"seek and you will find," Luke (11:9):
When I first started this blog, I wanted to investigate whether or not the founder of Christianity was real. If Jesus Christ was a real historical person, and the Son of God, then that would mean that my religion was valid and I have no reason to doubt anymore. However, after five years now, I have come to the conclusion that a lot of what I thought supported my original beliefs about Christianity aren't set in stone, or they're not true. Carefully, we're going to investigate the person of Jesus and see which version (yes,
version) of Jesus was real.
Part 1: Jesus as a Real Person:
1.1. The Jesus of the New Testament:
I believe that we all know who Jesus Christ is by now, even if you aren't religious anymore or wasn't religious to begin with. I'll give a brief overview:
1.2. What Jesus Might've Looked Like:
In 2002, and re-published in 2020, forensic anthropologists re-created what Jesus might've looked like (Mike Fillon, 2002/2020).
Jesus' Portrait (Fillon, 2002 [2020 edition]):
On 1/9/20, Archaeologists discovered a site where Jesus healed the blind man that was born blind (mentioned in the Gospel of John specifically). Not only that, but a painting found in the ruins of a Byzantine church in Shivta, Israel, depict Jesus as having "short curly hair, a long face, and an elongated nose," (Joel Day, 2020, p. 24). It was showing Jesus being baptized (Ruth Schuster, 2018, p. 5 and 13). This painting is 1,500-years old, or dated to the 6th century A.D. (Amanda Borschel-Dan, 2018, p. 2 and 8) (James Rogers, 2018, p.1).
Jesus' Baptismal Portrait from Byzantine Church (Amanda Borschel-Dan, 2018):
The Shroud of Turin by Diego Barbieri (Mauro, 2022):
Finally, we have the Shroud of Turin. This object is an "ancient linen cloth, 4.4 m long and 1.1 m wide," has "the image of a tortured man" with scars coinciding with someone who went through Jesus' crucifixion process. There has been much debate about its dating. Recently, De Caro et al., (2022) did an x-ray scan of the Shroud. Apparently, the results date the Shroud back to 2,000 years ago when Jesus Christ was suppose to have been alive (Abstract; Introduction, para. 1; X-Ray Dating of the TS Sample, para. 8-9; Conclusions, para. 3; Figures 2-3 and 5) (Mauro, 2022, WAXS Dating, para. 1-2).
Dating of the Shroud (De Caro et al., 2022, Abstract):
Dating of the Shroud (Mauro, 2022, WAXS Dating, para. 1-2):The shroud shows Jesus with long flowing hair coming down to his shoulders, and with a mustache and beard. Interestingly, this goes against "the earliest pictures of him" in which "his hair is short" (Schonfield, 1974, The Nazorean Scribes).
Links:
Mike Fillon (2002 [2020 edition]):
Joel Day (2020):
1.3. The Science Behind Jesus' Death:William D. Edwards et al., (1986), who published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), says that Jesus, given the way He is described during his execution, was indeed dead when he was removed from the cross ("Abstract"). In 2012, Steven A. Austin stated that an earthquake took place in 33 A.D., based on "superb mud laminae exposures." This earthquake was strong enough to destroy the western side of the Temple Mount, and the temple's curtain was torn ("Abstract"). The temple in question is the Second Jewish Temple. There's a picture of the temple in Ernest L. Martin's book, Secrets of Golgotha, written in 2007 (pg. 84). This also point towards Jesus' death occurring in 33 A.D.Second Jewish Temple/Temple Mount (Reconstruction):This follows what Matthew said in his Gospel:
"From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land... At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split," (27:45 and 51).
(Photo from Owen Jarus, 2017)I remember, back around 2016 or so, that the National Geographic Museum in Washington D.C. had an exhibit explored on the tomb of Jesus Christ. It was an interactive tour. The real tomb, as stated by Eun Kyung Kim (2017), is located "in Jerusalem's Old City," (p. 2). The tomb is located inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (p. 2). Inside the church, the tomb is held inside a shrine or Edicule. The tomb was discovered by Constantine's mother Helena in 327 A.D. The shrine is said to have been made by the Romans to protect the tomb (Owen Jarus, 2017, p. 3).Interestingly, scientists tested pieces of mortar from a limestone bed that is said to have been where the body of Jesus was laid (p. 4). The mortar has been dated back to 345 A.D. (Jarus, 2017, p. 5) (Kim, 2017, p. 5), which is about 1,700 years ago (Kim, 2017, p. 6) and just after Constantine's death in 337 A.D. (Jarus, 2017, p. 3 and 5) (Nicole and Matthews, 1999, pg. 1). Therefore, it is a possibility that this is the actual tomb of Jesus Christ. Maybe not entirely conclusive, but it's still a possibility.
1.4. Lanciano Miracle Eucharist Supports a Resurrected Jesus Christ? Earlier this year (11/15/21), my paster spoke about the Lanciano Miracle Eucharist. I had no idea what it was until that point, and it's probably the coolest evidence for Jesus that I've ever seen! The miracle took place in 750 A.D., during the 8th century, at the Church of St. Francis in Lanciano (The Real Presence, Eucharistic Miracle, para. 1) (HFBG, Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano, p. 1). A doubting Brasilian monk was performing mass, and he doubted that Jesus' presence was in the Eucharist. When doing the communal rites, the Eucharistic host turned into actual human flesh, and the wine turned into actual human blood (The Real Presence, Eucharistic Miracle, para. 1-2) (HFBG, Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano, p. 1).
Jesus' actual flesh and blood (Lanciano Eucharistic Miracle) (The Real Presence, Eucharistic Miracle):I'm never going to look at Communion the same way ever again!
The skin color is a light brown (para. 3), which supports the facia reconstruction from Fillon (2002/2020). Testing from the 1970's-1980's concluded that the flesh and blood are real, and the blood type is AB. Interestingly, the tissue come from the heart (para. 6 and 8).
The flesh's color (The Real Presence, Eucharistic Miracle, para. 3):
The types of testing done, and the tissue comes from the heart (The Real Presence, Eucharistic Miracle, para. 6-8): Kearse (n.d.) stated that some scrutiny should be involved when dealing with the Lanciano Eucharist, the Shroud of Turin, and other miracles, until more tests could be done (pp. 3-4). I agree, but I do have a hard time trying to invalidate the Lanciano miracle. I can't come up with a valid argument without going into murder territory, and that does seem pretty far-fetched.
Also, the blood stains on the Shroud of Turin suggests that it was probably type AB, just like the blood in the Lanciano Eucharist (Kearse, n.d., pp. 1 and 3).
Links:
1.5. Historical References to Jesus Christ?1. Flavius Josephus (37-101 A.D) (Photo by William Whiston, 1850):
Flavius Josephus (37-101 A.D), according to J. Warner Wallace (2017), was a Jewish historian, among other things. In 93 A.D, he wrote the
Antiquities of the Jews, which has 20 volumes according to Christopher Klein (2019). In
Antiquities of the Jews, Josephus says quote about James and Jesus:
"...
the brother of Jesus who was called Christ, whose name was James..."
Antiquities of the Jews, 93 A.D.,
Book XX (20) Chapter 9 Verse 1.
Here is the best quote about Jesus:
"Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man; if it be lawful to call him a man. For he was a doer of wonderful works; a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews, and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men among us, had condemned him to the cross; those that loved him at the first did not forsake him. For he appeared to them alive again, the third day: as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day," Antiquities of the Jews, 93 A.D., Book XVIII (18) Chapter 3 Verse 3.
According to Pines (1971) (p. 16), this is a Greek version of the passage. It has been criticized as being forged by Christians. In other words, it seems that someone edited this passage long ago in order to make Josephus look positive about Jesus, as Wallace (2017) and McDowell and Wilson (2011) (pp. 39-40) states. However, the passage has been defended as being true (McDowell and Wilson, 2011, pp. 40-41). More importantly, the 4th-century Arabic version is the earliest version of this passage, which means that that version wasn't tampered with. This version was quoted in Pines (1971) (p. 16) and McDowell and Wilson (2011) (p. 42).
"At this time there was a wise man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good, and [he] was known to be virtuous. And many people from among the Jews and the other nations became his disciples. Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die. And those who had become his disciples did not abandon his discipleship. They reported that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion and that he was alive; accordingly, he was perhaps the Messiah concerning whom the prophets have recounted wonders,"
Antiquities of the Jews, 93 A.D.,
Book XVIII (18), Chapter 3, Verse 3 (Original 4th-century Arabic translation by Shlomo Pines, 1971, pg. 16):
More importantly, the 4th-century Arabic version is the earliest version of this passage, which means that that version wasn't tampered with. This version was quoted in Pines (1971) (p. 16) and McDowell and Wilson (2011) (p. 42).
McDowell and Wilson (2011) (p. 42):
McDowell and Wilson (2011) give another translation of the passage here (p. 41):
Josephus also mentions John the Baptist, Jesus' cousin:
"...John, that was called the baptist. For Herod slew him [About Feb. A.D. 32.]..." Antiquity of the Jews, Book XVIII (18), Chapter 5, Verse 2.
