Shalome b. Marya was the sister of Yahshua (Jesus) of Nazareth. She is mentioned several times in the New Testament Scriptures as a witness to her brother's execution. The Egyptian Scriptures... More > portray her as a person of much more importance than a mere onlooker. In them, she is a fervent disciple who harbors and nurtures her brother as she learns the Way of the True Worshiper. To this same Shalome tradition has attributed forty-one songs composed in the Aramaic language. Her spiritual insight has much in common with that of the Beloved Disciple and the Teacher of Righteousness. Yet Shalome has more to offer than a religious comparison of darkness and light. Her songs comprise a young woman’s unique and often mystical vision of the ‘divine feminine,’ love both mundane and ethereal, and hope that reaches far beyond the boundaries of earth and sky.< Less
Shalome b. Marya was the sister of Yahshua (Jesus) of Nazareth. She is mentioned several times in the New Testament Scriptures as a witness to her brother's execution. The Egyptian Scriptures... More > portray her as a person of much more importance than a mere onlooker. In them, she is a fervent disciple who harbors and nurtures her brother as she learns the Way of the True Worshiper. To this same Shalome tradition has attributed forty-one songs composed in the Aramaic language. Her spiritual insight has much in common with that of the Beloved Disciple and the Teacher of Righteousness. Yet Shalome has more to offer than a religious comparison of darkness and light. Her songs comprise a young woman’s unique and often mystical vision of the ‘divine feminine,’ love both mundane and ethereal, and hope that reaches far beyond the boundaries of earth and sky.< Less
The best available texts have been used to translate "Mark's Gospel" into modern English. The picture of Jesus that emerges seems far from the usual stained-glass image of the Savior. Also... More > featured are selections from "The Didache" ("The Teaching") and the so-called "Odes of Solomon" (actually a Christian book of hymns entitled "Odes of Peace"), very probably written by a disciple of St John around the years 100-120. Also included are a couple of characteristic chapters from "The Shepherd of Hermas". All three of these books were regarded by many of the early church fathers as part of the New Testament. In fact, "Didache" and "The Shepherd" were formerly two of the most popular books in the Bible. To round off "More Bible Wisdom" is a brief excerpt from "The Epistle of Barnabas", plus a selection of sayings and stories by Jesus, culled from a number of sources, but chiefly from the gospels of Matthew and Luke.< Less
The best available texts have been used to translate "Mark's Gospel" into modern English. The picture of Jesus that emerges seems far from the usual stained-glass image of the Savior. Also... More > featured are selections from "The Didache" ("The Teaching") and the so-called "Odes of Solomon" (actually a Christian book of hymns entitled "Odes of Peace"), very probably written by a disciple of St John around the years 100-120. Also included are a couple of characteristic chapters from "The Shepherd of Hermas". All three of these books were regarded by many of the early church fathers as part of the New Testament. In fact, "Didache" and "The Shepherd" were formerly two of the most popular books in the Bible. To round off "More Bible Wisdom" is a brief excerpt from "The Epistle of Barnabas", plus a selection of sayings and stories by Jesus, culled from a number of sources, but chiefly from the gospels of Matthew and Luke.< Less
This Illustrated edition of these Ancient Texts gives an account to the books of 20 of the original books banned from the Bible during the Counsil of Nicea in 325 AD.
The missing books gives the... More > reader the detailed account of Biblical times as well as provide an invaluable glimpse into early Christianity.
Contents:
The First Book of Adam and Eve
The Second Book of Adam and Eve
The Book of the Secrets of Enoch
The Psalms of Solomon
The Odes of Solomon
The Letter of Aristeas
Fourth Book of Maccabees
The Story of Ahikar
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Testament of Reuben
Testament of Simeon
Testament of Levi
The Testament of Judah
The Testament of Issachar
The Testament of Zebulun
The Testament of Dan
The Testament of Naphtali
The Testament Of Gad
The Testament of Asher
The Testament of Joseph
The Testament of Benjamin< Less
Anderson's famous yet rare English translation (1866) of the 3rd to 4th century Codex Sinaiticus Greek New Testament, thought by scholars to be the earliest complete New Testament in existence. THIS... More > IS NOT A SCANNED OR FACSIMILE EDITION. It is published in easy-to-read Georgia font with 2 points between verses with Anderson's original notes. Also find public domain versions of the last three books of the Sinaiticus: the Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, and the Teaching of the Twelve (aka Didache). Finally, we add the Sonnini Manuscript (Acts 29, "Paul in Britain"). Please check out my new translations of "Barnabas," "Didache," and "The Odes of Solomon" at Apostolia.us.< Less
Anderson's famous yet rare English translation (1866) of the 3rd to 4th century Codex Sinaiticus Greek New Testament, thought by scholars to be the earliest complete New Testament in existence. THIS... More > IS NOT A SCANNED OR FACSIMILE EDITION. It is published in easy-to-read Georgia font with 2 points between verses with Anderson's original notes. Also find public domain versions of the last three books of the Sinaiticus: the Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, and the Teaching of the Twelve (aka Didache). Finally, we add the Sonnini Manuscript (Acts 29, "Paul in Britain"). Please check out my new translations of "Barnabas," "Didache," and "The Odes of Solomon" at Apostolia.us.< Less
The Gospel of Thomas preserves a core of authentic Aramaic sayings of Yeshua older than the earliest Christian writings. When they are isolated from the second-century Gnostic framework, they reveal... More > many of Yeshua's inner-circle kabbalistic teachings. Scholars can restore much of the pre-kabbalistic tradition of Yeshua’s era through sources like the Sepher Yetzirah, Sepher Ha-Razim, and the haggadah preserved in the Mishna, Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds, Philo of Alexandria, and the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament. These were the Holy Scriptures of Essenes, Zadokites, and other messianic Jews of the period, including Yeshua and his disciples. The Psalms they chanted in worship and Shabbat Seder were not just those of our Old Testament, but the messianic Odes of Solomon and others preserved in Enochian and apocalyptic scripture. A study of this forgotten sacred literature allows modern scholars to understand and reconstruct the oral Kabbalah of Yeshua embedded in the Gospel of Thomas.< Less
