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bones-ivy-breath · 11 months

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The Gospel of Judas translated by Mark M. Mattison

#the gospel of judas #quote #typography #literature #religion #aesthetic #dark academia #mark m. mattison #judas #jesus #christianity #gnosticism #New Testament apocrypha #jesus and judas #celestial

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santmat · 5 months

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John the Baptist's Wilderness Vegetarian Diet Explained - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast

Not A Caveman Fixated on Bugs and Bees After All: John the Baptist's Wilderness Vegetarian Diet - Locust Beans Not Bugs - An Exploration of Early Christian Writings and Scholarly Texts Today on This Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast.

Nevermind the old Sunday school notion of John the Baptist being some weird caveman dude dining on bugs! John may have a tarnished caveman reputation of eating locusts and honey out in the wild, but this is really a story about copyists mistranslating a Greek word as "locust" ('a-k-r-i-d-e-s') instead of "carob" ('e-g-k-r-i-d-e-s'). (Henry Ford: "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young." Albert Einstein: "Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.")

Since my original research on this topic, a couple more early Christian apocryphal writings have come to light, have been made available in English. These add to the surprisingly large collection of vegetarian references in early Christian writings regarding the diet of John the Baptist. New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. III, by Tony Burke was published and some John the Baptist books are included. In one of the earlier volumes there was a John the Baptist text made available for the first time in English that has a vegetarian passage regarding John's diet in the wilderness. Included in the third volume are, The Birth of Holy John the Forerunner, and, The Decapitation of John the Forerunner, both containing plant-based passages about John's diet consisting of "locusts from the tree" (in the Middle east called "the Saint John's Tree", and "Carob Tree") and "wild honey", also "an abundance of bread and wild honey dripping from a rock". Clearly there was an understanding in early Christianity that this was referring to locust beans (carob pods), not insects. Carob pods do look a bit like locusts hanging from tree branches, hence the name. Locust beans can be ground up and used to make a kind of Middle eastern carob flour flat bread. There's a "cakes dipped in honey" reference in the Gospel of the Ebionites. The wild "honey" was not from bees but sticky desert fruit of some kind. So, as you'll hear being documented during this pod...cast, there are all these plant-based references to John's diet coming from many different sources, and scholars have noticed and discussed these: "Probably the most interesting of the changes from the familiar New Testament accounts of Jesus comes in the Gospel of the Ebionites description of John the Baptist, who, evidently, like his successor Jesus, maintained a strictly vegetarian cuisine." (Professor Bart Ehrman, Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew) "His [John the Baptist's] food was wild honey that tasted like manna, like a cake cooked in olive oil." (The Other Gospels, Accounts of Jesus from Outside the New Testament, by Bart Ehrman)

John the Baptist was a prophet with large number of followers in Israel and Transjordan regions. After his passing, several of his successors headed what became various rival Nasoraean (Nazorean) sects, one of those being Jesus and the Jesus movement. "Again Jesus said to his disciples: Truly I say to you, among all those born of women none has arisen greater than John the Baptizer." (Matthew 11:11, George Howard's translation of Shem-Tob's Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, described as "the oldest extant Hebrew version of the Gospel of Matthew")

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plong42 · 11 months

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Tony Burke, ed. New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. 3: More Noncanonical Scriptures

Tony Burke, ed. New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. 3: More Noncanonical Scriptures @eerdmansbooks 2023 -

Burke, Tony, ed. New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. 3: More Noncanonical Scriptures. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2023. 683 pp. Hb; $85. Link to Eerdmans In the introduction to the second volume of New Testament Apocrypha, Tony Burke observed that the number of documents called “Christian Apocrypha” is quite high. In 1992 Clavis apocryphorum Novi Testameni listed 346 texts, but there were…

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occvltswim · 1 year

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The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics: An Introduction to the Gnostic Coptic Manuscripts Discovered at Chenoboskion — “Tells the story of the discovery and rescue of an astounding collection of sacred Gnostic texts, believed by many scholars to surpass the Dead Sea Scrolls in importance, discovered in the late 1940s in an Egyptian village after being concealed for sixteen centuries. Includes the famous Gospel According to Thomas.”

