The Lost Religion of Jesus, A Collection of Resources

 

The Lost Religion of Jesus, A Collection of Resources 

Christians have inherited a rather anachronistic interpretation of Christianity based on viewing the tradition solely through the "lens" of Paul. It is said or believed by some that Paul became a convert maybe between 34 and 36 A.D., roughly 4 to 7 years after the crucifixion of Jesus. The full canonical corpus of Paul's letters seems to burst upon the scene sometime well into the Second Century A.D., but certain letters are assigned by some dates of composition in the mid 50's and 60's of the First Century. It should be obvious that the Jesus movement doesn't begin with Paul. Paul arrives after the time of Jesus and the establishment of his spiritual successors, the first apostles, and that Jesus along with his disciples never had a "Pauline theology". This begs the question, what is salvation, the spiritual practice, and ethical code to be followed according to Jesus and his actual disciples? This original Jesus movement, sometimes called the Hebrew Christians, Ebionites, Nazoraeans, and by other terms, is the 'Christianity Before Paul'. Have always been quite curious about this Jesus Movement so marginalized in the canonical New Testament and seemingly edited out of the timeline.

Reconstructing an Ebionite or Nazorean Collection of Scriptures; Also What We Can Learn About Their History

Reconstructed Q Gospel found in, The Complete Gospels, by Robert J. Miller: 

https://archive.org/details/complete-gospels-ed.-robert-j.-miller/page/253/mode/2up

The Q Thomas Reader - The best and most readable one-volume introduction available to the Sayings Gospel Q and the Gospel of Thomas-the very earliest collections of the sayings and parables of Jesus: 

https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Reader-English-Coptic/dp/0944344119

https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780944344118

Gospel of the Ebionites: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/gospelebionites-panarion.html

Gospel of the Hebrews:  

        https://othergospels.com/hebrews

Gospel of the Hebrews: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/gospelhebrews-throck.html

Gospel of the Hebrews: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/gospelhebrews.html

The Gospel of the Nazoreans: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/nazoreans-ogg.html

The Gospel of the Nazoreans: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/gospelnazoreans.html

Surviving Quotes from the Jewish-Christian Gospels: Gospel of the Ebionites, Gospel of the Hebrews, and Gospel of the Nazoraeans: https://web.archive.org/web/20210223222109/http://www.textexcavation.com/jewishgospels.html

Hebrew Gospel of Matthew (Shem Tov’s Hebrew Matthew), George Howard: 

https://archive.org/details/Hebrew.Gospel.of.MatthewEvenBohanIbn.ShaprutHoward.1987/mode/1up

Another Copy:

https://archive.org/details/gospelofmatthewa0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up

Early Christian Psalms: The Book of the Odes (a.k.a. The Odes of "Solomon"): 

https://othergospels.com/odes

https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/odes.html

The Didache [earliest sections: 1, 2, and 3]: 

https://othergospels.com/didache

Letter of James: 

https://othergospels.com/bible/james

Letter of Jude: 

https://othergospels.com/bible/jude

Acts and Teachings of the Ebionites: The Vast Treasure-Trove of the Clementine Literature

Epistle (Letter) of Peter to James:

https://compassionatespirit.com/Books/Homilies/Epistle-Peter-to-James.htm

Epistle (Letter) of Clement to James:

https://compassionatespirit.com/Books/Homilies/Epistle-Clement-to-James.htm

Also See: 

https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/080800.htm

Kerygmata Petrou (Preachings of Peter Reconstructed):

https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/kerygmatapetrou.html

The Ascents of James: History and Theology of a Jewish-Christian Community, by Robert E. Van Voorst:  

https://archive.org/details/ascentsofjameshi0000vanv/mode/2up

The Clementine Homilies and The Clementine Recognitions (Ebionite Book of Acts)

Acts and Teachings of the Ebionites: The Recognitions of Clement, from the Greek and Latin Manuscripts: 

https://compassionatespirit.com/Books/Recognitions/Recognitions-TOC.htm

Acts and Teachings of the Ebionites: The Clementine Homilies, from the Greek and Latin Manuscripts:

https://compassionatespirit.com/Books/Homilies/Homilies-TOC.htm

The Clementine Homilies (English translation) Ante-Nicene Christian Library, Vol. XVII, T & T Clark, 1852: 

https://archive.org/details/clementinehomil00donagoog/page/n8/mode/2up?view=theater

History

I do agree with the scholar Robert Eisenman that finding the historic James the Just (brother and spiritual successor of Jesus) is the most logical way to locate a historic Jesus. 