It seems that we can also conclude that Jesus, James, and John the Baptist were real people... However, it seems that that is not so easily the case. It seems that these passages in Josephus have been criticized as being Christian forgeries for over a hundred years! In fact, it seems that Josephus never even knew about Jesus... According to Massey (1883 [2000 edition]), Josephus' passages on Jesus were
“manifestly interpolated between the two calamities that befell the Jews. Besides which, Photius states explicitly that Josephus made no mention of Jesus Christ.” Massey names "Another Jewish historian" named Justin Tiberias. Tiberias never mentioned Jesus either (p. 191). Allen (2020) said that Josephus never knew Jesus, John the Baptist, or James the Just (mentioned as Jesus' brother in Josephus' book) (p. 5), and never wrote the passage on Jesus in Book XVIII (18) Chapter 3 Verse 3 (called the "Testimonium Flavianum") (p. 105). The passage was created by Christians (p. 135). This goes for "the Arabic and Slavic versions" as well (p. 143). In fact, Allen said that the Christian Church Father Eusebius created the Testimonium Flavianum! The passages on James, and John the Baptist, in Josephus' book were created by the Church Father Origen (p. 297). Josephus turned against the Jews, and probably "made prophetic statements about Vespasian." He wouldn't have called Jesus the "Christ" because Jesus was Jewish (pp. 107 and 121). Vespasian was a Roman emperor from the first century A.D. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vespasian, para. 1). As for Origen, he stated twice that Josephus never called Jesus "Christ" (p. 131). Baras (1987) stated this too (pp. 338-340). I found one of the statements of Origen in his book
Against Celsus (Book 1, Ch. 47):
Origen said that Josephus didn't believe that Jesus was "the Christ." This supports Allen (2020).
Smith (1910) said that a Christian wrote the passage on Jesus (Testimonium Flavianum) in Josephus' book, not Josephus himself (p. 5). He also said that the passages on both Jesus, and James, in Josephus' book are fictitious (p. 32).
In summation, Josephus never knew about Jesus, James, or John the Baptist. He also never called Jesus "Christ."
Links:
Photo by William Whiston (1850):
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Works-Flavius-Josephus-Legendary/dp/0890515492
Flavius Josephus.
Antiquities of the Jews, 93 A.D.,
Book XX (20), Chapter 9, Verse 1:
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/ant-20.html
Flavius Josephus.
Antiquities of the Jews, 93 A.D., Book XVIII (18), Chapter 3, Verse 3:
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/ant-18.html
Flavius Josephus.
Antiquities of the Jews, 93 A.D., Book XVIII (18), Chapter 5, Verse 2:
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/ant-18.html
Shlomo Pines (1971) (pg. 16):
http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/books/pines01.pdf
McDowell and Wilson (2011) (pg. 39-42):
https://books.google.com/books?id=qJDkkQT8oOQC&pg=PA4&dq=He+Walked+Among+Us,+Josh+McDowell,+Bill+Wilson,+Here%27s+Life+Publishers&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq0Lm36djkAhUIV8AKHfyoB2MQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=josephus&f=false
J. Warner Wallace (2017). "Is There Any Evidence for Jesus Outside the Bible?":
https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/is-there-any-evidence-for-jesus-outside-the-bible/
Christopher Klein (2019):
https://www.history.com/news/was-jesus-real-historical-evidence
Massey (1883 [2000 edition]) (P. 191):
https://books.google.com/books?id=ctQa-TxSsGkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=gerald+massey+christ+rome&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGkuSXpduGAxX7MVkFHf6CB3kQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=gerald%20massey%20christ%20rome&f=false
Allen (2020):
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Christian_Forgery_in_Jewish_Antiquities/tb_9DwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Baras (1987) (PP. 338-340; in Feldman and Hata, 1987):
https://books.google.com/books/about/Josephus_Judaism_and_Christianity.html?id=f3KwlJSQr4cC&printsec=frontcover&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_entity&hl=en&gl=US&ovdme=1#v=onepage&q=Baras%20&f=false
Origen. Against Celsus. Book 1 Ch. 47:
https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/04161.htm
Smith (1910):
https://books.google.com/books?id=wPzYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Tacitus+on+Jesus&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir8L6a6OGGAxUgEGIAHai9BCgQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=Tacitus%20on%20Jesus&f=false
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vespasian:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vespasian
2.
Cornelius Tacitus (55-120 A.D):
Tacitus (55-120 A.D) was a Roman historian who wrote
The Annals in 116 A.D., according to Wallace (2017). When he wrote about Nero persecuting the Christians, he stated the reason for why the Christians were being killed:
"...Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judæa, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular," The Annals, 15.44, 116 A.D.
This passage mentions Jesus' name ("Christus"), that he was the leader of the Christians and died under Pontius Pilate, and that after he was killed the Christians continued to spread the name of Jesus.
Unfortunately, it seems that this passage isn't trustworthy either. Massey (1883 [2000 edition]) said that Tacitus' passage "was obviously unknown to the Church fathers, and therefore non-extant," (p. 191). Allen (2020) said that Tacitus' passage doesn't work either because Josephus never mentioned Christians, yet Josephus himself lived in the first century A.D. (p. 105 note 146). Smith (1910) said that Tacitus' passage could've been authentic, but states that the passage was more likely a Christian forgery (pp. 12 and 32). More importantly, Smith said that none of the Christian writers cited any of these sources. This points towards the conclusion that these passages on Jesus, like Josephus' and Tacitus', didn't exist originally (p. 33).
It's more than likely now that Tacitus' passage on Christians didn't exist originally.
Links:
Tacitus.
The Annals. 116 A.D, 15.44:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0078%3Abook%3D15%3Achapter%3D44
J. Warner Wallace (2017). "Is There Any Evidence for Jesus Outside the Bible?":
https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/is-there-any-evidence-for-jesus-outside-the-bible/
Massey (1883 [2000 edition]) (P. 191):
https://books.google.com/books?id=ctQa-TxSsGkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=gerald+massey+christ+rome&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGkuSXpduGAxX7MVkFHf6CB3kQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=gerald%20massey%20christ%20rome&f=false
Allen (2020):
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Christian_Forgery_in_Jewish_Antiquities/tb_9DwAAQBAJ?hl=en
Smith (1910):
https://books.google.com/books?id=wPzYAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Tacitus+on+Jesus&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir8L6a6OGGAxUgEGIAHai9BCgQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=Tacitus%20on%20Jesus&f=false
3.
Qur'an:According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, the Qur'an is "the sacred scripture of Islam," (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Qur'an, para. 1). The Oxford Islamic Studies Online website says that the Qur'an mentions Jesus twenty five times ("Jesus, Son of Mary"). Also according to the website, and the website The Noble Quran, in 3:45-48 of the Qur'an, it mentions the Annunciation, and something akin to Jesus' Ascension. Muslims don't believe that Jesus was crucified or resurrected, nor that he was equal to God, but they say that God took Jesus back up to Heaven (Qur'an, 3:54-56). The Qur'an backs up Jesus' birth as described in the Gospels, and the Ascension. However, a lot of other aspects of Jesus' life in the Gospels aren't in the Qur'an.
Links:
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Qur'an:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Quran
Oxford Islamic Studies Online:
"Jesus, Son of Mary":
http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1196
3:45-64:
The Noble Quran:
https://quran.com/3/45-64
4.
The Babylonian Talmud:
According to Wallace (2017) and Neusner (1970), the
Babylonian Talmud was written between the fourth and sixth centuries A.D., and contains the writings and beliefs of the Jewish people. It also contains the "history, ideas and ideals" of Judaism "for the past fifteen centuries" (Neusner, 1970, "Foreward," p. 1). Darmesteter (1897) said that the Talmud explains the culture of the Jews in the times before, and after, the rise of Christianity (
The Talmud, translated by Darmesteter, 1897, p. 7, "The Talmud").
This is what the
Talmud had to say about Jesus:
"On the even of the Passover Yeshu was hanged (or, "On Passover Eve they hung the corpse of Jesus the Nazarene after they killed him by way of stoning"). For forty days before the execution took place, a herald went forth and cried, 'He (Jesus the Nazarene) is going forth to be stoned because has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to apostacy (or, "because he practiced sorcery, incited people to idol worship, and led the Jewish people astray")," Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin 43a.
The passages on Jesus in the Talmud came from an anti-Christian book called Toledot Yeshu: The Book of the Life of Jesus. (Toledut Yeshu: The Life Story of Jesus, 2014, Volume 1, Synopsis). It circulated orally during the first century AD before being written down (Huldrich, 1705, Synopsis). It was inserted into the Talmud around 600 AD (Toledut Yeshu: The Life Story of Jesus [Meerson and Schafer, 2014 edition], Volume 1, Synopsis). Apostacy means to abandon something, including a previous religious faith (Merriam Webster, Apostacy). Jesus leading Israel into apostacy means that He was leading the Jews away from Judaism (the Jewish religion), and the Jewish God. According to the Jewish sage Moses Maimon/Maimonides (Rambam) (1135-1204 A.D.), Jesus was a false Messiah, and Christianity caused the Jews to "serve a god other than the Lord" (Jewish Virtual Library, Moses Maimonides (Rambam), para. 1) (Melachim uMilchamot, Ch. 11 Section 4). To the Jews, Jesus wasn't the Messiah. He was also killed by the Jewish "court" for sorcery and idol worship, not by the Romans. Jesus' followers, "Mattai, Nakai, Netzer, Buni, and Toda," were also killed by the court (Tractate Sanhedrin 43a).
