We discuss how Elite Roman Imperial Cultists played a heavy role in transforming Hellenistic Judaism into Pauline Christianity. We also discuss the possibility that Josephus and the Flavian Dynasty polemicized the Jews with the Sacking of Jerusalem by Titus and left a trace in the writings of the Gospels. Did the 7 year tribulation already happen during the Roman-Jewish War from 66-74 C.E.? James S. Valliant: https://www.creatingchrist.com/ #RomanProvenance #JamesValliant #Christianity #Gnostic #GnosticInformant
The Book of Enoch was preserved among the Ethiopian Jews & Christians in the Ge'ez Language, and was also present among the Dead Sea Scrolls in Hebrew & Aramaic fragments. This text was extremely important to early Christians and we demonstrate why that is so in this video. Jason Foux: https://www.dragonsingenesis.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DragonsinGenesisPodcast #Enoch #DragonsInGenesis #Christianity #Gnostic #GnosticInformant
Dr. M. David Litwa is a current Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Australia Co-coordinator, Biblical and Early Christian Studies Seminar Library Liaison Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Virginia Master of Theology (Th.M.) Duke University Master of Divinity (M.Div.) Emory University Instructor in Early Christianity, Virginia Tech Department of Religion and Culture, USA from August 2016 to June 2017 Lecturer in Classics, College of William & Mary, USA from January to May 2016 Lecturer in Classics, University of Virginia, USA from January 2013 to May 2015 Steering Committee for Bible, Myth, and Myth Theory, Society of Biblical Literature from 2015 to the present In this video we discuss Litwa's book, "Hermetica II" which is a scholarly translation of the Hermetic Texts from ancient egypt of the Hellenistic Age. We compare and contrast the Mystery cults of Hermes, Horus, Dionysus, and Jesus. Hermetica II: The Excerpts of Stobaeus, Papyrus Fragments, and Ancient Testimonies in a English Translation with Notes and Introductions (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018). He has also written: How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019). Desiring Divinity: Self-deification in Ancient Jewish and Christian Mythmaking. Forthcoming from Oxford University Press, 2016. Refutation of All Heresies: Text, Translation, and Notes, Writings from the Greco-Roman World 40 (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015). Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God (Minneapolis: Fortress Academic, 2014). Becoming Divine: An Introduction to Deification in Western Culture (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2013) We Are Being Transformed: Deification in Paul’s Soteriology (Beihefte zum Zeitschrift für Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 187; Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2012). Forthcoming: Found Christianities: Remaking the World of the Second Century Coming March 2022 from Bloomsbury For more from M. David Litwa: https://mdavidlitwa.wordpress.com/about/ https://www.acu.edu.au/research/our-research-institutes/institute-for-religion-and-critical-inquiry/our-people/m-david-litwa https://www.amazon.com/M.-David-Litwa/e/B00J5VOVCS%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share #MDavidLitwa #Hermetica #MysteryCults #Gnostic #GnosticInformant
In this video M. David Litwa, PhD, joins me to discuss the possibility that the Ancient Israelites may have had an anthropomorphic Donkey Deity who is known to the Egyptians as Seth, Set, or SATA-NU. We discuss if there is a connection to Seth, the God of Chaos and Saturn/Kronos, the Son of Chaos and Evil Creator. The concept of the Demiurge was written about by Plato and the Gnostics, in which the Creator of the World is Evil and needs saving from. Tacitus is a 2nd century author who describes the origins of the Israelites as finding salvation after the Exodus in the Desert by following Donkeys to water. Tacitus also tells us that the Israelites worship Saturn and purposely chose to worship the opposite Deity to the Egyptians, due to being kicked out of the country. Zechariah is said to have witnessed a Donkey Deity in the Holy of Holies who caused him to become mute. Antiochus IV sacked the Temple and reported to find a Golden Head of a Donkey similar to the head of Egyptian Seth. We discuss if these sources are connected. Marcion is an early Church father who was a Gnostic and thought that Jesus was the Son of a different God than the God of the Jews. We also dig deep into the History of Marcion and the Gnostics. For the Evil Creator: https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Creator-Origins-Early-Christian/dp/0197566421 David Litwa on WordPress: https://mdavidlitwa.wordpress.com/ More David Litwa Works: https://www.amazon.com/M-David-Litwa/e/B00J5VOVCS/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 #DavidLitwa #TheEvilCreator #DonkeyDeity #Demiurge #Set #Seth #Saturn #Satan #Gnostic #GnosticInformant
Erika is a soon to be PhD, Evolution Expert. She is known for youtube channel about Evolution and her epic debates against Christian apologists such as Kent Hovind. In this video we discuss Terrence McKenna's Stoned Ape Hypothesis. Erika lays out what could still be correct about the hypothesis as well as explain the problems with the data and timeline. We also discuss Transitional Fossils and why Evolution is a fact. Youtube: @Gutsick Gibbon For Gutsick Gibbon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GutsickGibbon #GutsickGibbon #Evolution #StonedApeTheory #Gnostic #GnosticInformant