The Research of Robert Eisenman

Robert Eisenman @ Amazon: “James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls”; also, “Dead Sea Scrolls & The First Christians”; and, “James the Just in the Habakkuk Pesher”: 

https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Eisenman/e/B000APV2U2

James The Brother Of Jesus And The Dead Sea Scrolls, by Robert Eisenman: 

https://archive.org/details/JamesTheBrotherOfJesusAndTheDeadSeaScrollsI/page/n14/mode/1up

The Research of Keith Akers

I highly recommend two books by Keith Akers on the original Jesus Movement (Christianity-Before-Paul), the Ebionites: "Disciples": 

https://www.amazon.com/Disciples-Jewish-Christianity-Shaped-Shattered-ebook/dp/B00J48GAJE/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=keith+akers&qid=1586786123&sr=8-1

And by Keith Akers..."The Lost Religion of Jesus": 

https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Religion-Jesus-Christianity-Non-Violence-ebook/dp/B003KTNBMM/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1586786168&refinements=p_27%3AKeith+Akers&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=Keith+Akers

Read for free online, The Lost Religion of Jesus: Simple Living and Nonviolence in Early Christianity, by Keith Akers: 

https://archive.org/details/lostreligionofje0000aker/mode/2up

The Research of James Tabor

Forgotten Christians: Who Were The Ebionites?

https://youtu.be/dBSuapNMQXU?si=6UnXILusW8w2rM6K

How James [Yaaqov] Beloved Brother of Jesus Was Written out of Early Christianity: 

https://youtu.be/2n5Qg_ekQ_E?si=AQz_H68TWVYpj7N8

The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity, by James D. Tabor: 

https://archive.org/details/the-jesus-dynasty-james-d.-tabor_202301/mode/2up

The Fading of the Jesus Family--Phase One: 

https://youtu.be/FquOk6wpPr8?si=Cci8eP2bMMlUPbDj

The Fading of the Jesus Family: Phase Two:   https://youtu.be/FU8gF8VPH2Q?si=qXaeRYobgV5kIDiQ

Reclaiming Primitive Christianity Part 2: Exploring the Historical Jesus with Dr. James Tabor:  

https://youtu.be/WJNACLcWuLE?si=v3zURHTnrm7Dbfii

Were the Ebionites Heretics? Or Our Best Witness to the Jesus Movement? 

https://youtu.be/HLQ97erL1gc?si=eDWHzX0gQjIVVjKf

The Research of John Davidson 

The Gospel of Jesus: In Search of His Original Teachings, by John Davidson: 

https://archive.org/details/gospelofjesusins0000davi/mode/2up

The Research of Gerard P. Luttikhuizen

The Revelation of Elchasai, a scholarly book by Gerard P. Luttikhuizen, exploring the Elkesaites, a Jewish-Christian sect originating in the Transjordan, their connections to the Ebionites, Nazarenes, Gnosticism (Sethians, Mandaeans, Manichaeans and the Prophet Mani);

The Research of Dr. Samuel Zinner

Jewish-Christian Influences in Nascent Islam:  https://vimeo.com/182671329 

Evidence That Jesus and The Original Aramaic Christians Were Vegetarians, By James Bean (Veg Passages, Expanded, Updated): 

@ Medium: 

https://medium.com/sant-mat-meditation-and-spirituality/evidence-that-jesus-and-the-original-aramaic-christians-were-vegetarians-b8784ac42506

@ Blog: 

https://santmatradhasoami.blogspot.com/2019/04/evidence-that-jesus-and-original.html

Vegetarian Sayings of Jesus -- Today on Spiritual Awakening Radio With James Bean

