. There is a law of recompense that never fails, and it is summarised in that true rule of life:6. Whatsoever man shall do to any other man some other man will do to him.7. In this we find the meaning of the Jewish law, expressed concisely in the words, Tooth for a tooth; life for a life.8. He who shall injure any one in thought, or word, or deed, is judged a debtor to the law, and some one else shall, likewise, injure him in thought, or word or deed.9. And he who shed the blood of any man will come upon the time when his blood shall be shed by man.10. Affliction is a prison cell in which a man must stay until he pays his debts unless a master sets him free that he may have a better chance to pay his debts.11. Affliction is a certain sign that one has debts to pay.12. Behold this man!
Amen.17. And Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,18. My Father-God, let now the benediction of thy love, thy mercy and thy truth rest on these men.19. The lamp is taken from their midst, and if the inner light be not aflame, lo, they must tread the ways of darkness and of death.20. And then he said to all, Farewell21. Then Jesus and his mother, and the twelve, and Miriam and Mary, mother of the two disciples, James and John,22. And many other loyal souls who loved the Christ, went to Jerusalem, that they might celebrate the Jewish feast.23. And as they journeyed on their way they came to Enon Springs, near unto Salim where the harbinger once taught.24. And as they rested by the fountain, Mary, wife of Zebedee, and mother of the two disciples, James and John, came to the master and she said,25. My Lord, I know the kingdom is about to come, and I would ask this boon: Command that these my sons shall sit with you upon the throne, the one upon the right, the other on the left.26. And Jesus said to her, You know not what you ask.27. And then he turned to James and John and said, Are you prepared and are you strong enough to drink the cup that I will drink?28. They said, Yes, master, we are strong enough to follow where you go.29. Then Jesus said, You shall indeed drink of my cup; but I am not the judge of who will sit upon my right or my left.30. The men who live the life and keep the faith will sit upon the throne of power.31. Now, when the apostles heard the pleadings of the mother for her sons, and knew that James and John were seeking special favours from the Lord, they were indignant and they said,32. We surely thought that James and John had risen above the selfish self.
Let him who is upon his house wait not to enter in the house to gather up his wealth, but let him flee.17. And he who labours in the field must not return, but leave his all to save his life.18. And woe to mothers with their little children in that day; none shall escape the sword.19. The tribulation of these days cannot be told in words, for such has never been since God created man upon the earth.20. The conqueror will carry many of the sons of Abraham away as captives into foreign lands, and they who know not Israel's God will tread the highways of Jerusalem until the anti-Jewish times have been fulfilled.21. But when the people have been punished for their crimes, the tribulation days will end; but lo, the time will come when all the world will rise, like gladiators in a ring, and fight just for the sake of shedding blood.22. And men will reason not; they will not see, nor care to see a cause for carnage, desolation, thefts; for they will war with friend or foe.23. The very air will seem surcharged with smoke of death; and pestilence will follow close upon the sword.24. And signs that men have never seen will appear in heaven and earth; in sun, and moon, and stars.25. The seas will roar, and sounds will come from heaven that men can never comprehend, and these will bring distress of nations with perplexity.26. Hearts of the strongest men will faint in fear, in expectation of the coming of more frightful things upon the earth.27. But while the conflicts rage on land and sea, the Prince of Peace will stand above the clouds of heaven and say again:28. Peace, peace on earth; good will to men; and every man will throw away his sword, and nations will learn war no more.29. And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc of heaven; the sign and signet of the son of man will stand forth in the eastern sky.30. The wise will then lift up their heads and know that the redemption of the earth is near.31. Before these days shall come, behold, false Christs and poor deluded prophets will arise in many lands.32. And they will show forth signs, and do a multitude of mighty works; and they will lead astray the many who are not wise; and many of the wise will be deceived.33. And now I tell you once again, When men shall say, The Christ is in the wilderness, go you not forth.34. And if they say, The Christ is in the secret place, believe it not; for when he comes the world will know that he has come.35. For as the morning light comes from the east and shines unto the west; so shall be the coming of the age and son of man.36. The wicked of the earth will weep when they shall see the son of man come down upon the clouds of heaven, in power.37. Take heed you, O take heed, for you know not the hour nor the day when comes the son of man.38. Let not your hearts be overcharged with sensuous things, nor with the cares of life, lest that day come and find you unprepared.39. Keep watch at every season of the year; and pray that you may meet the Lord with joy and not with grief.40. Before those days shall come our Father-God will send his messengers abroad, yea, to the corners of the earth, and they will say.41. Prepare you, O prepare; the Prince of Peace shall come, and now is coming on the clouds of heaven.42. When Jesus had thus said, he went with his disciples back to Bethany.
