I am researching links between the ideas in the Gospels and earlier texts, whether biblical or Egyptian, Persian, Roman or Greek.
The basic premise is that portions of the Gospels are simply reworked from common regional themes, ie; Jesus tempted by Satan = The Contentions of Horus and Set = The Temptation of Zoroaster.
If you are a believer, even many Biblical scholars understand that much of the presentation of the ideas in the Gospels was made in forms that would be familiar to its target audience, whether Jewish or Greek.
I am looking for a precedent of the material contained in the Sermon on the Mount.
Any help would be appreciated.
2007-04-12
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