Vegetarian Sayings of Jesus -- Today on Spiritual Awakening Radio With James Bean

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https://youtu.be/tg6c14De__s

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"Now beware in yourselves that your hearts do not become heavy with the eating of flesh and with the intoxication of wine and with the anxiety of the world, and that day come upon you suddenly; for as a snare it will come upon all them who sit on the surface of the earth.” (Jesus, Luke 21:34 and 35, the Old Syriac-Aramaic Gospel Manuscript: Evangelion da-Mepharreshe: the Curetonian Manuscript of the Four Gospels, with Readings of the Sinai Palimpsest and the Early Syriac Patristic Evidence) 

Full text of "Evidence That Jesus and The Original Aramaic Christians Were Vegetarians -- Uncovering A Vegetarian Jesus at the Beginning of Christianity", By James Bean -- Read or Download PDF File EBooklet:

https://ia803007.us.archive.org/19/items/JesusAndTheOriginalAramaicChristiansWereVegetarians/Evidence%20That%20Jesus%20and%20The%20Original%20Aramaic%20Christians%20Were%20Vegetarians%2C%20By%20James%20Bean.pdf

Evidence That Jesus and The Original Aramaic Christians Were Vegetarians -- Uncovering A Vegetarian Jesus at the Beginning of Christianity, By James Bean: 

https://suprememastertv.com/JamesBean-Evidence-Jesus-was-vegetarian.pdf

Evidence that Jesus and the Original Aramaic Christians Were Vegetarians: http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/210/ve_38.htm

Keith Akers writes: “The dispute over vegetarianism in the early church shows that the leadership of the Jerusalem church was vegetarian. The later history of Jewish Christianity indicates that Jewish Christianity was vegetarian and preserved this tradition of defending animals. Jesus’ attack on the animal sacrifice business demonstrates that Jesus himself shared these views.” (the article, Was Jesus a vegetarian? http://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2015/12/01/was-jesus-a-vegetarian/#more-2512 )

ABOUT the Old Syriac-Aramaic Gospel Manuscript:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curetonian_Gospels

The Old Syriac-Aramaic Gospels Online: Manuscript Evangelion da-Mepharreshe — Syriac-Aramaic Matthew, Mark, LUKE, and John with English Translations: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092359680#page/n3/mode/2up

Also see the hard copy book: "Evangelion da-Mepharreshe: the Curetonian Manuscript of the Four Gospels (the Old Syriac-Aramaic Gospels), with Readings of the Sinai Palimpsest and the Early Syriac Patristic Evidence", by Francis Crawford Burkitt;

Sayings of Jesus (Yeshua), Ebionite (Nasoraean, Jewish or Hebrew Christian) Scriptures and Vegetarian Gospels, and Acts and Teachings of the Ebionites: The Clementine Homilies -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Ebionite/Hebrew Christianity Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/ebionite-nasoraean-jewish-or-hebrew.html

Two Key Essential Scholarly Must-Read Books by Keith Akers: "The Lost Religion of Jesus", and, "Disciples";

Was Jesus a vegetarian? The Most Excellent Research of Keith Akers of the Compassionate Spirit Website:  https://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2020/03/10/was-jesus-a-vegan

Was Jesus a Vegetarian? by Kamran Pasha:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/was-jesus-a-vegetarian_b_276141?guccounter=1

A Vegetarian Jesus?

https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/animals-vegetarianism/a-vegetarian-jesus.html

Meat: A History of Human and Animal Suffering

Discussing the Cause: "In order to prevent this kind of pandemic in the future, we need to thoroughly review our relationship with animals. Especially now that the number of animal diseases that are transmissible to humans is increasing...":

https://www.oneworld.nl/lezen/opinie/why-are-we-fighting-corona-without-discussing-the-cause

Keith Akers of Compassionate Spirit has posted a new blog: "This pandemic is a pivotal event, not just for vegans, but for almost everyone on the planet. There's a lot that we still don't know. But there can be no doubt that this pandemic is a consequence of our treatment of animals.":

https://www.compassionatespirit.com/wpblog/2020/03/26/this-pandemic-is-about-animals

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