I pray that thou wouldst honour them as thou hast honoured me.34. I do not pray that thou wouldst take them from the world, but that they may be guarded from the evil of the world, and not be subject to temptations that are too great for them to bear.35. They once were of the world, but now are of the world no more, as I am of the world no more.36. Thy word is truth, O God, and by thy word let them be sanctified.37. I do not pray for these alone, O God; I also pray for all who will believe on me, and will accept the Christ because of what they do and say, that they may all be one.38. As I am one with thee, and thou art one with me, may they be one with us,39. That all the world may know that thou hast sent me forth to do thy will, and that thou lovest them as thou hast ever loved me.40. When Jesus had thus said, they sung the Jewish song of praise, and then arose and went their way.
The Jewish mob led by Judas appears.
You know the way to reach the border of this cursed land.16. I have a little band of guards, well horsed and armed, and they will take you out beyond the reach of harm.17. You must not tarry here, young man, you must arise and go.18. And Jesus said, A noble prince has Cæsar in his Pilate Pontius, and from the point of carnal man your words are seasoned with the wise man's salt; but from the point of Christ your words are foolishness.19. The coward flees when danger comes; but he who comes to seek and save the lost must give his life in willing sacrifice for those he comes to seek and save.20. Before the pasch has been consumed, lo, all this nation will be cursed by shedding blood of innocence; and even now the murderers are at the door.21. and Pilate said, It shall not be; the sword of Rome will be unsheathed to save your life.22. And Jesus said, Nay, Pilate, nay; there are no armies large enough in all the world to save my life.23. And Jesus bade the governor farewell, and went his way; but Pilate sent a double guard with him lest he should fall into the hands of those who were alert to take his life.24. But in a moment Jesus disappeared; the guards saw him no more, and in a little while he reached the brook of Kidron where the eleven were.25. Now, just beyond the brook there was an orchard and a home where one, Massalian, lived, where Jesus oft had been.26. Massalian was his friend, and he believed that Jesus was the Christ that Jewish prophets long ago had said would come.27. Now, in the orchard was a sacred knoll; Massalian called the place Gethsemane.28. The night was dark, but in the orchard it was doubly dark and Jesus bade the eight disciples tarry by the brook,29. While he, with Peter, James and John went to Gethsemane to pray.30. They sat beneath an olive tree, and Jesus opened up the mysteries of life to Peter, James and John.
