Looking for information on the Sermon on the Mount.?

Question

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.

Answer 1

Isn't Satan's tempting man from the first scriptures? Adam and Eve passed down by Moses from 1500 BC, Ya think this might have influenced the Greeks? You also have the Story of Abraham where he was to sacrifice Issac and this is prophsey of the coming Messiah..Not to mention Isaiah's prophesies of 800B.C.

Answer 2

I am sure if you check through ancient scrolls and texts you will find many similarities. Jesus did say that He came to fulfill the prophesies, not to change them. These are basic truths and things to live by.That is why the Christian Bible includes the Old Testament, which is the History of the Jewish Faith. The God of Abraham is the Father of many nations and religions. All of these facts lead to the fundamental reality that all mankind should be united under the one true God.