According to Massey (1883 [2000 edition]), the Jesus of the Talmud is the only candidate for being the historical Jesus (p. 191). The Jesus the Nazarene of the Talmud, also called Jesus ben Pandira/Jehoshua ben Pandira, was born in the fourth reign of Alexander Jannaeus. Massey estimated that Jesus was born in 120 B.C. (pp. 186-187). Jesus' parents were Pandira and Stada. In Toledot Yeshu, Jesus was originally told by Miriam (his mother/Mary) that he was the son of Miriam and Yohanan. He later finds out from his mother that he is the "bastard son" of Yoself Panderi and Miriam. Yohanan told the Sanhedrin about this, and the Sanhedrin excommunicated Jesus from the community. Yosef Panderi was a womanizer, and the son of a carpenter named Panderi ([Meerson and Schafer, 2014 edition], pp. 323 and 340). In the Talmud, Miriam's "nickname" was "Stada," meaning that she "strayed [setat da] from her husband." Pandeira was still Jesus' father, while Miriam's actual husband was called "Pappos ben Yehuda" (Shabbat 104b:5). Jesus and his teacher, the fifth Sanhedrin president Jehoshua ben Perachia, fled to Egypt in 105 B.C. when the Pharisees revolted against King Jannaeus. Jesus was Perachia's "pupil" in the Sanhedrin (Massey, 1883 [2000 edition], p. 187). The Talmud said that Jesus ("ben Stada") spent time in Egypt, but he brought back magic spells (Shabbat 104b:5). It seems that "Yehoshua ben Perahya's" (Perachia) and "Jesus the Nazarene's" relationship ended badly (Sotah: 47a).
When Jesus was arrested, King Jannaeus' wife/widow, Salome Jannaeus (also called Alexandra and Oleina) was sympathetic to him (Massey, 1883 [2000 edition], p. 187), and wanted to release Jesus because she was related to him (Massey, 1900, p. 6). This is interesting because the Talmud said that Jesus "had close ties to the government, and the gentile authorities were interested in his acquittal," (Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sanhedrin 43a). In Toledot Yeshu, Queen Helene/"Helene of Adiabene, mother of King Monobaz" became the wife of Alexander Yannai in the Talmud and Toledot Yeshu. In real life, Helene of Adiabene lived in the early first century C.E. (A.D.), and she became a "relative of Miriam" in the Talmud. Alexander Yannai had a real wife called Salome Alexandra. She was the sister of Shim'on ben Shetah, who was the teacher of Jesus' father Yohanan in the "Wagenseil version" of the Toledot Yeshu. "Queen Helene" (Salome Alexandra) was a relative of Jesus, and tried to rescue him from death ([Meerson and Schafer, 2014 edition], pp. 43-44, 292-293; p. 293 notes 33 and 35).
Ultimately, Jesus ben Pandira was executed for being a wizard by hanging on a tree. This is similar to Jesus' death as stated in Acts of the Apostles. Massey saidJesus died in 70 A.D. in the city of Lyd or Lydda (Massey, 1883 [2000 edition], pp. 187 and 190) (Massey, 1900, p. 6). Jesus didn't die in Jerusalem (Massey, 1900, p. 6), unlike what is stated in the Gospels (Matthew 21:1-11). Galatians 3:13 said that Jesus was hanged on a tree, and this was a punishment for someone who "has committed a sin carrying a sentence of death," (Deuteronomy 21:22-23). The tree is also just called "wood" (notes w and x).
The life of Jesus in the Talmud is different from the Jesus of the Gospels. In the Talmud, Jesus is the son of a womanizer named Yosef (Joseph) Panderi-Pandeira-Pandira, and Miriam (Mary) "Stada." He was a pupil of the fifth Sanhedrin president Yehoshua Perahya-Perachia, but their relationship went sour later on. Jesus practiced sorcery, which he seemed to have learned from his time in Egypt with Perahya-Perachia. He had some followers too, and he gained a following. This led to him getting killed by the Jewish council. Salome Jannaeus/Alexandra tried to rescue him, along with other gentiles it would seem, but they failed. Jesus was then hanged from a tree/wood, which was a punishment for sinners in the Old Testament.
To my surprise, other people have written about Jesus and his possible connection to the the Jannaeus family. Norris (2016) said that Alexander Jannaeus and Alexandra Salome were Jesus' "3rd Great-Grandfather" and "Grandmother" (Appendix 1 [p. 1]):Norris also said that Jesus had "financial supporters," and the people listed in Appendix 1 seem to be Jesus' supporters. These "supporters were his own close relatives," (Conclusion [p. 1]). Herod 1/Herod the Great, who is known as the man who tried to kill the infant Jesus (), was an enemy of the "royal line of David" whom Joseph and his brother Cleopas belong to (Ch. 7 [p. 1]).
Another author, Ya'qub Al-Qirqisani, said that "Pandera," who was also called "Isa bin Maryam (Jesus son of Mary)," was extant "in the time of Joshua b. Perahiah, who is said to have been the maternal uncle of Jesus." They lived during the "time of Caesar," and Jesus was killed by the "Rabbanites" (The Book of Lights and Watchtowers, 10th century A.D. [Cheisa and Lockwood, 1984 edition], p. 102):
Part 1:Part 2:
Rene Salm also quoted this passage. The rest of the passage from the book said that the Jesus that was the nephew of Perahiah was the "Hasmonian Yeshu," which got construed with the "Roman-era Jesus ('in the time of Caesar')," (Mythicist Papers, The Prophet Yeshu: Pt. 12-Family ties (and a correction), 10/24/20):Salm also stated that Alexander Jannaeus was one of Jesus' uncles, making Salome Alexandra one of Jesus' aunts.
As to how hold Jesus was when he was being taught be Joshuah ben Perahia, Rev. Wolff (1828) said that Jesus "was already grown in years when he became a disciple of Joshuah ben Perahia," (Vol. 2 p. 109).
The Jesus of Toledot Yeshu, and the Babylonian Talmud, might've been the real Jesus after all! However, this means that Jesus of the Gospels wasn't real.
Links:
The Babylonian Talmud:
1.) Tractate Sanhedrin Folio 43a ("AND A HERALD PROCEEDS HIM etc."):
Massey (1883 [2000 edition]) (P. 191):
https://books.google.com/books?id=ctQa-TxSsGkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=gerald+massey+christ+rome&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGkuSXpduGAxX7MVkFHf6CB3kQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=gerald%20massey%20christ%20rome&f=false
Massey (1900) (P. 6):
https://thebibleisnotholy.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/the-historical-jesus-and-mythical-christ.pdf
Matthew 21:1-11:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/21.htm
Galatians 3:13:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/galatians/3.htm
Deuteronomy 21:22-23:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/deuteronomy/21.htm
Norris (2016):
https://books.google.com/books?id=l-VpCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=salome+alexandra+relative+of+jesus&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8lfvy3uOGAxXoMVkFHZTDBDwQ6AF6BAgMEAI#v=onepage&q=salome%20alexandra%20relative%20of%20jesus&f=false
Al-Qirqisani, Ya'qub . The Book of Lights and Watchtowers (10th century A.D. [Cheisa and Lockwood, 1984 edition]) (P. 102):
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Salm, Rene. Mythicist Papers, The Prophet Yeshu: Pt. 12-Family ties (and a correction). 10/24/20:
1.6. Jesus, the Teacher of Righteousness, and the Essenes:
Epiphanius (315-403 A.D.) (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saint Epiphanius of Constantia, para. 1) wrote about Jesus and his followers in his book The Panarion. Epiphanius said that Jesus' followers were called "Jessaeans." This was either due to the man named Jesse who was the father of King David, or because they are named after Jesus. Jesus' name "means 'healer' or 'physician,' and 'savior'." Later on, beginning at Antioch, Jesus' followers "began to be called Christians." Philo met the Jessaeans as well, near Mareotis (The Panarion [Williams, 2009 edition], Book 1, 99, 1.2 and 4.9 [pp. 123 and 126]).
However, the "Jessaeans" in Mareotis are called Therapeutae. The Therapeutes (singular), or Therapeutae (plural), were a "Jewish sect of ascetics closely resembling the Essenes, believed to have settled on the shores of Lake Mareotis in the vicinity of Alexandria, Egypt, during the first century A.D.," (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Therapeutae, para. 1) (The Panarion [Williams, 2009 edition], p. 123 note 3). The Egyptian Jewish Therapeutae were said to be "pious," "curers" and "healers," and were similar to the Qumran-Essenes (Silver, 2017, p. 190). Even though these people went by a different name, they were similar to a group called the Essenes. Epiphanius called them Christians as well (The Panarion [Williams, 2009 edition], p. 123 note 3; p. 126]). Reber (1872) said that the Therapeutae became Christians, and the full transformations happened around "the second century," (p. 51).
The name Essene, originally "Essenoi" and "Essaioi" were the "Aramaic, ie Semitic, word meaning "'Physician'." They were also exorcisers of demons (Allegro, 2010. p. 12) (Mansur, 1964, p. 126) (Silver, 2017, p. 190). Other spellings of the name Essene are "Asaioi" (also spelled "Iessaioi") (Dunlap, 1894, pp. 468 and 813), "Aschai" (Chaldean name for Essenes that means "a bather") (Graetz, 1893 [2009 edition], Vol. 2, p. 26) (Baldwin, Cradock, and Jow, 1880, Vol. 114-115, p. 123), "Assidei/Hassidim" (Acts 14 International Congress of Orientalists, 1938, Vol. 19, p. 512 [Italian]). Silver (2017) said that the "popular theory today" for the origin of the name Essene is that it "was derived from the Aramaic/Syriac word hasayya, meaning 'the Pious,' or alternatively 'the Healers'." This is due to the idea of the "cure of body and the soul." This was essential to the "Qumran-Essenes" and the "Egyptian Jewish Therapeutae" (p. 190). In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus said that the people in the Galilean synagogue would tell him the proverb, "Physician, heal thyself." This was due to Jesus healing people in Capernaum before coming to Nazareth (Luke 4:23). Jesus also said that "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick." This is why he sat and ate with sinners (Mark 2:14-17). Jesus also exercised demons in the gospels (Mark 1:21-28, 32, and 39). Jesus healing people, exercising demons, and being called a "physician," links him perfectly with the Essenes. The Essenes also liked to pray before the sun rose (Josephus, The Jewish War, Book 2, Ch. 8, 8.5). Jesus did this too (Mark 1:35).