I'm sure I did, and you are one of those who followed him.12. Then Peter rose and stamped upon the floor, and swore by every sacred thing, that he knew not the criminal.13. Now, John was standing near and when he heard the words and knew that Peter had denied his Lord, he looked at him in sheer astonishment.14. Just then a cock crew loud beneath the court, and Peter called to mind the words the Lord had said,15. Before the cock shall crow to-morrow morn you will deny me thrice.16. And Peter's conscience smote him heavily, and he went out into the night and wept.17. Caiaphas sat in state; before him stood the man from Galilee.18. Caiaphas said, You people of Jerusalem, who is the man that you accuse?19. They answered: In the name of every loyal Jew we do accuse this man from Galilee, this Jesus, who assumes to be our king, as enemy of God and man.20. Caiaphas said to Jesus, Man, you are permitted now to speak and tell about your doctrines and your claims.21. And Jesus said, You priest of carnal man, why do you ask about my words and works?22. Lo, I have taught the multitudes in every public place; I have restored your sick to health; have caused your deaf to hear, your lame to walk, and I have brought your dead to life again.23. My works have not been done in secret place but in your public halls and thoroughfares.24. Go ask the people, who have not been bought with gold or glittering promises, to tell about my words and works.25. When Jesus had thus said a Jewish guard came up and smote him in the face and said, How dare you speak thus unto him, the high priest of the Jews?26. And Jesus said, If I have spoken falsely bear witness unto what I say; If I have told the truth why did you smite me thus?27. And then Caiaphas said, What'er you, do in a legal way, for we must answer to a higher court for everything we do or say.28. Let the accusers of this man present their charges in a legal form.29. And then Caiaphas' scribe stood forth and said, I have the accusations here in legal form; the charges made and signed by scribes and priests and Pharisees.30. Caiaphas said, Be still, you men, and hear the charges read.
1. When Jesus would not speak, Caiaphas stood before the Jewish mob and said,2. Bind fast the prisoner, for he must go before the great Sanhedrim of the Jews to answer for his life.3. We cannot execute a criminal until our findings have been verified by this, the highest council of the Jews.4. As soon as it was day the highest council of the people met; the Lord and his accusers stood before the bar.5. Caiaphas was the chief; he rose and said, Let the accusers of this man from Galilee bring forth their charges and their evidence.6. Caiaphas' scribe stood forth and read the charges and the names of those who had accused the man from Galilee.7. And all the witnesses were made to stand and testify before the council of the Jews.8. And then the lawyers weighed the evidence, and Nicodemus stood among the men who plead.9. He raised his hands and said, Let justice now be done, though every scribe and Pharisee and priest and Sadducee, as well as Jesus, the accused, be judged a liar.10. If we can prove this Jesus to be foe and traitor to our laws and land, let him be judged a criminal and suffer for his crimes.11. If it be proved that these who testify are perjurers in the sight of God and man, then let the man from Galilee go free.12. And then he brought the testimonies of the witnesses before the judges of the law; no two of them agreed; In heat of passion, or for gain, the men had testified.13. The council would have gladly judged that Jesus was a criminal and sentence him to death; but in the face of all the evidence they were afraid.14. And then Caiaphas said, You man from Galilee, Before the living God, I now command that you shall answer me, Are you the Christ, the son of God?15. And Jesus said, If I would answer, Yes, you would not hear, nor yet believe,16. If I would answer, No, I would be like your witnesses, and stand a liar in the sight of man and God.
The charges have been verified by perjured men; what need I say?17. Yes, I am king; but carnal men cannot behold the king, nor see the kingdom of the God; it is within.18. If I had been king as carnal man is king, my servants would have stood in my defence, and I would not have willingly surrendered to the minions of the Jewish law.19. I have no testimony from the sons of men.
The Jewish soldiers drive him to Calvary.
