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Natural (90): see Vintage. Oracle/Prophet (31 52 88): Gk ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ = Heb )ybn (nábi); a divine spokesperson, not merely predictive; note that there are 24 books in the Heb canon of the OT, and also 24 Prophets including John the Baptist (see IV-Ezra 14:45, Rev/ Ap 4:4). Origin (18): Gk ΑΡΧΗ; a term from the pre-Socratic Gk philosophers, meaning not a temporal beginning but rather the primary foundation of reality (thus in Gen 1:1 LXX, Mk 1:1, Jn 1:1). Philosopher (13): Gk ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΟΣ (fond of wisdom); this word (coined by the pre-Socratic Pythagoras) has no precise Heb/Aram equivalent, and thus Matthew himself may have used the Gk word; but see the parallel term at Job 9:4, bbl Mkx (khakam liba), ‘wise in heart’. Prophet (52 88): see Oracle. Rabbi (12): Heb ybr (my great-one) = Copt no2 (great, C250a); a spiritual authority; Jn 1:38 3:26, Mt 23:7. Recognition (3 5 39 43 51 56 67 69a 78 80 91 105): Copt sooun (C369b) = Gk ΓΝΩΣΙΣ (gnosis); this important term means direct personal acquaintance rather than mere intellectual knowledge, as in Jn 17:25 and I-Jn 4:7; see Th 5, Ph 116 122 134, Tr 1 4 6 etc., Incarnate and Gnostic; NB Bertrand Russell's justly celebrated Theory of Descriptions, wherein the essential distinction is drawn between Knowledge by Acquaintance and Knowledge by Description— made necessary in English by its use of ‘know’ for both meanings; other languages utilize two separate terms, e.g. Spanish ‘conocer’ (from ΓΝΩΣΙΣ), ‘to be acquainted with’, versus ‘saber’ (from Latin SAPERE, to be wise), ‘to know about’. Repose (2 50 51 60 90): Gk ΑΝΑΠΑΥΣΙΣ (up-ceasing); Ex 23:12, Isa 28:12, Mt 11:28; see also Th 27. Rethink (28): Gk ΜΕΤΑΝΟΕΩ (be with-mind, be wholeminded, after-mind, reconsider) = Heb bw# (shub: return); Ps 7:12 22:27, Mt 3:12 4:17, Lk 3:2-14; the initial message of both John the Baptist and Christ; this important term ‘metanoia’ (mindfulness) contrasts with ‘paranoia’ (beside-mind, mindlessness)— it does not signify a mere feeling of remorse, which is ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΟΣ (with/after- sentiment), but rather a new mentality. 48
Sabbath (27): Heb tb# (shabat: repose); the (7th) day of rest; Ex 21:8-11, Lk 6:1-11, Tr 7 33— see the pericope Lk 6:4+ in Codex D (05) [Bezae]: ‘That same day, he saw someone working on the Sabbath,¹ he said to him: Man, if indeed you understand what you are doing, you are blest; if indeed you do not understand, you are accursed and a transgressor of the Torah’; Nestle-Aland, Biblio.23, textual notes (¹asyndeton). Sacred Spirit (44): Heb #dqh xwr (ruakh ha-qodesh, Spirit the-Holy; feminine gender) ≠ Gk ΠΝΕΥΜΑ ΤΟ ΑΓΙΟΝ (neuter gender) ≠ Copt p.pneuma et.ouaab (P080, masculine gender; as also Latin SPIRITUS SANCTUS); see Spirit and ‘The Maternal Spirit’, Comm.2. Salome (37n 61b): Heb tymwl# (shlomit: peaceful); an early female Disciple (Mk 15:40-41 16:1-8); Ph 59! 79! Samaritan (60): those Northern Kingdom Israelites not deported to Babylon and hence lacking the later OT scriptures (I-Ki 16:24, II-Ki 17), therefore in post-Exilic times considered heretics (as in Lk 10:25-37, Jn 4:1-42). Saying (Prolog 1 19 38): see Meaning. Scripturalist (39): Gk ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ (scribe); Mt 23:1-39 etc. Shimon Kefa (13 114): Heb Nw(m# (Shimón: hearing, Gen 29:33); Aram )pyk (kefa) = Gk ΠΕΤΡΟΣ (bedrock)— the chief Apostle, Simon Peter (Mt 10:2 16:15-19). Sky/Heaven (3 6 9 11 12 20 44 54 91 111 114): Copt pe (C259a) = Gk ΟΥΡΑΝΟΣ = Heb Mym# (shamayim; plural); note that ‘sky’ = ‘heaven’ in all three languages. Spirit (14 29 44 53 60 101 114): Heb xwr (rúakh: feminine gender!) = Aram )xwr (rúkha) ≠ Gk ΠΝΕΥΜΑ (neuter gender!) ≠ Latin SPIRITUS (masculine gender!); in all these languages the word for ‘spirit’ derives from ‘breath’ or ‘wind’ (Isa 57:16, Jn 3:5-8); see Sacred Spirit and Comm. 2, below. System: see World/System. Thomas (Prolog 13 Colophon): Aram Mw)t (taom) = Gk ΔΙΔΥΜΟΣ (duplicate, twin); the Apostle Thomas, author of this text (Jn 11:16 20:24-29 21:2); also note that Heb ‘Judas’ = ‘praised’ = Arabic ‘hammad’ as in ‘Nag Hammadi’ (village of-praise) and ‘Mohammed’ (great-praise), the Ishmaelite prophet: Gen 16-17 21:1-21 25:12-18, Zech 9:6-7!, cf. not only the Arabic Qur’án but also the essential Hadith 49
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(1) Are the Coptic Gospels Gnostic?
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III Philip 46 is thus a logion whic
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composed of God’s imagination. VI
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structure of [Mahayana] Buddhist ph
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4.3 the ego is within its imagery (
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excerpts suffice to show that what
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The Gospels stipulate that those wo
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The Gospels endorse John's Baptism
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Pauline Church— which indeed has
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epose? Tales from the Old French,
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he did not know that he was dead [J
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opinion of St Paul, all things cons
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teachings set forth in the Gospel o
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Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth
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celibacy indeed entered Christianit
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Bertrand Russell, ‘An Outline of
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William D. Davies, ‘Paul and Jewi
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primary, but rather a Jewish Christ
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ejecting the [Mosaic] law.... Paul
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Jon Sobrino, Jesus Christ Liberator
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individual deeds. || One might refl
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