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apocrypals · 1 year

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#apocrypals #podcast #bible #podcasts #religion #apocrypha #old testament #new testament #tanakh #pseudepigrapha

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i-bring-crack · 2 years

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Omg more Christian lore memes cuz one person said they liked them so on to the next batch.

PD: Don't read a dictionary on angels and think that it will be consistent, I'm currently on an endless chaldean deep dive as to who Michael was before the Abrahamic religion was established and they tell me it's a god (beshter) but there are no sources everywhere and I'm going insane cuz then they tell me Gabriel was also from somewhere else and I can't not believe it since Beelzebub and Lilith are both origins from other religions and the angels are so cool where tf are their origins—

Old Testament memes not in chronological order:

Angel War Summarized (On Revelations basically):

Book of Daniel:

Book of Isaiah:

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humorwithatwist · 3 months

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Book Review: The Book of Enoch for Beginners

In 2014, the Darren Aronofsky’s Noah soared at the box office while causing angst among people of faith everywhere. Countless movie goers walked into the theater expecting Russell Crowe to retell the familiar tale of Noah’s ark, only to walk out dazed and confused by what they had just seen. For instead of the Sunday school version of Noah’s story, they had witnessed a retelling filled with…

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dejahisashmom · 5 months

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Saint Thomas and the Tale of Another Jesus - Historic Mysteries

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#3rd century #Acts of Thomas #Apocrypha #bible #Book of John #Book of Mark #Book of Thomas the Contender #Christianity #Didymus #Doubting Thomas #Gospels #India #Jesus #New Testament #St. Thomas #Thomas the Apostle #Twelve Disciples #twin

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oldpoet56 · 11 months

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A Few Things For Us To Think About ( #1061 )

A Few Things For Us To Think About ( #1061 ) ( A few thoughts for the entertainment and amusement of my family, friends and loved ones to consider ) 1.) What is the meaning of us? Why are you here, why am I here? 2.) God created billions of planets, why would He do something like that and then only put life on one? 3.) If we are a Christian and we don’t believe in life on other planets me must…

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metaphysicae · 1 year

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poor Abimelech man. it's not his fault these weird fucks keep coming down the mountain and saying their wives are their sisters. also really loving the mental image of him just chilling in his house, seeing Isaac FONDLE (???!!!!) Rebekah, and then throwing open the window to yell at him for it.

and then there's like. jacob.

mans really said to his dying (was that hyperbole? it's gotta be.) brother "i ain't giving you soup NOR salad until you give me your whole entire birthright." like ! what choice did Esau have ! and then his fucking MOM'S like "my son. my son. do you want to pull the SICKEST prank" because both she and Isaac are playing fucking favorites, i guess. and then Jacob hesitates, not bc it's a really mean thing to do, but because HE MIGHT GET CAUGHT. LIKE? AND THEN HE GOES THROUGH WITH IT. and Esau's obviously fucking heartbroken about it! AND THEN THERE'S MORE!

esau's like "okay yeah i'm going to kill him. i'm gonna fucking get his ass" (fair and understandable reaction when your little brother, who was prophesied to always have to serve you, casually yoinks everything your dying father promised you out from under your feet) so rebekah sends jacob off to her brother in some fucking city . goes into isaac's tent (who just casually told esau he'd live his life by the sword), sits by his blind dying ass. and goes

"if jacob marries another Hittite then my life is worthless." AND THAT'S THE END OF THE CHAPTER.