They have a faith that they have borrowed from the idol worshippers of other lands, that at the end of every year,2. They may heap all their sins upon the head of some man set apart to bear their sins.3. The man becomes a scapegoat for the multitudes; and they believe that when they drive him forth into the wilds, or into foreign lands, they are released from sin.4. So every spring before the feast they chose a prisoner from the prisons of the land, and by a form their own, they fain would make him bear their sins away.5. Among the Jewish prisoners in Jerusalem were three who were the leaders of a vile, seditious band, who had engages in thefts and murders and rapine, and had been sentenced to be crucified.6. Barabbas bar Jezia was among the men who were to die; but he was rich and he had bought of priests the boon to be scapegoat for the people at the coming feast, and he was anxiously in waiting for his hour to come.7. Now, Pilate thought to turn this superstition to account to save the Lord, and so he went again before the Jews and said,8. You men of Israel, according to my custom I will release to you to-day a prisoner who shall bear you sins away.9. This man you drive into the wilds or into foreign lands, and you have asked me to release Barabbas, who has been proven guilty of the murder of a score of men.10. Now, hear me men, Let Jesus be released and let Barabbas pay his debt upon the cross; then you can send this Jesus to the wilds and hear no more of him.11. At what the ruler said the people were enraged, and they began to plot to tear the Roman palace down and drive in exile Pilate, and his household and his guards.12. When Pilate was assured that civil war would follow if he heeded not the wishes of the mob, he took a bowl of water and in the presence of the multitude he washed hid hands and said,13. This man whom you accuse is son of the most holy Gods, and I proclaim my innocence.14. If you would shed his blood, his blood is on your hands and not on mine.15. And then the Jews exclaimed, And let his blood be on our hands and on our children's hands.16. And Pilate trembled like a leaf, in fear.
1. The Jewish mob pushed on toward Calvary and as they went the Marys, Miriam, and other women not a few, were close beside the Lord.2. They wept aloud.
The priests were angered when they read these words upon the tablet of the cross.18. And then they prayed that Pilate would not say, He is the Christ, king of the Jews; but say, He claims to be the Christ, king of the Jews.19. But Pilate said, What I have written, I have written; let it stand.20. The Jewish multitudes who saw the Lord upon the cross were wild with joy; they said, All hail, fake king!21. You who would tear the temple down and in three days would build it up again, why don't you save yourself?22. If you are Christ, the son of God, come from the cross; then all men will believe.23. The priests and scribes and Pharisees looked on the scene and scoffed; they said, He rescued others from the grave; why doesn't he save himself?24. The Jewish soldiers and the Roman guards who came from Galilee were loud in mocking and deriding him.25. One of the other men upon the cross joined in the mockery; he said, If you are Christ, you have the power; just speak the Word, and save yourself and me.26. The other man upon the cross rebuked the man; he said, You wretch!
A guard of one hundred Jewish soldiers are placed about the sepulchre.
The priests, the Pharisees and scribes were filled with fear.16. They sought the cover of their synagogues and homes and said, Behold, the wrath of God!17. The great day of the Jewish pasch was near, and Jews could not by law permit a criminal to hang upon the cross upon the Sabbath day.18. And so they prayed that Pilate would remove the bodies of the men that had been crucified.19. And Pilate sent his guards to Calvary to note if all the men were dead.20. And when the guards were gone, two aged Jews came to the palace door to see the governor, and they were members of the highest council of the Jews;21. Yet they believed that Jesus was a prophet sent from God.22. The one was Rabbi Joseph, the Arimathean counsellor, and he was just and loved the law of God.23. And Nicodemus was the other one who came.24. These men fell down at Pilate's feet and prayed that they might take the body of the Nazarene and lay it in a tomb.25. And Pilate gave consent.26. Now, Joseph had prepared a costly mixture to embalm the body of the Lord, about a hundred pounds of aloes and of myrrh, and this they took and hastened out to Calvary.27. And when the guards returned they said, The Nazarene is dead; the malefactors are alive.28. And Pilate told the guards to go and smite the living men so they would die, and then to give their bodies to the flames; but give the body of the Nazarene to rabbis who would call for it.29. The soldiers did as Pilate said.30. The rabbis came and took away the body of the Lord and when they had prepared it with the spices they had bought,31. They laid it in the new-made tomb that had been made for Joseph in a solid rock.32. And then they rolled a stone up to the sepulchre.33. The priests were fearful lest the friends of Jesus would go forth at night and take away the body of the Nazarene, and then report that he had risen from the dead, as he had said;34. And they requested that the governor would send his soldiers to the tomb to guard the body of the dead.35. But Pilate said, I will not send a Roman guard; but you have Jewish soldiers and may send a hundred men with a centurion to guard the tomb.36. And then they sent a hundred soldiers out to guard the tomb.
