1) Jesus was a Hellenistic Jew like the martyr Stephen or the Gospels of Mark and John, written in Greek, also have Hellenistic flourishes (for John, Logos and 153 fish, a Pythagorean holy number. Let’s think about that: Jesus called the Hebrew establishment hypocrites and vipers. Is there one chance they would write gospels about Jesus for posterity, preserving his legacy? No. It is said, when someone is crucified, punishment would also include not only killing the person but that for which he stood. They didn’t like him or Stephen saying the Son of Man was at the right hand of the Power. The Temple Establishment must have censored writings of and about Jesus. This is also why there is poor representation of Jesus’ writings and the writings of the Hebrew disciples. On the other hand, after Stephen was executed, the Hellenist Jews who were faithful to Jesus Christ got out of Jerusalem, and they wrote their Gospels outside of Jerusalem, making geographical mistakes because they were no longer in Palestine to walk through Palestine as they would trace their steps while writing. Why would they go back before 66 C.E.? They definitely wouldn’t want to return to Jerusalem in 66-71 C.E. except as Zealots fighting the Temple Establishment and Rome. Tentative Conclusions: After the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, Peter, meeting with the disciples at Solomon’s Gate at the Temple were forbidden to continue the Son of Man movement of Jesus. He and the disciples were not allowed to speak against the Temple or turn over any tables. However, the Hellenistic Jews who scattered after the killing of Stephen were as free as the congregation at Antioch, if not freer, to write about Jesus. The gospels were completed outside of Jerusalem by those far enough away from an atmosphere of censorship. They may have been started in Jerusalem while Jesus was still alive up right before the killing of Stephen, the martyr. Clearly, those who repeated the beliefs of Jesus were in danger. (Later, Paul came around with Judaism-Lite Christianity, a watering down of Judaism that didn’t go over to well in Jerusalem, either.) Dr. Ehrman does not seem to agree that the atmosphere created by Josephus and the Flavians influenced the New Testament in a post-Squashed Revolt era (Josephus leading the propaganda with his Jewish War). However, the Temple Establishment, post-Jesus, shuts down Peter and the disciples from 1) theological designs of the Son of Man at the right hand of God (an example is made of Stephen and the Hebrew Christians did nothing in his defense), 2) criticisms of Temple establishment, disruptions of Temple activities, 3) making sacred scripture of Jesus’ sayings or biography for use in Hebrew synagogues. Elements of Jesus’ ministry were censored. One can see the clamping down at Jerusalem. Peter goes off and eats non-kosher food, but when he returns he eats kosher food. Dr. @Bart D. Ehrman, would you agree the Temple Establishment influenced public speech and what was written by someone they had executed?
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:58:38 +0000
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