#joey 2023 bible liveblog reaction not clickbait #i thought it was still 2022! so!!!#OKAY actually going to start putting this stuff in a tag bc i'm sure folks don't wanna see it but also .#< i feel like i'm misinterpreting the text bc i'm coming from a catholic background #and i want to see other people's interpretations/thoughts . .#uhmmmm let's go with #i dunno might stick with the first tag #quick clarification: am reading through the Hebrew bible (specifically the old testament of the new oxford annotated bible. WITH APOCRYPHA!#<- as that's the translation provided to me in class)

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bones-ivy-breath · 11 months

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The Gospel of Mary tr. Mark M. Mattison

#the gospel of mary #quote #typography #literature #mark m. mattison #aesthetic #dark academia #religion #christianity #gnosticism #dark things #New Testament apocrypha #mary magdalene #jesus #mother mary

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santmat · 8 months

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My Lost Books of the Bible article @ Medium!

dead sea scrolls nag hammadi library new testament apocrypha gospels gnostic gospels books of enoch ebionites gospel of the hebrews gospel of thomas coptic apocrypha

christian mysticism

#christian mysticism #lost books of the bible #nag hammadi library #gospel of thomas #gospel of the hebrews #ebionites #new testament apocrypha #sayings of jesus #book of enoch #apocrypha #gnostic gospels

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kalahs-beautiful-realm · 1 year

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A list and orders of the Old and New Testament of the King James Bible with Apocrypha, book copies 1625.

#scripture #old KJV bible #1625 KJV bible #list of old +new testament and apocrypha #bible books contents #apocrypha #old english

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moonshinemagpie · 6 months

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btw, if you ever wanted a really quick glimpse of how the Dewey Decimal System is biased in favor of white Christian Europeans, just check out the 200s section:

200 Religion 201 Philosophy of Christianity 202 Miscellany of Christianity 203 Dictionaries of Christianity 204 Special topics 205 Serial publications of Christianity 206 Organizations of Christianity 207 Education, research in Christianity 208 Kinds of persons in Christianity 209 History & geography of Christianity 210 Natural theology 211 Concepts of God 212 Existence, attributes of God 213 Creation 214 Theodicy 215 Science & religion 216 Good & evil 217 Not assigned or no longer used 218 Humankind 219 Not assigned or no longer used 220 Bible 221 Old Testament 222 Historical books of Old Testament 223 Poetic books of Old Testament 224 Prophetic books of Old Testament 225 New Testament 226 Gospels & Acts 227 Epistles 228 Revelation (Apocalypse) 229 Apocrypha & pseudepigrapha 230 Christian theology 231 God 232 Jesus Christ & his family 233 Humankind 234 Salvation (Soteriology) & grace 235 Spiritual beings 236 Eschatology 237 Not assigned or no longer used 238 Creeds & catechisms 239 Apologetics & polemics 240 Christian moral & devotional theology 241 Moral theology 242 Devotional literature 243 Evangelistic writings for individuals 244 Not assigned or no longer used 245 Texts of hymns 246 Use of art in Christianity 247 Church furnishings & articles 248 Christian experience, practice, life 249 Christian observances in family life 250 Christian orders & local church 251 Preaching (Homiletics) 252 Texts of sermons 253 Pastoral office (Pastoral theology) 254 Parish government & administration 255 Religious congregations & orders 256 Not assigned or no longer used 257 Not assigned or no longer used 258 Not assigned or no longer used 259 Activities of the local church 260 Christian social theology 261 Social theology 262 Ecclesiology 263 Times, places of religious observance 264 Public worship 265 Sacraments, other rites & acts 266 Missions 267 Associations for religious work 268 Religious education 269 Spiritual renewal 270 Christian church history 271 Religious orders in church history 272 Persecutions in church history 273 Heresies in church history 274 Christian church in Europe 275 Christian church in Asia 276 Christian church in Africa 277 Christian church in North America 278 Christian church in South America 279 Christian church in other areas 280 Christian denominations & sects 281 Early church & Eastern churches 282 Roman Catholic Church 283 Anglican churches 284 Protestants of Continental origin 285 Presbyterian, Reformed, Congregational 286 Baptist, Disciples of Christ, Adventist 287 Methodist & related churches 288 Not assigned or no longer used 289 Other denominations & sects 290 Other & comparative religions 291 Comparative religion 292 Classical (Greek & Roman) religion 293 Germanic religion 294 Religions of Indic origin 295 Zoroastrianism (Mazdaism, Parseeism) 296 Judaism 297 Islam & religions originating in it 298 Not assigned or no longer used 299 Other religions