1. The tomb in which they laid the body of the Lord was in a garden, rich with flowers, the garden of Siloam, and Joseph's home was near.2. Before the watch began Caiaphas sent a company of priests out to the garden of Siloam that they might be assured that Jesus' body was within the tomb.3. They rolled away the stone; they saw the body there, and then they placed the stone again before the door.4. And Pilate sent his scribe who placed upon the stone the seal of Rome, in such a way that he who moved the stone would break the seal.5. To break this Roman seal meant death to him who broke the seal.6. The Jewish soldiers all were sworn to faithfulness; and then the watch began.7. At midnight all was well, but suddenly the tomb became a blaze of light, and down the garden walk a troupe of white-clad soldiers marched in single file.8. They came up to the tomb and marched and countermarched before the door.9. The Jewish soldiers were alert; they thought the friends had come to steal the body of the Nazarene.
They did not even stop; they marched and countermarched among the frightened men.11. They stood upon the Roman seal; they did not speak; they unsheathed not their swords; it was the Silent Brotherhood.12. The Jewish soldiers fled in fear; they fell upon the ground.13. They stood apart until the white-clad soldiers marched away, and then the light about the tomb grew dim.14. Then they returned; the stone was in its place; the seal was not disturbed, and they resumed their watch.15. Now, Jesus did not sleep within the tomb.
The body is the manifest of soul; but soul is soul without its manifest.16. And in the realm of souls, unmanifest, the Lord went forth and taught.17. He opened up the prison doors and set the prisoners free;18. He broke the chains of captive souls, and led the captives to the light;19. He sat in council with the patriarchs and prophets of the olden times;20. The masters of all times and climes he met, and in the great assemblies he stood forth and told the story of his life on earth, and of his death in sacrifice for man,21. And of his promises to clothe himself again in garb of flesh and walk with his disciples, just to prove the possibilities of man;22. To give to them the key of life, of death, and of the resurrection of the dead.23. In council all the masters sat and talked about the revelations of the coming age,24. When she, the Holy Breath, shall fill the earth and air with holy breath, and open up the way of man to perfectness and endless life.25. The garden of Siloam was silent on the Sabbath day; the Jewish soldiers watched and no one else approached the tomb; but on the following night the scene was changed.26. At midnight every Jewish soldier heard a voice which said, Adon Mashich Cumi, which meant, Lord Christ arise.27. And they supposed again that friends of Jesus were alert, were coming up to take the body of their Lord away.28. The soldiers were alert with swords unsheathed and drawn, and then they heard the words again.29. It seemed as though the voice was everywhere, and yet they saw no man.30. The soldiers blanched with fear, and still to flee meant death for cowardice, and so they stood and watched.31. Again, and this was just before the sun arose, the heavens blazed with light, a distant thunder seemed to herald forth a coming storm;32. and then the earth began to quake and in the rays of light they saw a form descend from heaven.
The mother of the Lord, and Mary Magdalene, and Miriam were there.2. And when the body was entombed they went to Joseph's home and there abode.3. They did not know that Jewish soldiers had been sent to guard the tomb, nor that Roman seal was placed upon the stone;4. So in the morning of the first day of the week they hastened to the tomb with spices to embalm the Lord.5. But when they reached the tomb they found the terror-stricken soldiers running frantically about.6. The women did not know the cause; but when they found an empty tomb they were excited and aggrieved.7. The soldiers did not know what had transpired; they could not tell who took the body of the Lord away.8. And Mary Magdalene ran with haste toward Jerusalem to tell the news to Peter and the rest.9. She met, just by the gateway, Peter, James and John; she said, Some one has rolled away the stone and carried off the body of the Lord.10. And then the three disciples ran toward the tomb; but John was fleet of foot and was the first to reach the tomb; he found it empty; the body of his Lord was gone.11. When Peter came he went into the tomb, and found the grave clothes neatly folded up and laid aside.12. Now, the disciples did not comprehend the scene.
