period", founder of Bet Hillel Torah school; at the request of a student to teach the entire

Torah "while standing on one foot" he replied: "What is hateful to you, do not unto your

neighbor. This is the entire Torah, all the rest is commentary," i.e., "Go and study it.";

"He who magnifies his name destroys it; he who does not increase his knowledge decreases it,

and he who does not study deserves to die; and he who makes worldly use of the crown of

Torah shall waste away." (Encyclopedia Judaica)

Torah a matter of established regularity, say little and do much, and receive all men with a

friendly countenance." (Encyc. Judaica: Avot,1,15)

over to the authorities, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the good word of God and saying,

"The time has come & the kingdom of God is approach- ing. Repent & trust in the good

word."}-kjv@Mark:1:14-15(Gaus) kjv@Matthew:4:12-17, kjv@Luke:4:14-15, cf. kjv@John:4:1-3,

kjv@John:4:43-46; {& he goes up the mountain & calls the ones he want- ed to him, & they

went to him. And he settled on twelve of them to be with

him, and to be sent out by him to spread the word, and to have authority to throw out

demons. And he gave Simon the name "Rock" <1>"Peter")

fisherman from Bathesda; first Pope? (see 67); surname: Aramaic: bar-Yonah: Johnson

kjv@Matthew:16:17, kjv@John:1:42; also called Satan! kjv@Mark:8:33 kjv@Matthew:16:23 and he

gave <2>James the son of Zebedee & his brother <3>John

disciple Jesus loved? writer of Gospel of John? only eyewitness recorder?, John the Elder?

(see 130)> the name of Boanerges which means "the

Thunder Brothers"; plus <4>Andrew , <5>Philip

from Bathesda>, <6>Bartholomew , <7>Matthew

kjv@Matthew:10:3, Gospel of Matthew?>, <8>Thomas ,

<9>James son of Alpheus, <10>Thaddeus , <11>Simon the Canaanite

from Cana? a Zealot? (Greek is vague)>, and <12>Judas Iscariot (a devil!) kjv@John:6:70, who

betrayed him.} - kjv@Mark:3:13-19(Gaus/Unvarnished NT) kjv@Matthew:10:1-4, kjv@Luke:6:12-16

Version/Fox) {And at three o'clock, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema

sabachthani," which translates to "My God, my God, why did you desert

me?} -kjv@Mark:15:34(Gaus). Last Supper would have been Thursday evening. (7Apr30 & 3Apr33

possible Fri/14/Nisan crucifixion dates)

the era of Paul of Tarsus, recorded in Acts: (Simon) Peter<1> as leader? (first Pope?),

John<3>, James<2>, Andrew<4>, Philip<5>, Thomas<8>, Bartholomew<6>, Matthew<7>, James<9> son

of Alpheus, Simon<11?> the Revolutionary (or Zealot), Jude son of James, Mary the mother of

Jesus, Jesus' brothers and sisters and various other women kjv@Acts:1:13-14; What happened

to Thaddeus? only about 120 initial believers? kjv@Acts:1:15, Judas<12> the betrayer commits

"suicide" kjv@Acts:1:18-19, Matthias voted in as his replacement kjv@Acts:1:23-26, 3000 new

converts in one day??? kjv@Acts:2:41, Peter and John jailed for one night for causing riots,

number of converts increases to 5000??? kjv@Act:3, Ananias and Sapphira die under mysterious

circumstances after not giving all their possessions to Christianity kjv@Acts:5, Aramaic

kjv@Acts:1:19) and Greek kjv@Acts:6:1 in use early on, 7 Greeks added to 12 Apostles:

Stephen, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, Nicolaus kjv@Acts:6, initially there

is only one Christian "church" (Greek ekklesia:G1577 most likely just an assembly rather

than a formal church), in Jerusalem, Paul (Saul) of Tarsus, prior to his conversion, has

Stephen martyred and the Jerusalem "church" destroyed, the original Christians disperse

throughout Judea and Samaria kjv@Acts:8:1, Paul of Tarsus converts to "Apostle to the

Gentiles" and the main activity of Christianity shifts from the Hellenic-Jewish-Christians

of Judea Samaria, and Galilee (Nazarenes "of Nazareth" and Ebionites "poor ones") to the