Another key aspect of Jesus that links him to the Essenes are white clothes. During the Transfiguration, Jesus' clothes turned white (Matthew 17:2). The Essenes wore white clothes (Josephus, The Jewish War, Book 2, Ch. 8, 8.3 and 8.5). Bathing was also a part of the initiation process for Essenes, and they had to bathe before meals too (8.5 and 8.7). Sounds like baptism to me. In fact, John the Baptist is said to be John the Aschai (Essene) (Baldwin, Cradock, and Jow, 1880, Vol. 114-115, p. 123). The Jewish Virtual Library said that John the Baptist could've been a Hemerobaptist ("Morning Bathers"), and this was "suggested in the Clementine Homilies (2:23)." This group was "probably a division of the Essenes," and they bathed every morning (Jewish Virtual Library, Minor Sects, Hemerobaptists). Both Jesus, and John the Baptist, were Essenes. Alternatively, Epiphanius said that John the Baptist was a Nazirite, who were "firstborn sons and men who had been dedicated to God." This is why John the Baptist didn't drink alcohol in the Gospels (The Panarion [Williams, 2009 edition], Book 1, 99, 5.7 [p. 127]). It should be noted that the Nazirites "were not a sect, or even a special order." It was a vow (Schonfield, 1974, The Nazorean Scribes). Looks like John the Baptist could've been an Essene, or a Hemerobaptist, that took a Nazirite vow.
Epiphanius said that the Jessaeans, or Essenes, could've been named after Jesus. To go one step further in that direction, Ellegard (1998 [2011 edition]) said that Jesus could be related to "the founder of the Essene community, the "Teacher of Righteousness." The Teacher of Righteousness had a similar fate to Jesus in the Gospels, in which he was "betrayed by a community member and taken prisoner by the priestly establishment that had long planned to have him killed.” The Eucharist and chalice probably came from the Essenes, and Christianity probably came from the Essenes as well (Ch. 1, Paul and the Gnostics [p. 3]). The Teacher of Righteousness might’ve been “a construction to give substance” to the founding of the Essenes. This could be a correlation to the Jesus of the Gospels (Ch. 4, The Teacher of Righteousness [p. 4; p. 111]). The Jewish Virtual Library said that the Teacher of Righteousness was"the organizer of the Qumran community or Yahad," (Jewish Virtual Library, Teacher of Righteousness, para. 1). According to Dupont-Sommer (1950), the Teacher of Righteousness died around 65-63 B.C. (VanderKam and Flint, 2005, p. 322), or 65-53 B.C. (Wilson, 2017, Part II: The Dead Sea Scrolls 1947-1969: The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955, Ch. 5: What Would Renan Have Said? [p. 6]). Dimont (2014) said that the Teacher of Righteousness began his ministry "around 105-95 B.C. and ended around 65-55 B.C." After meeting a harsh death, thanks to the betrayal "at the hands of the 'wicked priest,'" the followers of the Teacher of Righteousness believed that he would "reappear among them, resurrected from the dead, his disciples thought of Qumran (at the Jordan River) as the most likely area for him to reappear." During that time, his followers awaited for Judgement Day (Section 15).
Wise (1999) went even further concerning the relationship between Jesus and the Teacher of Righteousness. Wise said that the Teacher of Righteousness, whom he called "Judah" (p. 41), "was the savior before Jesus." He also said, despite having different messages, Judah's movement was "proto-Christianity" (p. 256). Wise listed numerous parallels between Judah and Jesus:
P. 253:
-Both Judah and Jesus claimed to be “a prophet, and more than a prophet.”
P. 254:1.) Both Judah and Jesus “proclaimed a completed Law of Moses, perfected by his own revelations from God.”2.) Both individuals taught the same things.
3.) Both were said to have been predicted to arrive and perform wonders.
4.) Both were rejected (mostly) by the Jews, especially by the Pharisees and “priestly families.”
5.) Both were “tried before the council and sentenced to die.”
6.) Both said Jerusalem would be destroyed by the Romans. This is due to rejection of his teachings. (Also stated on p. 42)
7.) Both started movements that are still extant today.
8.) Both were the “Suffering Servant, the Messiah, Good Shepherd, and other figures foretold by scripture.” (Also stated on p. 174)
9.) Both said their sufferings were for “atonement” (of sins). (Also on p. 212)
10.) Both are said to “sat at the right hand of God.”
11.) Both are said to return, and their followers will rule the world.
Concerning the Pharisees, Judah condemned the laws of the Pharisees in the temple. (p. 43). Wise said that "Judah vilified the Pharisees and their supporters with a variety of epithets.” One of them is “smooth” (p. 48). Both Judas and Jesus accused the Pharisees of neglecting God’s laws to keep their own traditions (p. 90). Judah believed that the Jewish nation had to return to God’s law through repentance, or risk being destroyed and the "Latter Days" would arrive. Judah even had "10 commandments" (which were actually 15) that he believed would help his people to repent. His laws were critiques of "the royal family's behavior." This brought on the wrath of the Pharisees (pp. 42-44). During his teachings, Judah said “I am” statements, like Jesus did, and Gospel of John made Jesus like Judas using those statements (p. 48). Judah was a prophet talking about the “end times.” He said that the “‘kingdom of God’” meant the “glorious but earthly Jewish kingdom of the Latter Days,” (p. 75). I can't help but think of the "Latter Day Saints..." Both Judah and Jesus equated the kingdom of God to a tree that produced good fruit (p. 198). In a Dead Sea Scroll document, called the Damascus document, Judah spoke in riddles. This seems similar to Jesus speaking in parables (p. 199).
The most interesting aspect of Judah's teachings, in my opinion, was that he saw himself as divine. In the Hymn of the Exalted One, a Dead Sea Scrolls document, Judah was elevated “higher even than the archangels,” and close to God. In the Thanksgiving Hymns, Judah met a similar fate to Jesus after his death. Judah’s followers said that he was “semidivine, the highest angel.” This is in “Judah’s own eighth hymn.” The Ebionites said Jesus “assumed that role after the resurrection,” (p. 224). Judah built his foundation based on a person called “the Staff,” like Jesus built his foundation on John the Baptist. People argued over who was better. The Staff’s laws were seen as “inadequate,” according to Judah's followers. This seems to be a similar situation between the followers of John the Baptist and Jesus (p. 206). Judah was "About 60 years old," and originally served in "the highest ranks of the Jerusalem priesthood, a man well acquainted with the corridors of power and the politics of the royal court," (p. 41). This sounds familiar to Jesus in the Talmud, who was taught by the fifth Sanhedrin president Perahya.
The dates given for the Teacher of Righteousness' ministry falls within the range of when the Jesus of the Talmud was alive. In fact, one Church Father said that Jesus lived a long life. Irenaeus (2nd century A.D.) said that Jesus died when he was an old man, a statement he received from the elders. John the disciple said that Jesus “‘passed through every age’.” Irenaeus did this to combat the Gnostics, whom seem to state the death of a 30-year old Jesus (Massey, 1883 [2000 edition], p. 190). In the Gospel of John, the Jews said to Jesus “You are not yet 50 years old,” (John 8:56-57). Irenaeus, in his book Against Heresies, uses this passage (Book 22 Ch. 22 Section 6) to support his claim that Jesus was fifty years old, or more, when he died (Book 2 Ch. 22)! Using this, and the dates given for the life of the Talmud Jesus, we can see that Jesus was active during the time of the Teacher of Righteousness. In fact, Massey's date of 70 B.C. for the death of the Talmud Jesus is really close to the 65-55 B.C. date for the death of the Teacher of Righteousness. Also, the "wicked priest" that betrayed the Teacher of Righteousness sounds like Judas Iscariot's role in the Gospels (Matthew 26:14-16, and 47-50). Wise (1999) said that the Teacher of Righteousness was "About 60 years old," (p. 41). I'm convinced now that Jesus was the Teacher of Righteousness, and the "wicked priest" that betrayed him was Judas Iscariot.
Interestingly, there was a group of Essenes called the Nazoreans/Nazareans. The Nazorean/Nazarean sect of Essenes was located on Mount Caramel (The Nazarene Way, Nazarene or Nazareth?, The Essenes, the Nazarenes) (The Nazarenes of Mount Carmel, Home Page). According to the Essene website The Nazarenes of Mount Carmel, there were originally two sects of Essenes: the Ossaeans (B'nai Zadok ["'Children of Zadok'"]/The Qumran Essenes), and the Nazoreans (B'nai Amen ["'Children of God'"]/the Nazarenes of Mount Carmel). The Nazoreans had a temple on Mount Carmel, and in Jerusalem (The Nazarenes of Mount Carmel, Home Page; Nazoreans and Ossaeans). St. Paul was said to be "a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes" (Acts 24:5). Mount Carmel is a "mountain range" located in "northwestern Israel." It was close to Galilee (Ecyclopaedia Britannica, Mount Carmel, para. 1). Galilee is in northern Israel, and Josephus said that "Mount Carmel (is) on the west (of Galilee)" (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Galilee, para. 1-2). As to Jesus being in Qumran, Feather (2005) said that "a very strong case can be made" to say "that Jesus was once a member of the Qumran-Essene community (Ch. 6. The Archaeological Evidence for Jesus' Life). According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Teacher of Righteousness was the leader of the Essenes, who led them into the wilderness "when Jonathan Maccabeus, and, later, Simon Maccabeus, usurped the office of high priest." Simon pursued the Essenes because they "opposed the usurpation." This happened "in the 2nd century B.C.E." As for when the Essenes settled in Qumran, "some scholars" give a couple of dates ranging from "143/142-135/134 B.C.E." to "135/134-104 B.C.E" (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Qumran, para. 4-5).