He healed the sick and made the deaf to hear, the blind to see, the lame to walk, and even raised the dead.11. The Jewish scribes and Pharisees were jealous of his fame and power, and they arrested him; by perjured witnesses they proved him guilty of a score of crimes,12. And on last Friday he was taken to the place of skulls and crucified.13. He died and he was buried in a rich man's tomb, out in the garden of Soloam.14. This very morning when his friends went to the tomb they found it empty; the body of the Lord was gone.15. And now the news has spread abroad that he has risen from the dead.16. The stranger said, Yes, I have heard about this man; but it seems strange that after all the things that Jewish prophets long ago foretold concerning him that when he came men knew him not.17. This man was born to demonstrate the Christ to men, and it is just to say that Jesus is the Christ.18. According to the word, this Jesus came to suffer at the hands of men, to give his life as pattern for the sons of men;19. To rise from death that men might know the way to rise from death.20. And then the stranger told the two disciples all about the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms, and read to them a multitude of things that had been written of this man from Galilee.21. And now the men had reached their home, and as the night was near they importuned the stranger to abide with them.22. and he went in with them and as they sat about the table at the evening meal, he took a piece of bread, and blessed it in the name of Christ.23. And instantly their eyes were opened up, and they perceived that he, the stranger, was the Lord, the man from Galilee; that he had risen from the dead; and then the form of Jesus disappeared.24. When he had gone, the two disciples were amazed.
Because he was Jewish and did not believe as they did, they had him thrown to the lions.
Josephus writes of Lake Asphaltitis casting up bitumen, of Sodom on its borders, and of a region burnt as by lightning, with remainders of Divine fire (Jewish War 4.8, Whiston).
2 Enoch (Slavonic Enoch), chapters 28–34 (long recension, probably 1st century CE Jewish text preserved only in Old Church Slavonic)
If we treat the Hopi tradition as the better-preserved memory, 2 Enoch (long recension) is the single Jewish text that still openly retains:
All other canonical and most extra-biblical Jewish sources suppressed or removed the fire and ice stages, leaving only the flood.
When we look beyond the canonical Hebrew Bible and include older Mesopotamian sources plus non-canonical Jewish texts that were still circulating when the Torah was being edited, we do find clear traces of world-destructions by fire and by cold/ice — exactly the two elements that the Hopi place before the final flood.
The older Mesopotamian tablets and the non-canonical Jewish writings, however, still preserve exactly the two elements that the Hopi place before the flood.
The Book of Sirach, also known as Ecclesiasticus or the Wisdom of Ben Sira, is a Jewish wisdom text from the deuterocanonical books of the Bible.
The book was authored by Jesus ben Sirach (also called Yeshua ben Eleazar ben Sira), a Jewish scribe and sage living in Jerusalem.
The text draws from earlier Jewish wisdom literature, such as Proverbs, and reflects the cultural and religious context of Second Temple Judaism, emphasizing practical ethics and piety.
It was included in the Septuagint and accepted in Catholic and Orthodox canons but excluded from the Protestant Bible and Jewish Tanakh.
Six as above so below the Jewish star.
The speaker connects Saturn to Jewish symbols and practices, such as the Star of David and wedding rings.
Speaker: "Christmas and the Jewish Festival of Lights both occur at the winter solstice, celebrating the sun’s rebirth as it moves one degree northward on December 25th.
Christians light Christmas trees and homes, mirroring the Jewish Festival of Lights, an ancient pagan celebration of the sun."
Speaker: "The Jewish people do not know their beginnings in the lunar cult.
The seal’s design links Elohim to other regional entities like the Anunnaki, confirming pre-monotheistic Jewish beliefs.