Gentile-Christians led by Paul and centered in the church of Corinth ... Nazarenes

(nazoraios:G3480): kjv@Matthew:2:23, kjv@Acts:24:5; The Way (hodos:G3598):kjv@Acts:9:2

kjv@Acts:18:25-26, kjv@Acts:19:9 kjv@Acts:19:23, kjv@Acts:24:14 kjv@Acts:22 Christians

(christianos:G5546): kjv@Acts:11:26, kjv@Acts:26:28, kjv@1Peter:4:16

unify Greek and Hebrew philosophy; Loeb Classics has 12 volumes

kjv@Galatians:2:1 also Incident at Antioch kjv@Galatians:2:11-18 where Paul publicly

condemned Peter

made disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus {{Christ?}}, he ex- pelled them from Rome.}

(Suetonius, de Vita Caesarum, Claudius XXV.4, Loeb)

that he had a favorable opportunity because Festus had died and Albinus was still on his

way, called a meeting (literally, "sanhedrin") of judges and brought into it the brother of

Jesus-who-is-called-Messiah, James by name, and some others. He made the accusation that

they had transgressed the law, and he handed them over to be stoned.} (JA20.9.1,Marginal

Jew,p.57)

the rumor , Nero created scapegoats and

subjected to the most refined tortures those whom the common people called "Christians," (a

group) hated for their abominable crimes. Their name comes from Christ, who, during the

reign of Tiberius, had been executed by the procurator Pontius Pilate. Suppressed for the

moment, the deadly superstition broke out again, not only in Judea, the land which

originated this evil, but also in the city of Rome, where all sorts of horrendous and

shameful practices from every part of the world converge and are fervently cultivated.}

(Tacitus Annals 15.44;Marginal Jew;Meier;p.89-90)

Christianity shifts to Antioch and Rome - "New Babylon" of kjv@1Peter:5:13

and priests observe(ed hi)m, they were indignant (because he re- clined in the

com)pany of sin(ners). But Jesus overheard (them and said,) Those who are we(ll don't need a

doctor.)} -5(SV) kjv@Mark:2:15-17; kjv@Matthew:9:10-13; kjv@Luke:5:29-32 (Ref: The Complete

Gospels, 1992, ISBN:0-944344-30-5)

{Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the imperial rule is in the

sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,'

then the fish will precede you. Rather, the imperial rule is within you and it is

outside you. When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that

you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in

poverty, and you are the poverty."} -Th3(SV), cf. kjv@Mark:13:21-23; kjv@Matthew:24:23-28;

kjv@Luke:17:20-25;Jb28:12-14,20-22(LXX);Bar3:29-32,35-37;Dt30:11-14(LXX) ;Sir1:1-3 {His

disciples said to him, "When will the rest for the dead take place, and when will the new

world come?" He said to them, "What you are looking forward to has come, but you don't know

it."} -Th51(SV), cf. kjv@Matthew:11:28 -29;DSav65-68;Sir51:26-27,6:23-31; kjv@Luke:17:20-21;

kjv@Mark:9:12-13; kjv@Matthew:17:11; kjv@2Timothy:2:17-18 {His disciples said to him, "When

will the imperial rule come?" "It will not come by watching for it. It will not

be said, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Rather, the Father's imperial rule is spread out

upon the earth, and people don't see it."} -Th113(SV) kjv@Luke:17:20-21; cf. Mary4:4-5;

kjv@Mark:13:21; kjv@Matthew:24:23; kjv@Luke:17:23 (Ref: The Complete Gospels,

ISBN:0-944344-30-5)

him: "I feel sorry for the blind who can't see. You bathe in these stagnant waters where

dogs & pigs wallow day & night.} -2:7(SV) cf. kjv@Matthew:7:6; kjv@John:9:40-41;

kjv@2Peter:2:22; kjv@Revalations:22:15 (Ref: The Complete Gospels, ISBN:0-944344-30-5)

Palestine, one of the oldest extant Christian texts (~175), {Turning to the rulers of the

people, made this statement: "Pore over the writings. You imagine that in

them there is life to be had. They do indeed give evidence on my behalf."} -EgerG1:2(SV)

kjv@John:5:39 (Comp. Gospels)

according to custom, "Al(l of you on this) night will fall away, (according to) scripture:

'I will strike the (shepherd and the) sheep will be scattered.'" (When) Peter said, "Even if

all, (yet not I," (Jesus said) "Before) the cock crows twice (today three times) you will

deny me."} cf. kjv@Mark:14:26-31;kjv@Mtthew:26:30-35;kjv@Luke:22:31-34 (Ref: Anchor Bible

Dictionary, 1992)

fragments of Gospel of the Hebrews in Greek; 36 fragments of Gospel of the Nazarenes in

Aramaic; (Ref: NT Apocrypha, W. Schneemelcher, vol. 1)

Asia Minor, raids Temple setting off Jewish rebellion of 66-70

"Dialogi", "Naturales quaestiones"; (Loeb Classics has 11 volumes)

Jupiter Capitolinus (God of Rome) had defeated God of Jerusalem {Besides other taxes, that

on the Jews was levied with the utmost rigour, and those were prosecuted who without

publicly acknowledging that faith yet lived as Jews, as well as those who concealed their

origin and did not pay the tribute levied upon their people. {{These were doubtless

Christians, whom the Romans commonly confounded with the Jews.}} I recall being present in

my youth when the person of a man ninety years old was examined before the procurator and a

very crowded court, to see whether he was circumcised.} (Suetonius, de Vita Caesarum, Book

VII, Domitian, XII.2, Loeb Classics)

Rabban Johanan ben Zakkai to 'perform commandments and teach Torah'

at kjv@Mark:16:8, original ending apparently lost, endings added ~400

Messiah; (Complete Gospels): Opening: kjv@John:1:6-7,19-49 in Galilee: kjv@John:2:1-12

kjv@John:4:46-54 kjv@John:21:1-14 kjv@John:6:1-14-25; in Jerusalem: kjv@John:11:1-45

kjv@John:9:1-8 kjv@John:5:2-9; Culmination: kjv@John:11:47-53 kjv@John:2:14-19

kjv@John:12:37-40; Passion Prelude: kjv@John:12:1-8 kjv@John:12:12-15; Passion:

kjv@John:18:1-19:42; Resurrection: kjv@John:20:1-22; Closing: kjv@John:20:30-31

Loeb Classics has 10 volumes of Pliny's "Natural History"

{At this time there appeared Jesus, a wise man. For he was a doer of startling deeds, a

teacher of people who receive the truth with pleasure. And he gained a following both among

many Jews and among many of Greek ori- gin. And when Pilate, because of an accusation made

by the leading men among us, condemned him to the cross, those who had loved him previously

did not cease to do so. And up until this very day the tribe of Christians (named after him)

has not died out.} (JA18.3.3 Meier redaction, Marginal Jew, p.61)

Caves 1,4 (Armenian Bible)

Apion; Jewish War (JW) in 71; Jewish Antiquities (JA) in 94; 10 Loeb

Thomas and James, Secret Gospel (of Mark) (Complete Gospels)

subjected to heavy Christian forgery esp. 4th cent. (Apostolic Fathers)

Athenagoras (180?), Aristides (145?), Theophilus of Antioch (185?), Tatian (170), Quadratus

(130?), Melito of Sardis (180?), Apolli- naris of Hierapolis (180?), also Epistle to

Diognetus in Apostolic Fathers

the Lord", lost, widely quoted, see Eusebius (340) (AF)

Gamaliel, compiled literal Greek OT translation in Jabneh (Jamnia)

all of southern Syria renamed Palestine (coined by Herodotus)

public after revolt, flesh was torn from his body with iron combs, coined "thou shalt love

thy neighbor as thyself" as 1st principle of Torah

edited Luke + 10 Pauline Epistles, cites "Western" Gospel text-type

which is 10

for the additional information concerning the apostolic age or where it came from is

entirely unknown. According to F. G. Kenyon, "What one would like to suppose (but for which

there is no exter- nal evidence), is that one of St. Paul's companions transcribed Luke's

book (Acts) (perhaps after the author's death), and inserted details of which he had

personal knowledge, & made other alterations in accordance with his own taste in a matter on

which he was entitled to regard himself as having auth- ority equal to that of Luke."}