(found here)

"Christian/Christianity": 25—with many other words and phrases, like "Anglican churches," "Protestants," "Baptist," and "Old Testament," also indicating Christian topics

Judaism: 1

Islam: 1

Most other world religions, clumped together: 1

#library #booklr #dewey decimal system #books #libraries

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magnetothemagnificent · 1 year

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is Judaism focused on the Old Testament of the Bible? what is the difference between that one and the ones Christian’s use? /gen

Judaism utilyzes the texts of the Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, and many other discussional and legal texts, although our core texts are the five books of Moses, the Torah.

The "Old Testament" is what Christians call their misappropriation and mistranslation of the Tanakh, which includes the five books of Moses, the Prophets, and additional texts.

The Tanakh is actually an acronym for Torah, Neviim, and Ketuvim (TaNaKh), and it includes all the texts which the Rabbis considered important enough to canonize between 332 BCE and 70 CE. There are additional texts in Apocrypha which were written at the same time as the texts in the Tanakh, but weren't canonized for one reason or another. The Book of Maccabees is an example of Apocrypha which is still important in Judaism.

The Tanakh was written in Hebrew. The Christian "Old Testament" is based on Greek translations into Latin.

The "Old Testament" includes apocryphal texts which were not included in the Tanakh, and in some traditions, the texts are ordered differently than the Tanakh. The "Old Testament" text also includes language which alludes to the "New Testament" and Jesus. Just the terms "Old Testament" and "New Testament" allude to supercessionism, the idea that Judaism and Jewish texts only exist to usher in and submit to Christianity.

The Tanakh predates Christianity. The Tanakh was almost completely officially canonized before Jesus was even born.

#jumblr #judaism #christianity #tanakh #the bible #supercessionism

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apocrypals · 1 year

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Previously, on Apocrypals part 5: The Fifth One

As we begin our sixth (!) calendar year of Apocrypals, here is a list of the texts we have covered so far on the show in case you want to read along or catch up. They’re arranged in a way that appeases my systematic nature.

Tanakh/Old Testament:

Genesis (episodes 16-20)

Exodus (episodes 33 and 35)

Leviticus (episode 59)

Numbers (episode 62)

Deuteronomy (episode 65)

Joshua (episode 73)

Judges (episode 80)

Ruth (episode 45)

1 Samuel (episode 89)

2 Samuel (episode 90-91)

1 Kings (episode 99)

2 Kings (episode 106)

Esther (episode 37)

Job (episode 101)

Ecclesiastes (episode 52)

Song of Songs (episode 34)

Isaiah (episode 4)

Jeremiah (episode 43-44)

Lamentations (episode 48)

Ezekiel (episode 55-56)

Daniel (episode 2)

Hosea (episode 108)

Jonah (episode 31)

Micah (episode 74)

Nahum (episode 74)

Deuterocanon/capital-A Apocrypha:

Tobit (episode 13)

Judith (episode 22)

Greek Additions to Esther (episode 37)

1 Maccabees (episode 27)

2 Maccabees (episode 28)

3 Maccabees (episode 53)

4 Maccabees (episode 78)

The Prayer of Azariah aka the Song of the Three Holy Children (episode 2)

Susanna (episode 2)

Bel and the Dragon (episode 2)

The Prayer of Manasseh (episode 6)

New Testament:

Matthew (episodes 8-9)

Mark (episode 7)

Luke (episode 10)

John (episode 11-12)

Acts of the Apostles (episode 1)

Romans (episode 5)

1 Corinthians (episode 25)

2 Corinthians (episode 42)

Galatians (episode 72)

Ephesians (episode 81)