They are the second Adam of the Jewish scriptures." (p.
In Jewish scriptures, specifically the Book of Genesis in the Torah, there are two distinct accounts of human creation, which some Jewish thinkers interpret as describing two archetypal aspects of humanity: Adam the First and Adam the Second.
Because there was a Jewish temple built on that island and that Jewish temple was built there in the first temple period I beg your pardon, can I say a little thing?
So they were really another kind of Jewish religion indeed so here we come to the interesting point where history connects with this story because that Jewish temple on the island of Elephantine is a fact it did exist there were communications between it and Jerusalem the temple had the same dimensions as the Temple of Solomon when I searched the Bible for an explanation for the construction of the temple, the only explanation I find is as a house of rest for the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord it's a place in which the Ark of the Covenant is to be put and then suddenly while the first Temple still exists, we have another temple built in Egypt of the same dimensions those Ethiopian Jews say that their ancestors were driven out of that Island this also is true we know from the Egyptian history that this happened there was a Jewish community on that island and there was conflict with the Egyptian authorities because the island of Elephantine is dedicated to the Egyptian god Khnum, and Khnum is a ram-headed deity so the tension was caused by the sacrifice of rams that was taking place so the Falashas say, to cut a long story short, that their ancestors fled south they didn't go north through a hostile Egypt and back to Jerusalem they went south and they followed the Nile River system they followed the Blue Nile branch and they ended up in Lake Tana in Ethiopia and that's the heartland of Ethiopian Judaism Lake Tana, which is the source of the Blue Nile and suddenly I could see how this story made sense because how do you get the connection between Jerusalem and Ethiopia what connects them once you come into Egypt and into the Nile Valley, what connects them is the River Nile and it made perfect sense and Lake Tana was the place where the the Falashas had their homeland so once I learned all of this I began to feel that the Ethiopian story really deserved serious investigation and I looked into it in great depth and it was the moment where there was a transition in my life from investigating current affairs issues to investigating the past it put me on that path and the very first thing that I felt about the Ark of the Covenant as I was reading and I read all of the descriptions very very carefully is this thing sounds like a piece of technology it's constructed, it's carefully made, there's a blueprint, there's instructions on what to do, there's gold, there's wood, there's gold, there's these mysterious tablets that are placed inside it, whatever they are and it opened my eyes to the possibility that there might be a forgotten technological episode in the past of humanity and I would not have gone on to write my books about the possibility of a Lost Civilization if I had not first had that encounter with the mystery of the Ark of the Covenant personally I think the Ethiopian claim is rather strong for a lot of reasons but in a way its role in my life was to educate me as to the range of mysteries in the past that archaeologists completely ignore, and just scornfully dismiss they are not interested in myths, in traditions, any such thing they just they just dismiss it and in the process of doing so, as we say in English, they are throwing out the baby with the bath water they're missing important things in their desperate effort to be scientists so it was an important lesson for me there are mysteries in the past that are unexplained, which certainly are not explained by the present model of history, and that that model therefore must be questioned and that's what I've subsequently devoted my life to doing and often I think many mysteries are explained away too simply yeah, that's right, far too simple too simply of a way yeah, definitely but I think that your journey in Ethiopia was a great gift for us all thank you absolutely a great gift for us all thank you, it was an amazing adventure for me and it and it opened my eyes to problems and issues that I had been completely unaware of before and it set me on the track that I'm still that I'm still on today I think it's impossible to understand the human condition in the present if we have only a single view of the past we must have a diversity of views, we must be open to all of them and this is the main problem I have with archeology.
So you're saying there's no God in the Bible as it was translated from Hebrew to Greek, and yet the Hebrews, the Jewish people, have their own Torah in Hebrew and they're still a monotheistic people, they still believe in one God so if the translation is wrong, why do the Jews believe that there's one God when they have the original text?