(Textual Comm., Metzger, p272, 3-438-06010-8)

his own letters just as (he knew) they had changed the Gospels

into 1: {... (the mother of the sons of Zebed)ee (Mt27:56) & Salome (Mk15:40) & the wives

(of those who) had followed him from (Galile)e to see the crucified (Lk23:49b-c). And (the

da)y was Preparation; the Sabbath was daw(ning) (Lk23:54). & when it was evening (Mt27:57),

on the Prep(aration), that is, the day before the Sabbath (Mk25:42), (there came) up a man

(Mt27: 57), be(ing) a member of the council (Lk23:50), from Arimathea (Mt27:57), a c(i)ty of

(Jude)a (Lk23:51), by name Jo(seph) (Mt27:57), good & ri(ghteous) (Lk23:50), being a

disciple of Jesus, but se(cret)ly, for fear of the (Jew)s (Jn19:38). & he (Mt27:57) was

looking for (the) k(ingdom) of God (Lk23:51b). This man (had) not (con)sented to (their)

p(urpose) (Lk23:51a) ...} {#0212} (Ref: Text of the NT, Bruce Metzger, 3rd ed.,

ISBN:0-19-507297-9, pg. 90)

Hebrews, James, 1-2Pt, 3Jn; in: Wisdom of Solomon, Apocalypse of Peter

to observe Easter on Nisan 14 "Quartodeciman", (see 166, 190)

(Hermetica, Sir Walter Scott, ISBN:0-87773-338-4) (see 270)

1:1-6:11,35-7:52;8:12-14:26,29-30;15:2-26;16:2-4,6-7,10-20:20,22-23,25-21:9

Lk3:18-22,33-4:2,34-5:10,37-6:4,10-7:32,35-39,41-43,46-9:2,4-17:15,19-18:18; 22:4-24:53;

Jn1:1-7:52;8:12-11:45,48-57;12:3-13:1,8-9;14:8-30;15:7-8

;8:15-25,27-35,37-9:32;10:1-11:22,24-33,35-15:9,11-16:27;Hb1:1-9:16,18-10:20

,22-30,32-13:25;1Cr1:1-9:2,4-14:14,16-15:15,17-16:22;2Cr1:1-11:10,1221,23

13:13;Ep1:1-2:7,10-5:6,8-6:6,8,20-24;Gl1:1-8,10-2:9,12-21;3:2-29;4:2-18,20-5

:17,20-6:8,10-18;Ph1:1,5-15,17-28,30-2:12,14-27,29-3:8,10-21;4:2-12,14-23;Cl

1:1-2,5-13,16-24,27-2:19,23-3:11,13-24;4:3-12,16-18;1Th1:1,9-2:3;5:5-9,23-28

Gospel of Mark & Gospel of the Egyptians; wrote: "Exhortations to the Greeks";"Rich Man's

Salutation";"To the Newly Baptized"; (Loeb Classics)

prostitute, coined "New Testament", cites "Western" Gospel text-type (Loeb)

Mt20:24-32;21:13-19;25:41-26:39; Mk4:36-40;5:15-26,38-6:3,16-25,36-50;7:3-15

,25-8:1,10-26,34-9:9,18-31;11:27-12:1,5-8,13-19,24-28; Lk6:31-41,45-7:7;9:26

-41,45-10:1,6-22,26-11:1,6-25,28-46,50-12:12,18-37,42-13:1,6-24,2914:10,17 33;

Jn10:7-25,30-11:10,18-36,42-57; Ac4:27-36;5:10-21,30-39;6:7-7:2,10-21,32

-41,52-8:1,14-25,34-9:6,16-27,35-10:2,10-23,31-41;11:2-14,24-12:5,13-22;13:6

-16,25-36,46-14:3,15-23;15:2-7,19-27,38-16:4,15-21,32-40;17:9-17

Pontian and anti-Pope Hippolytus to Sardinia where they soon die

rumor recorded by Celsus: "Jesus fabricated the account of his birth from a virgin. In

reality, Jesus' mother was driven out by the carpenter husband to whom she was betrothed

because she had committed adultery with a (Roman) soldier named Panthera (thus the ben

Pantere of Jewish sources). Left poor and homeless, she gave birth to Jesus in secret. Jesus

later spent time in Egypt, where he hired himself out as a laborer, learned magic, and so

came to claim the title of God." (CC1.28-32, Marginal Jew, Meier, p. 223)

