I am reading Conscience Eating by Gabriel Cousens and he uses quotes from this gospel. I realize it is not from the Holy Bible, but rather some kind of additional bible that I am not familiar with. I would like to know if any particular religion or group uses this gospel and if they are the true words of Jesus.
2007-02-18 18:02:33 · 5 answers · asked by KMP 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Excellent answer by notcrazed.
I'm currently reading "the complete dead sea scrolls in English" by Geza Verms.
The "teacher of righteouness:" is referenced in some of these scrolls from around the time of Jesus. There is contreversay as to who this person is. Jesus is one possibility, john the baptist another, there are many other possibilities and I'm not sure - but I don't think it is Jesus.
2007-02-18 18:18:53 · answer #1 · answered by G's Random Thoughts 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Essenes where a group of Jews that were very, very strict in their faith. The lived seperate from the other groups and practices a very rigous and devoted fellowship of faith. Their works are what we call the Dead Sea Scrolls now.
In these scrolls, found in caves, there is a semi-complete edition of the old testament. The Essenes also had certain books of their own - some of them quite beautiful in their own way.
Most of the work, unfortuantely, has been plagued by time. The scrolls themselves are 2,000 + years old and are extremely fragile. Some have fallen apart entirely, never to be recreated.
But, they were Jews, first and foremost. For those who believe in the bible - the finding of the OT at these cliffs was a great boone. It showed how little the OT has changed - at least the parts that are still intact.
2007-02-19 02:12:51 · answer #2 · answered by noncrazed 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to add to what noncrazed said.
The Essenes believed in living in communities away from cities and expande on the idea of loving thy neighbor (to the point of forgiving him), and they also were big into living almost as if they took a vow of poverty.
It's thought that Jesus was an Essene.
2007-02-19 02:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by adphllps 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The false religion!
2007-02-19 02:07:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like Spongebob to me. But most religions do...
2007-02-19 02:08:58 · answer #5 · answered by P K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