Some sources seem to indicate that Jesus, and the Teacher of Righteousness, were part of the Zadokites. Kim
(2014), despite being against the Zadokites, said that the belief system of the Zadokites "can be seen as providing the central influence for the Jesus movement." The author the scholar Israel Knohl, who stated that Jesus "'inherited'" the role of the "'suffering servant' of the Dead Sea Scrolls." Kim said that the "suffering servant" is the Teacher of Righteousness, who was "a Zadokite priest expelled from the Jerusalem Temple." He then went on to help make the "Qumran community," (Ch. 1, p. 1):According to Acharya S (1999 [2012 edition]), there have been "several correspondences" that have been noted "between the Zadokites and Christianity." Many of them, according to the scholar Golb, are "found in the scrolls." These would be the Dead Sea Scrolls. One such scroll is the Zadokite Document, which contain phrases that "reflects one school of thought that shaped Christianity, representing one zealous 'Jewish' branch of the ubiquitous pre-Christian salvation cult." The Zadokites also used "a variety of concepts and terms" that are used by Christians today, "such as the 'Holy Spirit,' 'Salvation,' 'sons of Light,' and 'the Elect,' a term also used by the Mandaeans/Nazarenes." Acharya S also stated that the Zadokites were Sadducees who "were attempting to produce a 'future king of righteousness' to restore to them their traditional priestly role, a new Joshua/Jesus of the type of both the Old and New Testament and the Maccabean Revolt." The Zadokite Document also said that "the 'Prince of the entire congregation'," also called "the 'scepter of Israel,'" would "destroy the 'sons of Seth' (as at Num. 24:17). These 'sons of Seth' were evidently the black-robed Pharisees." Interestingly, the Pharisees were a "luni-stellar cult people," while the Sadducees "solar cultists" who wore white robes (19. Essenes, Zealots and Zadokites). The Zadok Document was also called the "'Damascus Rule,'" (19. Essenes, Zealots and Zadokites: The Zadokites/Sadducees [p. 1]). Interestingly, Acharya S said that "according to the genealogy in Matthew, Jesus himself is a 'son of Zadok," (19. Essenes, Zealots and Zadokites: The Zadokites/Sadducees [p. 3]).
Acharya S then describes the background of the Zadokites, and it it involves Jesus' hometown of Galilee. The Judeans "violently subjugated" Galilee in 104-103 B.C. by Aristobolus I. The Galileans were 'forcibly converted to Judaism, and circumcision was also "compulsory." Qumran was a "Herodian outpost," and after the conversion of the populace it became "swelled, evidently with Samaritans and Galileans, or Zealots 'from Damascus,' who were the Sadducees, or 'sons of Zadok,' i.e., 'the priests who keep the covenant,' as the Zealots of the scrolls identified themselves." The Zadokites of the Dead Sea area/Qumran, along with the Samaritan Sadducees, were an "'offshoot' of the Sadducean sect, 'possibly the Dosithean schism,'" according to the scholar Solomon Schechter. Along with being Samaritans, the "Zadokites/Samaritans" were "also Levites." The Mandaeans "were called "'Nasoreans,' i.e., Nazarenes/Nazarites." They were "designated men" mentioned in the Zadokite Document, according to the scholar Theodore Gaster. "Samaritans and Mandaeans," also according to Gaster, wear white clothes. They still do this in the present day (19. Essenes, Zealots and Zadokites: The Zadokites/Sadducees [pp. 1-2]). Now we know who the Zadokites and Nazoreans/Nazarenes are! The "Levitical priests" were called "sons of Zadok" in Ezekiel 44:15. Most importantly, Acharya S tells us, as well as the Zadokite Document, who the god of the Zadokites were: "Thus, these Zadokites/Sadducees were Syrian/Israelite/Samaritan/Carmelite worshippers of El/Molech" who believed that the "'scepter'"/"'Prince of the entire congregation'" would come out of Israel (19. Essenes, Zealots and Zadokites: The Zadokites/Sadducees [pp. 2-3]).
Acharya S also notes of a Jesus who was a "'son of Zadok'" who was "purportedly persecuted 'by the Jews'," but this was in 167 B.C. (19. Essenes, Zealots and Zadokites: The Maccabean Revolt). I think this would've been too early for this Jesus being the Jesus that I seem to be uncovering.
According to Ellegard, Dupont-Sommer said that the Teacher of Righteousness was a "priest of the Levite tribe," an "ascetic monk," and a "Gnostic and esoteric." Jesus, on the other hand, was from the "Judah tribe." This, and other different characteristics, have kept the two individuals separate by other people (p. 121). However, Ellegard said that the Teacher, and the Jesus outside of the Gospels, have a lot in common. In fact, St. Paul called the Teacher of Righteousness Jesus (p. 123). Regarding the Levites, Zadok is said to have been a Levite. Levi is the ancestor of Aaron, and Aaron is the ancestor of Zadok (1 Chronicles 6:1-8) (1 Chronicles 24:3). Ezekiel 44:15 said that the Zadokites were Levitical priests. In Matthew 1:1-14, there is a Zadok that was the ancestor of Jesus. However, this Zadok is suppose to be a descendant of Judah. From what I can find so far, there isn't a Zadok that was the descendant of Judah in the Tanakh/Old Testament. Any Zadok that I can find was a descendant of Levi. In fact, Matthew's genealogy seems to be based on 1 Chronicles 2-4. However, 1 Chronicles 2-4 don't match Matthew's genealogy for Jesus. 1 Chronicles 2-4:1-23 describes the descendants of Judah, a son of Jacob/Israel and the ancestor of the Jews. Some of the people mentioned in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus aren't mentioned in 1 Chronicles 2-4. Zadok isn't a descendant of Judah. Interestingly, Luke's genealogy for Jesus doesn't mention Zadok and has Jesus as a descendant of Judah via another list of people (Luke 3:23-34). Something screwy is going on here... Based on the Tanakh and Matthew's genealogy, Jesus would've been a Levite Israelite and not a Jewish Israelite. This reinforces Acharya S (1999), and once again helps us to link Jesus with the Teacher of Righteousness.
As for Jesus being a Hasmonean, the Hasmoneans seem to have been Levites as well. From what I can find, the ancestor of the Hasmoneans, or Asmoneans as they're also called, are the descendants of Chasman, a priest of the family of Joarib (Bible Hub, Topical Bible: Asmoneans, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, para. 1 and 3). This is stated in 1 Maccabees 2:1. In 1 Chronicles, Joarib, also spelled as Jehoiarib, was either a priest of Israel along with Azariah a descendant of Zadok (1 Chronicles 9:10-13); or, he was a descendant of Aaron along with Zadok (1 Chronicles 24:1-19). This would make the Hasmoneans, and the Zadokites, Levitical Israelites. No matter how you try to spin it, Jesus was a Levite and not a Jew.
I want to make a quick note regarding the Pharisees. They are said to have been the "spiritual descendants of the Hasideans," (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pharisee, para. 2). They were also stated to have been "probably the successors of the Assideans (i.e., the 'pious')," (Bible Hub, Topical Bible: Pharisees, Easton's Bible Dictionary, para. 1). "Assidaean" is another spelling of the name "Hasidaean" (Bible Hub, Topical Bible: Assidaeans, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) The Pharisees also "Associated at first with the Hasmoneans, but later abandoned them," (Bible Hub, Topical Bible: Pharisees, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia). The Hasideans have an "uncertain origin," but "they fell into disfavor with the Hasmonean rulers." They seem to have disappeared from history by "merging with the Pharisees." They also probably "had a doctrinal influence on the Essenes," (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Hasidean, para. 1 and 3). The Hasidaeans were probably "orthodox Jews" who used the name to "distinguish them from the Hellenizing faction." They saw "Judas Maccabeus as their leader," (Bible Hub, Topical Bible: Hasidaeans, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia). If Jesus was a Hasmonean Levite, then this could also explain why Jesus didn't like the Pharisees.
Jesus wasn't a Jewish israelite. He was a Levitical Israelite! This helps to explain why we was so anti-Pharisee in the gospels. Jesus called the "father" of the Jews "the devil" in John 8:44. I think this is part of his anti-Pharisee sentiment as a Levite. However, the god of the Levites and the Jews were the same deity.
In summation, Jesus was the Teacher of Righteousness. His followers were the Essenes. They, and other Israelite sects similar to the Essenes like the Therapeutae, would later be called Christians. Interestingly, the Teacher of Righteousness' followers are waiting for him to resurrect from the dead, and appear to them again. Sounds too much like Jesus. Jesus seems to have taught his followers that he would resurrect from the dead, but it didn't happen yet... This would have made Jesus a regular human being.
