Category: History

• Part 1.5: The Man Behind (most of) the New Testament; Paul.

  Before we go any further into the individual components of the New Testament, it may be helpful to learn a little bit about the man who is (either directly or indirectly) behind most of it: Paul. It is true that I tend to take a bit of a cynical tone towards his actual knowledge of…

  Timos Trismegistus

  May 17, 2023

  History, Paul, Scripture

  Apostle, bible, Christian, Christianity, Comversion, Corinthians, Damascus, Galatians, History, New, Paul, Testament

• Tales of Jesus…..The Woman with the Narrow Eyes

  As I have hinted at in the previous entry, there are more “gospels” than the four the Christian world are familiar with. While the church was spreading its roots both during and after his earthly ministry, the Jewish leaders all had something to say about our guy.  We aren’t too sure what they were saying…

  Timos Trismegistus

  April 28, 2023

  History, Judaism, Tales of Jesus

  Christianity, Early, eyes, Gospel, Inn, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jewish, Narrow, Rabbi, Talmud, woman

• Part 1: Assembling the New Testament…

  

  Growing up as an evangelical Christian. my sole resource for information on Jesus was the New Testament. From Sunday school and the pulpit came lectures from the epistles of Paul and the four gospels. It took several decades for me to learn that there is a wealth of other material concerning our favorite first century…

  Timos Trismegistus

  April 20, 2023

  History, Paul, Scripture

  Apostle, bible, Christian, Historical, Jerusalem, Jesus, New, Nicaea, Paul, Testament