3Cor; Odes of Solomon 11; Jude 1-25; Melito's Homily on Passover; Hymn fragment; Apology of

Phileas; Ps33,34; 1Pt1:1-5:14; 2Pt1:1-3:18;

I8:18-19:13,38:14-45:5,54:1=60:22; #8: Jr4:30-5:24; #10:

Dn1-12:13(+Add),Bel4-39,Sus5-end,Esther1:1a-8:6(+Add)

adopted at Council of Nicaea in 325, compiled "Hexapla": 6 ver- sions of LXX side by side:

Hebrew, Hebrew transliterated in Greek, Aquila's Greek trans., Symmachus' Greek trans.,

Origen's revised LXX Greek trans., Theodotion's revised LXX; also Quinta/Sexta/Septima

trans., Tetragrammaton in square Hebrew script; cites "Alexandrian" & "Caesarean" NT

text-types; Eusebius claimed Or. castrated himself for Christ due to Mt19:12 (EH6.8.1-3)

Christians are freely forging his letters to discredit him

Adoptionism: Jesus was human until Holy Spirit descended at his baptism

Freer of Greek Minor Prophets; all published in 1927

6-7;3:8-4:2,29-32,34-35;5:3-8,30-6:16 P5:Jn1:23-31,33-40;16:14-30;20:11-17, 19-20,22-25

P9:1Jn4:11-12,14-17 P12:Hb1:1 P15:1Cr7:18-8:4 P20:Jm2:19-3:9 P22:Jn15:25-16:2,21-32

P23:Jm1:10-12,15-18 P27:Rm8:12-22,24-27,33-9:3,5-9 P28:Jn6:8-12,17-22 P29:Ac26:7-8,20

P30:1Th4:12-13,16-17;5:3,8-10,12-18,25-28 ;2Th1:1-2 P38:Ac18:27-19:6,12-16 P39:Jn8:14-22

P40:Rm1:24-27,31-2:3;3:21-4:8 ;6:4-5:16;9:16-17:27 P48:Ac23:11-17,23-29

P49:Ep4:16-29,315:13 P53:Mt26:29 40;Ac9:33-10:1 P65:1Th1:3-2:1,6-13

P69:Lk22:41,45-48,58-61 P70:Mt2:1316,22 3:1;11:26-27;12:4-5;24:3-6,12-15 P80:Jn3:34

P87:Pm13-15,24-25 #0171:Mt10:17-23,25-32;Lk22:44-56,61-64 #0189:Ac5:3-21

0220:Rm4:23-5:3,8-13 #0212(Diatessaron):Mt27:56-57;Mk15:40-42;Lk23:49-51,54;Jn19:38

for apostasy, exiled from Rome by Maxentius for disturbing the peace

Christian council" by Jerome, 1st ecumenical, 318 bishops attend

text-type, wrote: "Ecclesiastical History" (EH); Loeb Classics: 2 volumes {Papias, bishop of

Hierapolis (130?), claims that John the Elder, a disciple of Jesus, told him that Mark "was

the interpreter of Peter and wrote down carefully what he remembered of what had been said

or done by the Lord, but not in the right order." Also claims that "Matthew composed the

sayings in Hebrew (more likely Aramaic) and each one translated them as he could."} (Ref:

EH3.39.15, Unauthorized Version, Fox, p.126-127) Eusebius' NT Canon: Recognized Books: 4

Holy Gospels, Acts, 14 Pauline Epistles, 1Jn, 1Pt; Disputed Books: Rev, James, Jude, 2Pt,

2-3Jn, Acts of Paul, Hermas, Apocalypse of Peter, Barnabas, Didache, Gospel of the Hebrews;

Rejected Books: Gospels of Peter, Thomas, Matthias, Acts of Andrew, John ... (EH3.25)

Solomon - Ps151 + 27NT), missing Gn1-46:28, Ps105:27-137:6, 1Tm-Phm, Heb9:14-end; of

"Alexandrian" text-type: most accurate text-type

37:22,46:6-47:2; #12: Greek Enoch93:12-13,94:7-8,97:6-104:13,106:1-107:3

the 4 Gospels) + Acts + 15 Pauline Epistles (inc. 3 Corinthians)