1.7. Conclusion:
To my surprise, a lot of the "historical references" that I thought backed up the Jesus of the Gospels are forgeries. The only plausible Jesus that was historical was the Jesus of Toledot Yeshu, the Babylonian Talmud, and the Teacher of Righteousness. Using Toledot Yeshu and the Babylonian Talmud, Jesus was related to wealthy individuals, was a member of the Sanhedrin (at least, he was taught by one) who fled to Egypt and probably learned some techniques forbidden by Judaism, was kicked out of the Sanhedrin, and was killed by the Jews for sorcery and idolatry. He was hanged on a tree/wood, not killed via Roman crucifixion. This Jesus was active from the late second century to the first century B.C. He didn't exist in the first century A.D. This means that the Gospels, the Shroud of Turin, the Luciano Eucharist, and the sources supporting a first-century A.D. death for Jesus, are incorrect. Using what we know about the Teacher of Righteousness, Jesus was a member of the Jerusalem priesthood but began his own teachings. He condemned the Pharisees as being corrupt, and saw himself as a divine prophet destined to prevent the destruction of the Jewish people. His followers were the Essenes (or Jessaeans). Finally, Jesus didn't die when he was in his 30s, but in his 50s or more.
Part 2: Jesus as a God, and was He the Jewish Messiah?
2.1. Jesus as a God:
Archangel Michael in
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Luca Giordano (1666) (
Wikipedia, Michael [archangel]):
The Teacher of Righteousness was seen as semi-divine, and greater than the archangels (Wise, 1999, p. 224). Jesus is also seen as being divine. As to who Jesus is, if he was a deity, there is one individual that he closely matches: the Archangel Michael. The Archangel Michael represents the sun, and any god that represents the sun (Archangels and Angels, Archangel Michael-Angelic and Planetary Symbols). Michael also sits on the right side of the Jewish god (Jewish Encyclopedia, Michael, Michael and Gabriel, para. 1-2). Jesus said that he will "sit on the right hand of power/power of God" (Matthew 26:63-64) (Luke 22:69) (Mark 14:62). In Mark 16:19, the risen Jesus "was received up into heaven and sat down on the right hand of God." Steven saw the risen Jesus "standing on the right hand of God," (Acts 7:54-55). Jesus also equates himself with light. He calls himself "the light of the world" (John 8:12), and equates himself with light in other passages (John 12:35-36 and 46-50). The Urantia Book said that Jesus was Michael of Nebadon, and he created our universe Paper 33:3.2 [368.2]; Paper 120:0.2 [1323.2] and 120:0.9 [1325.2]). Hannah (1999) stated one particular link Jesus has to Michael that interested me the most. Christ, he said, "taken over Michael's role as leader of the heavenly hosts--he also possesses the divine Name as Michael does in II En. 69.13-25." Christ was also probably linked to the Exodus angel since he has the "ineffable name of God" on his diadem (p. 145). Some Christians have even agreed that Michael and Jesus could be the same individual. The Seventh-day Adventist Church Biblical Research Institute said that "So even though the Bible does not clearly identify Michael with Christ, there is enough biblical information to warrant the view that They are the same person," (The Seventh-day Adventist Church Biblical Research Institute, Is Michael another name for Jesus?, para. 8).
Dio Nysus means "'Dios the Son,'" or "'Son of Zeus.'" Dios is Zeus (Cook, 1914, Vol. 1, p. 277). Jesus also quotes Dionysus in the Acts of the Apostles. In Acts 26:14, the risen Jesus appears to Saul (soon to be called Paul) on the road to Damascus. Jesus says, "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks" (KJV) (YLT). This phrase came originally from Dionysus: "Better to yield in prayer and sacrifice than to kick against the pricks, since Dionyse is god, and thou but a mortal," (Eurypides, The Bacchae, p. 46). The only conclusion that I can come to is that the Bible is equating Jesus with Dionysus! It doesn't get any better from there! In Acts of the Apostles, Paul says a quote straight out of Aratus of Soli's The Phainomena. Paul said that the "poets" of Athens spoke about his god, in which "'We are all his offspring'" (Acts 17:22 and 28 [NIV] [KJB] [YLT]). Aratus in his poem said about Zeus, "We are his offspring" (The Phainomena, R. Brown translation, p. 13) (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Aratus, para. 2). The NIV translation of Acts 17 even stated that this phrase came straight out of Aratus' poem (Acts 17:28, note c)! Bacchus (Dionysus) was also the sun god, like Jesus (Rev. Taylor, 1833 [1996 edition], p. 43). Dunlap (1858) said that Dionysus, El, Jehova, Baal-Saturn, Bel-Mithra, Sol, Typhon, "the Tyrian Uso(v) (Mars)" who was called Chom in Egypt, and Vulkan-Vulcan-Hephaestus (Baal-Chon), were Malach-Moloch. "Molech was the sun," and "Saturn, Sol, and Mars," are the "Winter, Spring, and Summer Sun" (pp. 109-110). Finally, according to Kavanagh (1871), both Bacchus and Jesus are represented by the fish. The "monogram of the Savior" for Jesus is the same for Bacchus, meaning that Jesus and Bacchus are the Savior. In fact, "the Savior, the cycle, and the fish," are symbols of the sun and are identical for both Jesus and Bacchus. Kavanagh goes on the say that "Bacchus may well be regarded by all true Christians who believe in religious symbols, as a genuine type of the Founder of their holy religion," (p. 279).
Jesus was also "Jupiter Ammon"/"Jupiter-Ammon," according to Rev. Taylor (1833 [1996 edition]). Taylor also said that "both Jupiter, Ammon, and God Ammon, and Jesus Christ, Amen, are personifications of the Sun, who is Jupiter, in the Spring; Christ, in Summer; Jesus, in Autumn; and Amen, in Winter," (p. 276). Ammon is Amen, and saying the name of this god at the end of our prayers equates him to Jesus. In fact, Ammon is one of Jesus' names (p. 187). In other words, Jesus is Zeus! Remember that the Nazorean/Nazarean Essenes called themselves "B'nai Amen (Children of God)." Amen-Ammon is their god.
Another name of Jesus is Seth-Set. The "Alexamenos Graffito," which is graffiti, showcases a man worshipping a crucified man on a T-shaped cross. The crucified man is wearing the head of a donkey. It dates to the second-third century A.D. (Yarbrough, 2015; in Yarbrough, 2015, pp. 231-233), or 200 A.D. (University of Chicago, Encyclopaedia Romana: Notae: Gladiators: Graffiti: Alexamenos Graffito). Interestingly, this graffiti is "The earliest representation of the Crucifixion" (University of Chicago, Encyclopaedia Romana: Notae: Gladiators: Graffiti: Alexamenos Graffito).
Alexamenos graffito/Graffiti (Yarbrough, 2015; in Yarbrough, 2015, pp. 232):
The donkey is the symbol of the Egyptian god Seth. According to Blavatsky (1891), in the 2nd century BC, it was said that the Jews had a "'golden head of an ass'" in their temple. Antiochus Epiphanes took it away. According to The Gospel of the Birth of Mary, an introduction to said gospel had Zacharias (father of John the Baptist) seeing a "man in the form of an ass" in the Jewish temple. Zacharias tried to tell everybody, but he lost his voice. When he regained it, he told the other Jews but this led to him getting murdered by them. The ass (donkey) is associated with the Egyptian god Set or Seth, who is the same Seth that was the third son of Adam (p. 523; notes) (The Gospel of the Birth of Mary [Platt, Jr., 1926 translation, p. 17]) (
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Seth, para. 3) (Genesis 4:25). Wake (1888) stated this too, saying that the Semites, who are the descendants of Shem, one of the three sons of Noah (Genesis 10:1, 21-31 [BSB] [NIV]), saw themselves as the descendants of Seth (both the god and the son of Adam). Seth was also a solar deity, and the "kings and priests" that worshipped him called themselves "'children of the sun'." In fact, Seth was a "serpent sun-god" (pp. 99-100). Jesus said that anybody who believes in the light (him) will become "children of light," or "sons of Light" (John 12:36 [NIV] [NASB]). This is interesting because the Sons of Light are mentioned in "The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness" scroll from the Qumran Essene sect. To quote from the
Encyclopaedia Britannica article on the subject, "
The Essenes thought themselves to be the holy elect of Israel, the Sons of Light, who would at the end of time engage in a catastrophic war with the enemies of Israel, the Sons of Darkness," (
Encyclopaedia Britannica, The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness, para. 1). This adds more evidence that Jesus was an Essene. Jesus also rode on a donkey during the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11).
The cross can also tell us which god was Jesus as well. For instance, one of the symbols for Anu (Uranus) is the Maltese Cross (Smith, 1876, p. 54) (Laughlin, 1900; in The Open Court, Vol. 14, p. 235) (Rev. Fradenburgh, 1893; in Whedon, 1883, p. 114). The Maltese cross was worn by Assyrian kings (Laughlin, 1900; in The Open Court, Vol. 14, p. 235). It was also the symbol of the Knights/Order of St. John (Gainesville.org, The Maltese Cross) (Sovereign Order of Malta, The Eight-Pointed Cross, para. 1), and it was used during the Crusades. It is currently used as a symbol for firefighters (Gainesville.org, The Maltese Cross). The cross has "eight points symbolizing the eight Beatitudes to Saint Matthew and the eight virtues that a member must possess," (Sovereign Order of Malta, The Eight-Pointed Cross, para. 4). Laughlin said that the "equilateral Pre-Christian cross" might've had a different origin from the crosses of other deities, but the four corners of the cross in general are for "mapping out thereby the four quarters of the universe" and "sun worship appears from the fact that the solar disk is frequently inserted in the four corners, to designate the rising sun, the midday sun, the setting sun, and the invisible sun in the realm of the dead," (Laughlin, 1900; in The Open Court, Vol. 14, pp. 235-237). As for the "equilateral cross with dots on its four corners," it was a symbol of Hathor (p. 237). In Greece, the cross was also "on the dresses of various deities, such as Aphrodite and Dionysos" (p. 239). It is said that Constantine saw the cross in the sky before his victory in the Battle of Milvian Bridge. This led him to "adopt Christian beliefs" (Ryan, 2022, para. 2, 4-6). This happened in Assyria too, and it represented "divine protection" (Laughlin, 1900; in The Open Court, Vol. 14, p. 235). Looks like Jesus was Anu/Uranus as well. This makes sense, since Anu was "the Assyrian Zeus" (Rev. Fradenburgh, 1893; in Whedon, 1883, p. 114).