Hebrews (episode 104)

1 John (episode 49)

2 John (episode 49)

3 John (episode 49)

Revelation (episode 50)

Pseudepigrapha (Jewish apocrypha):

The Testament of Solomon (episode 24)

The Story of Ahikar (episode 14)

The Ascension of Isaiah (episode 6)

1 Enoch (episode 39-40)

2 Enoch (episode 61)

3 Enoch (episode 86-87)

Jubilees (episodes 82 and 83)

The Letter of Aristeas (episode 70)

The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness (episode 71)

Joseph and Aseneth (episode 93)

New Testament apocrypha:

The Protevangelium aka Infancy Gospel of James (episode 29)

The Acts of Pilate/Gospel of Nicodemus (episode 23)

Mors Pilati/Death of Pilate (episode 23)

The Acts of Paul and Thecla (episode 22)

The Acts of Peter (episode 3)

The Acts of Peter and Paul (episode 3)

The Acts of Andrew and Matthias (episode 60)

The Acts of Thomas and His Wonderworking Skin (episode 66)

The Life of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca (episode 57)

Questions of Bartholomew (episode 41)

Resurrection of Jesus Christ by Bartholomew (episode 41)

The Book of Bartholomew (episode 67)

Acts of John (episode 46)

The Acts of Andrew (episode 97)

Syriac Infancy Gospel (episode 47)

Infancy Gospel of Thomas (episode 54)

Infancy Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew (episode 79)

The Adoration of the Magi (2020 Christmas bonus episode)

The History of Joseph the Carpenter (episode 103)

The First Apocryphal Apocalypse of John (episode 68)

The Second Apocryphal Apocalypse of John (episode 68)

The Third Apocryphal Apocalypse of John (episode 68)

The Apocalypse of Peter (episode 75)

The Apocalypse of Paul (episode 95)

The Gospel of Philip (episode 92)

The Gospel of Mary (episode 92)

The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife (episode 92)

The Gospel of Judas (episode 100)

The Greater Questions of Mary (episode Secret 69)

The Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine:

The Life of Saint Nicholas (episode 26)

The Life of Saint Lucy (episode 26)

The Life of Saint Christopher (episode 15)

The Life of Saint Benedict (episode 15)

excerpts from The Passion of the Lord (episode 23)

The Life of Saint Sebastian (episode 58)

The Life of Saint Blaise (episode 58)

The Life of Saint Agatha (episode 58)

The Life of Saint Roch (episode 63)

The Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria (episode 77)

The Life of Saint Barbara (episode 77)

The Life of Saint Dunstan (episode 85)

The Life of Mary Magdalene (episode 94)

The Life of Saint Martha of Bethany (episode 102)

The Life of Saint Margaret of Antioch (episode 102)

Other:

Historia Trium Regum/The Legend of the Three Kings by John of Hildesheim (episode 30)

Muirchu’s Life of Saint Patrick (episode 36)

The Life of Saint Guinefort (episode 63)

The Life of Saint Mary of Egypt (episode 69)

The Life of Saint Pelagia (episode 69)

The Life of Saint Martin by Sulpicius Severus (episode 76)

The Life of Saint Columba (episode 84)

The Life of Saint Wilgefortis (episode 94)

Lives of cephalophoric saints (bonus episode cephalo4)

Stories of the Baal Shem Tov from The Golden Mountain (episode 96)

More stories of the Baal Shem Tov from The Golden Mountain (episode 107)

Solomon and Ashmedai (bonus episode double chai)

Listener questions (episode 32)

Bible trivia questions (episode 38)

Halloween-themed Chick tracts (episode 51)

Christmas-themed Chick tracts (episode 98)

Bible Adventures and the Wisdom Tree catalogue of video games (episode 64)

The Da Vinci Code, the movie (episode 88)

Guess the Bible character from Persona 5 (bonus episode Persona 5)

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (episode 105)

You can find links to all these episodes with show notes and more on the Apocrypals wiki

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