Jewish traditions, such as in the midrashic Sefer haYashar, portray Methuselah as a preacher of repentance alongside Noah during a 120-year period before the Flood, though their efforts fail.
So they got excluded as the Hebrew canon was redefined by the Jewish community in the Christian period and after the Reformation the Christians limited the canon as well to get rid of some of those because those ideas were a bit too interesting.
By the time Jesus came on the scene, Yahweh was being used as the holy name for God; it was the name for the Jewish God.
Here Jesus is addressing the leaders of the Jewish people.
Here Jesus is describing a scenario that was very familiar to his Jewish hearers.
And when we get into the stories of Kings, Hezekiah and King Josiah, we're into the story of reform, where Jewish ritual practice was pared down to become monotheism.
Because many people from outside of Judaism, outside of the Jewish faith, were following Jesus, and the apostles had to get their heads around what this meant.
And towards the end of John's Gospel, he makes clear to his Jewish followers that his God and Father was something unknown to them.
Of course, this echoes what Jesus had told the Jewish leaders in John 8, where he said: "You don't know me and you don't know my Father." So there is a dis-equation of Yahweh and the Father of Jesus.
Justin Martyr put it very clearly: he said that the Yahwist laws and the prophetic tradition of Judaism was the preparation for the Jewish people for what Jesus was on about.
And as Christianity decided it was going to be an international faith and was not going to be tethered to Judaism—was not going to be a Jewish sect—mathematically that made international thought, crystallized by Plato, the more useful preparation.
But instead, what happened was the Jewish scriptures were glued onto the apostolic writings to make a Bible of Old Testament and New Testament.
In this respect he is nobly distinguished from the Oriental, and indeed from the spirit of Athenian law (compare Telfy,—dei kai autous kai tous ek touton atimous einai), as the Hebrew in the age of Ezekial is from the Jewish people of former ages.
He finishes by saying, "And love your neighbor as yourself." In a parallel passage, when he's asked, "Teacher, what is the greatest commandment of all?"—aka, how do you get saved?—he says, "The greatest commandment of all is love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength," the Jewish Shema from Deuteronomy 6.
This is what the Jewish Christians believed for four or five centuries before the Roman Catholic Church extinguished them.
Hegesippus, quoting from a Jewish Christian historian, tells the story of Simeon's martyrdom: when Simeon was captured by the Romans and tortured and killed at 120 years old.
It's the big scandal at the heart of Christianity that the first Christians were Jewish Christian Nazarenes who did not believe Jesus was God who incarnated like a Greek demigod like Apollo or Perseus.
This is what all the Jewish Christian groups believed up until the fourth or fifth century before they were wiped out.
The Gnostics say this, the Orthodox say that, the Jewish Christians think they're both heretics.
Right when they were making ground on it, the Jewish authorities came and said, "We're shutting this down.
It's against Jewish custom to dig up a grave." They covered over the grave, sealed it, and built apartments over it.
Why give preferential treatment he didn't give his own Jewish people?
He called out hypocrisy vehemently against his Jewish companions.
If these Islamic or Jewish infidels are going to hell anyway, what's the sin in putting them there sooner?
The very first known Christian teaching—in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest Christian Jewish text the Didache, the New Testament under Jesus and James—was the two ways.
In earliest Jewish Christian texts from Nazarenes, the Clementine writings, there's a section from Peter attacking God commanding war and peace—split mind.
Jewish Christian Nazarenes rejected: God is love, eternal law that cannot change.
Atheist, Buddhist, Islamic, Christian, Jewish—same.
Scholars note this influence likely occurred through cultural contact, possibly during the Babylonian exile (6th century BCE) when Jewish scribes encountered these motifs, or earlier via trade and migration in the ancient Near East.
In Genesis 3 in the Bible, any Christian or Jewish believer reading that text knows straight away they are not reading the earliest version of the story because the holy name Yahweh shouldn’t be in it.