The Assyrian cross in the sky (left), and the Maltese Cross of Anu on an Assyrian priest (right) (Laughlin, 1900; in
The Open Court, Vol. 14, p. 235):
Vision of the Cross (
Vatican Museums, Museums: Raphael's Rooms: Vision of the Cross):
According to Gerald Massey, "The Egyptian 'mesu,' to anoint, and as the name for the Anointed, is earlier than the Jewish Messiah. Nor would there have been any typical Christ to anoint but for the making of the Karest-mummy." He says that "The Jesus legend is Egyptian," and that "The Messu, or the Messianic prince of peace, was born into the world at Memphis in the cult of Ptah as the Egyptian Jesus, with the title of Iu-em-hetep, he who comes with peace or plenty and good fortune as the type of an eternal youth," (Massey, 1907 [2008 edition], p. 563).
Ptah was an Egyptian "creator-god and maker of things, a patron of craftsmen, especially sculptors." He was a "mortuary god" as well, "represented as a man in mummy form." As a result, he was "often fused with Seker (or Soker) and Osiris to form Ptah-Seker-Osiris." He was equated to the Greek god Hephaestu-Vulcan (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ptah). Hephaestus-Vulcan was also called Chrysor, and Diamichius-Zeus Michius (Sanchoniatho, Phoenician History [Rev. Cumberland, 1720, translation], pp. 26-27). Osiris was Hades and Dionysus as well (Unwin, 1996, p. 79). Ptah does sound a lot like Jesus, doesn't he? Jesus was the son of a carpenter (Matthew 13:55), and is a dying and rising god. Massey also said that Osiris is the "krast, or embalmed and mummified for the resurrection [...] Thus the Egyptian krast was the pre-Christian Christ, and the pictures in the Roman Catacombs preserve the proof." The "Egyptian karast" is the same as "the Greek Christ, Christos, Krstos, or Latin chrestus, and account for the Corpus Christi, the anointed, the Savior," (Massey, 2005 [2013 edition], Vol. 1, p. 219).
The Lord's Prayer also originated from Ptah. "Pater Noster," or "Ptah Noster," means "Our Father," and Ptah means "Father" (Glorian, The Prayer of the Lord). Ptah was also "Dyas (Dyaus) or Zeus to the Greeks and later 'pater' (father) to the Romans: Ptah, Father, 'Father-Race,'" (Mehler, 2002, p. 180).
Ptah means "Father" (Glorian, The Prayer of the Lord, Ptah, para. 4-5):
Ptah is Dyaus-Zeus (Mehler, 2002, p. 180):
In summation, Jesus, the Archangel Michael, Dionysus, Jupiter, Ammon-Amen, Seth, Anu-Uranus, Ptah-Seker-Osiris, and Hephaestus, are all the same individual. At least, as a deity. There isn't any contemporary evidence (from the second to first century B.C.) to conclude that the real Jesus was a deity. I'm thinking that Jesus was turned into a deity after his death.
Now, we must ask who turned him into a deity? My answer is the Romans. Which god did they assimilate Jesus to specifically? My answer is Dionysus.
Dionysus is a Greek and Roman god (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Dionysus, para. 1 and 6) (Coulter and turner, 2000 [2021 edition], p. 152), and the fact that Jesus has so much in common with him strikes me that the Romans turned him into a secondary Dionysus. Dionysus had different versions of his birth story, but his "birth by Semele, which is comparable to the circumstances surrounding Christ, Adonis, Moses, Perseus, and Llew Llaw," seems to point to Jesus being equated to Dionysus. This is probably how the Jesus Christ of the New Testament was created. In what seems to be the original story of Dionysus' birth, Zeus had sex with the human Semele. Long story short, Semele died but Zeus put the baby Dionysus in his "thigh and keeping him there until he reached maturity, so that he was twice born," (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Dionysus, para. 2). Sounds like the "being born again" speech as taught by Jesus to Nicodemus in John 3:3-10. Dionysus was "a god of the vine," and was associated with wine. Wine in Dionysus' religion, and specifically red wine, "symbolizes blood and sacrifice and youth and eternal life." As a result, Dionysus represented "the fertile energy of all growing things," (Coulter and turner, 2000 [2021 edition], p. 153). He also "apparently represented the sap, juice, or lifeblood element of nature," (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Dionysus, para. 3). Another version of Dionysus' birth story, "In Orphic legend," Hera had the baby Zagreus killed and eaten by the Titans. Athena saved Zagreus' heart, and Zeus resurrected him "through Semele." Zagreus turns into Dionysus (para. 5). That sounds like the bodily resurrection of Jesus (John 20:24-29), despite Dionysus having two different names. This would be the perfect time to say that Dionysus was equated to the gods Hades, and Osiris. Osiris was a god "who is a symbol of resurrection." In one version of Osiris' death, he was "reincarnated" as the god "Apis." Osiris was "the sun who is overcome by night but who rises again the next morning," (Coulter and turner, 2000 [2021 edition], pp. 152-153, and 367).
As far as I'm concerned, Jesus Christ was equated to the god Dionysus.
Links:
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Luca Giordano (Wikipedia, Michael [archangel]):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_%28archangel%29
Wise (1999):
Archangels and Angels. Archangel Michael-Angelic and Planetary Symbols:
http://www.archangels-and-angels.com/aa_pages/correspondences/angel_planet/archangel_michael.htm
Jewish Encyclopedia. Michael:
https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10779-michael
Matthew 26:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/26.htm
Luke 22:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/luke/22.htm
Mark 14:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/mark/14.htm
John 8:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/john/8.htm
John 12:
-NASB:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/john/12.htm
-NIV:
https://biblehub.com/niv/john/12.htm
Urantia Book:
-Paper 33:3.2 (368.2):
https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-33-administration-local-universe?term=%2233%3A3.2%20%28368.2%29%22#U33_3_2
-Paper 120:
https://www.urantia.org/urantia-book-standardized/paper-120-bestowal-michael-urantia
Cook (1914) (Vol. 1, p. 277):
https://books.google.com/books?id=xXzQAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA280&dq=Zeus+dios%C2%A0&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2i8KPz7SCAxVXMlkFHUD6B0UQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=Zeus%20dios%C2%A0&f=false
Acts of the Apostles 26:
KJV:
https://biblehub.com/kjv/acts/26.htm
YLT:
https://biblehub.com/ylt/acts/26.htm
Eurypides. The Bacchae:
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Bacchae.html?id=43BXAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0#v=onepage&q=kick%20against&f=false
Aratus of Soli. The Phainomena (R. Brown translation):
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Phainomena_or_Heavenly_displays_of_A.html?id=lwJ9CiCvVPcC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0#v=onepage&q=we%20are%20his%20offspring&f=false
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Aratus:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aratus-Greek-poet
Acts of the Apostles 17:
KJV:
https://biblehub.com/kjv/acts/17.htm
NIV:
https://biblehub.com/niv/acts/17.htm
YLT:
https://biblehub.com/ylt/acts/17.htm
Dunlap (1858) (PP. 109-110):
https://books.google.com/books?id=90ACAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA109&dq=El+was+called+moloch+more+than&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimh8HOptSEAxU8EGIAHfZUB3kQ6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q=El%20was%20called%20moloch%20more%20than&f=false
Rev. Taylor (1833 [1996 edition]):
https://books.google.com/books?id=0mYWcpMPtLkC&pg=RA1-PA294&dq=jeue+jew+jupiter&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigvozEhIaEAxUnEVkFHWTMB844FBDoAXoECAMQAw#v=onepage&q=Jesus&f=false
Yarbrough (2015) (in Yarbrough, 2015):
https://books.google.com/books?id=HFh2CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA233&dq=Alexamenos+graffito&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLkNaXk_SEAxWsMmIAHdLfAncQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=Alexamenos%20graffito&f=false
University of Chicago. Encyclopaedia Romana: Notae: Gladiators: Graffiti: Alexamenos Graffito:
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/gladiators/graffito.html#anchor5371
Blatvasky (1891):
https://books.google.com/books?id=WSSmcfz3_LEC&pg=PA523&dq=did+the+hittites+worship+seth?&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSrsPU1_v8AhVOFlkFHSNiDt4Q6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=did%20the%20hittites%20worship%20seth%3F&f=false
The Gospel of the Birth of Mary (Platt, Jr., 1926 translation, p. 17):
https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/lbob/lbob05.htm
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Seth:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Seth-Egyptian-god
Genesis 4:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/genesis/4.htm
Wake (1888):
https://books.google.com/books?id=R8qAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA99&dq=seth+solar+deity&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBlISQtIH9AhWOFlkFHfr7BAAQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=seth%20solar%20deity&f=false
Genesis 10:
BSB:
https://biblehub.com/bsb/genesis/10.htm
NIV:
https://biblehub.com/niv/genesis/10.htm
KJB:
https://biblehub.com/kjv/genesis/10.htm
Matthew 21:1-11).
