"...I've followed a few..." - fran True that fran...and I seem to remember the Josephus translation using terms like Teacher of Light...or some such thing...not just righteousness....but, it's been many many decades....
On May 2, 5:12 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3 Mai, 00:02, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Some of my earliest inquiry here started with the DSS and included > the> likes of Josephus. I still remember reading him in the 1950s and > > thinking: “How the heck can anyone claim there was a man JC???” > > The Qumran ("Dead Sea") Scrolls are just one example of writings > originating from one of the many groups active in Palestine in the > 1st. Century (most probably the Essenes, although not all experts > support this view). The "Teacher of Righteousness" is another > Messianic figure, like Jesus, or John the Baptist, or other Maccabean/ > Zealot leaders, whose names no longer survive. In a slightly wider > context, the Nag Hammadi library shows another direction in which the > ideas and views and traditions of Jesus and other religious and and > philosphical trends took. > > Apart from the truly excellent comedy, Monty Python's "Life of Brian" > is, in its inimitable over-the-top way, actually shows the chaotic > marketplace of religious smorgasbörd at the time pretty well ("... He > IS the Messiah! I should know, I've followed a few ..."). > > Francis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
