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  1. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    Hellenistic Judaism is not a fictitious term nor an oxymoron, its historical fact. pinacled, if Paul studied the law at a rabbinical school in Jerusalem at such a young age being completely non secular (having no 'ella/greek influence), then why was he extremely well versed and learned in Greek...
  2. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    Read 1 and 2 Maccabees, it's Jewish history, it will help you grasp the understanding and meaning.. I dont know where you got your definition from but it's entirely false
  3. Andrew

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  5. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

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  6. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    You should read Daniel 11 and then read 1rst Maccabees which is another JEWISH sacred scripture (as described by Martin Luther) There you will find that the first chapter of 1rst Maccabees fulfills the prophecy in Daniel 11 From there on you can read how far the greek world had spread and...
  7. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    Yeah, that area was dominated by Greek and Rome remember?
  8. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    More like they were ingrained into a culture of the greek rule centuries before and the descendants inherited that culture as the norm while maintaining their religious traditions none the less. Just look at Jews in America today, I can name more Jewish celebrities and directors/producers in...
  9. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    Hebrew had become a dying language in the west, aramaic was the closest a Jew would get to understanding Hebrew if he or she was born in a community that had been hellenistic for centuries, even then aramaic writings of the Torah were forbidden, there were a few aramaic targums that floated...
  10. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    Paul was indeed chosen for having such a large spectrum of tongues, western/greek philosophy and knowledge, Roman militant expeditions, high level Jewish priesthood and of course a life changing calling from Christ that made him the ideal messenger for the gentiles as well as to the Jews of all...
  11. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    The greeks set up a statue of Zeus in the Temple and sacrificed pigs to their gods, Maccabees ran them out just like Jesus ran off the money changers.. your link even identifies the Maccabees re-dedication of the Temple as the source for Hanukkah aka the Feast of Dedication that Jesus celebrated...
  12. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    pinacled, Paul was a Jew, I said that multiple times already
  13. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    What are you talking about? Turkey (where Tarsus was located) along with most of the areas surrounding Mediterranean was becoming hellenistic/Greek.. It does NOT mean that the Jews became Greek or that Greece was only hellenistic, hella means Greek and their spread of influence. Paul was Jewish...
  14. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    Tarsus, where Paul was born, was a hellenistic city and the center of greek learning, a crossroad of the empire, he was then sent at a young age to Jerusalem to receive rabbinical education at the school of Gamaliel, his first language was greek and he was very well learned in greek philosophy...
  15. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    This is one of the many reasons why 1rst and 2nd Maccabees is important to read in order to grasp the Greek influence over the Jews who were born and raised during the hellenistic era when the Septuagint was created, and for that very reason, so that hellenistic Jews who only spoke Greek could...
  16. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    Where in the Bible does it state what you just said?
  17. Andrew

    Early Christian writings along with the NT...

    The Septuagint was read in the synagogues by Jews for Jews and differs drastically from the Masoretic which didn't even exist during the times of Jesus and the Apostles. Unbelieving Jews presented to Christianity a Hebrew version that Jesus misquotes from, that distorts the timeline of events...
  18. Andrew

    CH member in YouTube series

    So you believe Shem was Melchezedic (or his incarnate spirit) so pure he was born circumcised? Wouldn't it be easier to just use the Septuagint like the early Christians did to solve this unnecessary dilemma?
  19. Andrew

    CH member in YouTube series

    "Taken alone, this tiny anecdote does indeed seem strange. The Torah tells us nothing else about this man and his relationship to Abraham. The ancient Targumim (Aramaic interpretive translations) identify Melchizedek as Shem—son of Noah. Shem was one of the links in the chain who transmitted...
  20. Andrew

    CH member in YouTube series

    This Rabbi explains it (9 minute video)
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