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/21.htm
Encyclopaedia Britannica. The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-War-of-the-Sons-of-Light-Against-the-Sons-of-Darkness
Massey (1907 [2008 edition]) (P. 563).
https://books.google.com/books?id=z5brNhqPpkcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=christ+egypt&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyjc3KzauEAxWCKFkFHXfaDtIQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=christ%20egypt&f=false
Encyclopaedia Britannica. Ptah:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ptah
Unwin (1996) (P. 79):
https://books.google.com/books?id=U6XRp6gY8ucC&pg=PA79&dq=gods+associated+with+vines&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1voybxMOBAxUTGVkFHTo9CuQQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q=gods%20associated%20with%20vines&f=false
Matthew 13:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/matthew/13.htm
Massey (2005 [2013 edition]) (Vol. 1, p. 219):
https://books.google.com/books?id=QcBYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA219&dq=horus+the+karast&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigkPCgjquEAxV0F1kFHZ32DyYQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=horus%20the%20karast&f=false
Sanchoniatho. Phoenician History (Rev. Cumberland, 1720, translation):
https://books.google.com/books?id=g94TAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
V2:
https://archive.org/details/SanchoniathosPhonicianHistory/page/n47/mode/1up
Glorian. The Prayer of the Lord:
https://glorian.org/learn/courses-and-lectures/defense-for-spiritual-warfare/the-prayer-of-the-lord
Mehler (2002) (P. 180):
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Land_of_Osiris/xqIxO3-M8ikC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=ptah+pater&pg=PA180&printsec=frontcover
Mark 16:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/mark/16.htm
Acts 7:
https://biblehub.com/nasb_/acts/7.htm
Coulter and Turner (2000 [2021 edition]) (P. 152):
2.2. The Origin of the Word "Christ"-"Messiah":
Finding out the history of the word "Christ"/"Messiah" helps to shed some light on how Jesus being the Christ/Messiah in Christianity doesn't mix well with the Jewish Christ/Messiah. According to Gerald Massey, "The Egyptian 'mesu,' to anoint, and as the name for the Anointed, is earlier than the Jewish Messiah. Nor would there have been any typical Christ to anoint but for the making of the Karest-mummy." He says that "The Jesus legend is Egyptian," and that "The Messu, or the Messianic prince of peace, was born into the world at Memphis in the cult of Ptah as the Egyptian Jesus, with the title of Iu-em-hetep, he who comes with peace or plenty and good fortune as the type of an eternal youth," (Massey, 1907 [2008 edition], p. 563).
Massey also said that Osiris is the "krast, or embalmed and mummified for the resurrection [...] Thus the Egyptian krast was the pre-Christian Christ, and the pictures in the Roman Catacombs preserve the proof." The "Egyptian karast" is the same as "the Greek Christ, Christos, Krstos, or Latin chrestus, and account for the Corpus Christi, the anointed, the Savior," (Massey, 2005 [2013 edition], Vol. 1, p. 219).
According to Graves and Graves (1879), the Chaldean word "Chris" is a "term for the sun." The word Christ is derived from Chris. The authors also said that the name Jesus meant "'the one great fire of the sun'." (p. 191). A scholar named Bochart said this as well, concerning the Chaldean word Chris ("hrs") (Kavanagh, 1871, p. 390).
In summation, the word Christ-Messiah is Egyptian and Chaldean in origin, and the Egyptian form is older than the Jewish form. The Egyptian Messiah was an anointed peaceful god who was then mummified for a resurrection.
Jesus ben Pandeira went to Egypt, and learned "sorcery" there. Is it possible that Jesus learned about the Egyptian Christ-Messiah, and saw himself as that instead?
Links:
Massey (1907 [2008 edition]) (P. 563).
https://books.google.com/books?id=z5brNhqPpkcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=christ+egypt&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyjc3KzauEAxWCKFkFHXfaDtIQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=christ%20egypt&f=false
Massey (2005 [2013 edition]) (Vol. 1, p. 219):
https://books.google.com/books?id=QcBYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA219&dq=horus+the+karast&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigkPCgjquEAxV0F1kFHZ32DyYQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=horus%20the%20karast&f=false
Graves and Graves (1879) (P. 191):
https://books.google.com/books?id=0ODxdkxgh_0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Bible+or+bibles+graves&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMqZWehbiEAxVMLFkFHTGhAqIQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=Christ%20chris&f=false
Kavanagh (1871) (P. 390):
https://books.google.com/books?id=3XNap2OyPt8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Origin+of+language+and+myth+kavanagh&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiopJfx9uiEAxUvFVkFHX9zD8IQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=Christ&f=false
3.3. Was Jesus the Jewish Messiah?
According to the Jewish sage Moses Maimon/Maimonides (Rambam) (1135-1204 AD), Jesus was a false Messiah, and Christianity caused the Jews to "serve a god other than the Lord" (Jewish Virtual Library, Moses Maimonides (Rambam), para. 1) (Melachim uMilchamot, Ch. 11 Section 4). This answers another nagging question that I've had as to why the Jews don't believe in Jesus being their Messiah. Modern Rabbis tell Christians that Jesus didn't match the requirements to be the Jewish Messiah (Ohr Somayach, Ask the Rabbi: Why Jews Don't Believe in Jesus) (Rabbi Simmons, n.d.). One of the worst offenses was that Jesus wasn't born in the lineage of David. In order to do this, Jesus' father had to have been a descendant of David. Jesus didn't have a biological Father, so He isn't worthy of being the Jewish Messiah (Ohr Somayach, Ask the Rabbi: Why Jews Don't Believe in Jesus, Jesus-Not the Messiah: 2. Genealogy) (Rabbi Simmons, n.d., (2) Jesus Did Not Embody the Personal Qualifications of Messiah: B. Descendant of David) (Norman, 2007, pp. 59 and 61) (Ciss, n.d., Six reasons why Jews don't believe in Jesus, Reason #1).
This is also confirmed in the Gospel of John. In John 7:40-43, the Jews were confused as to whether or not Jesus was the Prophet (a.k.a the prophet Elijah; see Malachi 4:5), or the Christ. Some Jews said that Jesus wasn't a descendant of David, nor was He a native of Bethlehem (Jesus was born in Bethlehem but He was a native of Galilee). This is why the Jews were conflicted as to who Jesus was. In John 7:52, the Jewish chief priests and Pharisees said that the Tanakh/Old Testament stated that no (Jewish) prophet comes out of Galilee. One of Jesus' 12 disciples, Nathanael, said that nothing good comes from Galilee (John 1:45-46). When interrogating the blind man that was healed by Jesus, the Pharisees said that they knew that God spoke to Moses, but they didn't even know where Jesus came from (John 9:29). The Jews couldn't tell if Jesus was talking to God, nor did they know where He came from... If Jesus followed the qualifications of being the Messiah, then no one would be questioning Him, especially not his Jewish brethren...
As mentioned earlier, Jesus was an Levitical Israelite and not a Jewish Israelite. Nor, did he accomplish any of the necessary Jewish Messianic requirements.
Jesus was not the Jewish Messiah. However, as stated before, Jesus' and the Teacher of Righteousness' teachings on the Christ-Messiah matches the Egyptian and Chaldean version of the Christ-Messiah than the Jewish one. I believe Jesus learned about this when he was in Egypt. You could say that Jesus was the Israelite Messiah, but not the Jewish Messiah.
Part 3: Conclusion:
The real Jesus, or Joshua, lived from the late second century to early first century B.C. He was an ex-member of the Sanhedrin who created the Essenes, and they would later be called Christians. Was Jesus the Jewish Messiah? No. Based on the Jewish scriptures, Jesus didn't fulfill the Jewish Messianic prophecies or rules. From what we've read on the Egyptian and Chaldean origins of the word Christ-Messiah, Jesus Christ fits the role better because he died, was buried, and he was turned into a sun god. The best explanation is that Jesus learned about the Egyptian Christ-Messiah while he was in Egypt. The sources point to Jesus being an ordinary man, but was transformed into a deity. Heck, he even saw himself as a divine prophet, based on the beliefs of his alter ego the Teacher of Righteousness, and his followers. However, the sources say that Jesus didn't resurrect from the dead. He was turned into a deity, and the evidence points to the Romans as the culprits. As a deity, Jesus was Dionysus, but also the Archangel Michael/sun god. Michael sat on the right hand of the Jewish god, which fits with Jesus saying that he will sit on the right hand of God. The death and resurrection of Dionysus fits with the bodily resurrection of Jesus. Jesus was also the gods Jupiter-Ammon/Amen, Seth/Set, Ptah-Hephaestus-Vulcan-Osiris-Hades, and Anu/Uranus.
It is with a heavy heart that I must leave Jesus behind. The Jesus of the gospels, Jesus Christ, was not real. His real name was Yahavashua' (Joshua) ben Pandeira ( son of Yosef-Joseph Pandeira), also called Jesus ben Pandeira, Jesus ben Miriam ("son of Mary"), and Jesus the Nazarene. Yahavashua' was a regular human being, a Levitical Israelite, and was the leader of the Essenes who called him the "Teacher of Righteousness." He was later deified by the Romans, and equated to the god Dionysus.
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