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Ancient forbidden Christian text of Jesus' 'secret teachings' to his 'brother' found
Fox News ^ | 12-5-2017 | James Rogers

Posted on 12/05/2017 11:12:13 AM PST by servo1969

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A piece of the Coptic translation of the First Apocalypse of James from the Nag Hammadi Codex V. Credit: Nag Hammadi Library, Oxford University.

1 posted on 12/05/2017 11:12:13 AM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Nice going. This will be a FreeRepublic free for all.


2 posted on 12/05/2017 11:13:43 AM PST by johniegrad
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To: servo1969

Gee, I wonder if Christmas or Easter are coming up?


3 posted on 12/05/2017 11:15:08 AM PST by kaehurowing
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To: servo1969
located the rare text in Oxford University archives earlier this year.

Why wasn't it discovered when it was first brough to Oxford?

4 posted on 12/05/2017 11:15:17 AM PST by Cowboy Bob
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To: servo1969

Yeah, right.


5 posted on 12/05/2017 11:15:58 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: servo1969

[at The University of Texas at Austin]

Oh yeah; that adds credibility.


6 posted on 12/05/2017 11:17:08 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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I have known about the Nag Hammadi texts for YEARS. They have been measured and found wanting.

And these “scholars” are just “discovering” them?


7 posted on 12/05/2017 11:18:28 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: servo1969

Interesting. I’m looking forward to reading the translation.


8 posted on 12/05/2017 11:22:04 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: left that other site

Nag Hammadi is one of the treasure troves of early Christian writing.


9 posted on 12/05/2017 11:23:13 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: servo1969

Or just another Hitler Diaries...


10 posted on 12/05/2017 11:23:21 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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Perhaps...but most of the writings are not Canon and should not be treated as such.

They are very much related to Gnosticism, and therefore, interesting in an historic sense, but not as doctrine.

Even the Dead Sea Scrolls also have texts that are either Apocalyptic in nature, or didactic, or even “Community Rules”, which are ALL fascinating, but are not the same as Scripture.

My comment was based upon the OP, which touts these as a “New” discovery.


11 posted on 12/05/2017 11:28:05 AM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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> Gee, I wonder if Christmas or Easter are coming up?

LOLOL!!!

Like clockwork, isn’t it!


12 posted on 12/05/2017 11:28:19 AM PST by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: servo1969

Related thread from a few days ago, with 110 comments...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3609755/posts
Apocalypse of James: Lost original Greek text of banned Bible book found at Oxford University


13 posted on 12/05/2017 11:29:44 AM PST by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: servo1969

Without knowing exactly how the text reads in the original, I’ll just point out that ‘scholars’ have jumped to conclusions about ancient Jewish texts that mention someone with a name similar to Jesus but are actually about someone else upon closer review. If not outright fakes, these could be in that category.


14 posted on 12/05/2017 11:31:08 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: servo1969
Did he sign it Jesus D.A.?

-PJ

15 posted on 12/05/2017 11:31:14 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: servo1969

Hmmmm!

16 posted on 12/05/2017 11:32:07 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: TBP

In other news, it has been discovered that one of the lunar rovers found some cheese.


17 posted on 12/05/2017 11:32:38 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: servo1969
James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls
by Robert H. Eisenman

QUOTE: "Who and whatever James was, so was Jesus".

18 posted on 12/05/2017 11:33:53 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: servo1969

I think my sources are far better. To learn about Christ Himself, I have the Old Testament, the four Gospels, the Acts, the Epistles and The Revelation. To get a handle on Jesus half-brothers, there are their very own Epistles; James and Jude. That will suffice until Jesus comes back.


19 posted on 12/05/2017 11:38:18 AM PST by Tucker39 (Read: Psalm 145. The whole psalm.....aloud; as praise to our God.)
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To: servo1969

So what type and size font did they use on this original document?


20 posted on 12/05/2017 11:38:26 AM PST by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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