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What is it like to be a Chaplain serving in the United States Military during the war in Iraq? Stephen A Missick returned to Iraq for a second deployment, this time serving as a Chaplain.
The evidence points to Aramaic being the language that Jesus of Nazareth spoke. Looking at Christ’s words in the original language in which they were spoken gives us a new depth of insight into his teachings. In the Middle East, a group of Aramaic-speaking Christians have survived. A wealth of Aramaic resources, which are often overlooked, can give us a deeper insight into the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth.
According to legend, Abdias was the first bishop of Babylon, appointed by the Apostles Simon and Jude. (The name "Abdias" is the Greek form of the name Obadiah.) He is reputed to have been one of the seventy Disciples of Jesus Christ and a book chronicling the lives of the Twelve Apostles is attributed to him. During the Middle Ages, The Apostolic Histories of Abdias of Babylon was considered the definitive work on the lives of the Twelve Apostles. In the late 1800s, Solomon Malan, the first translator of the Gadla ḥawāryāt into English (meaning "Contendings of the Apostles" in Ge'ez), attributed this collection of the lives of the Twelve Apostles to Abdias of Babylon, despite there not being a tradition of Abdias of Babylon in Ethiopia, as there is in Europe. Sometimes these stories are referred to as Coptic-Abdias or Ethiopic-Abdias. The Gadla ḥawāryā is an important collection of ancient accounts of the lives of the Twelve Apostles.
This book examines certain sayings of Jesus as Hebrew poetry. King David is “the sweet psalmist of Israel” in the Bible (2 Samuel 23:1) but rarely do we think of Jesus “the Son of David” as a poet. But when we examine his words against their Semitic background we see that he clearly was. Jesus was a poet of the Hebrew tradition. In his proclamations Jesus spoke Aramaic but used Hebrew poetic structures that are found in the Sacred Scriptures and other ancient Hebrew and Aramaic literature. Many people have read the Bible all of their lives totally ignorant of the poetic structures of many of the texts (especially in the prophets and the psalms). Knowing the structures helps us to read and understand the Bible better. Once the poetic structures are learned it becomes amazing to the reader how often they are used in the text and how obvious they are.
The Story of Judah Maccabee is a timeless inspirational story of great faith and courage against seemingly impossible odds. It is also a timely story about the collision of traditional religion and modernity. Hanukkah celebrates the heroic exploits of Judas Maccabeus and his battle for religious freedom. These events occurred during the four-hundred silent years between the Old and New Testaments. The Seleucid Greeks that ruled over the Jewish people made observing Judaism a capital offense and ordered all copies of the Bible to be collected and burned. In the year 167 Before Christ, Judas Maccabaeus led the Jewish people into battle to preserve the Holy Bible and to establish religious liberty. Judas was called Maccabeus which means “the Hammer” in Aramaic. In "Judas Maccabeus: The Hammer of God" learn about the history of the battle for religious freedom, a battle that continues today.
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San Judas Tadeo fue uno de los discípulos de Jesucristo. Es considerado el santo patrón de las causas perdidas y desesperadas. Muchos escritos antiguos han conservado tradiciones sobre la vida de San Judas Tadeo. Se cree que llevó el Mensaje de Jesús a los asirios, armenios y a las personas que viven en Caldea y Mesopotamia. Este libro cuenta la historia de San Judas con imágenes de la película del docudrama "San Tadeo: Apóstol de Asiria".
The dramatic story of the life of Saint Jude Thaddeus and an exploration of the mysterious Shroud of Turin based on the film Saint Jude Thaddeus: The Legend of the Shroud.
According to ancient tradition, Saint Jude Thaddeus, one of the Apostles of Jesus of Nazareth, was sent to evangelize Mesopotamia, and there he converted the Assyrian people to Christianity. The Assyrians are one of the oldest Christian peoples and still speak the Aramaic language that was spoken by Jesus Christ. When the Islamic State set about to establish a new Caliphate, they set their sight upon the Assyrian Christians, to exterminate them. They placed on the homes of Assyrian Christians in the region the Arabic letter "Nūn" (ن), the “Mark of the Nazarene,” to target them for elimination. Many Assyrians were tortured and killed by ISIS, and many more had to flee from their homes and were displaced by the ethnic cleansing carried out by the Islamic State, seemingly to the indifference of the global community. The war and instability brought about by ISIS perpetuated a migrant crisis in which millions of people, claiming to be refugees, migrated to Europe seeking asylum. In these perilous times, as Christians look to Christ and His Apostles for guidance, perhaps it is important to examine the legacy of Saint Thaddeus, the Assyrian Church of the East, whose survival is at risk.
The story from Egyptian Mythology of King Osiris, Isis and Horus.
The Ascents of James is an ancient account of the life of James the Just, the brother of Jesus, that was composed by the Ebionites, an ancient sect of Jewish Christians, at a time close to the end of the first century. In this ancient Jewish Christian book, James and the Twelve Apostles explain their beliefs in Jesus as the Jewish Messiah and answer questions from their opponents on the steps of the Temple of Jerusalem. The main argument made in The Ascents of James is that Jesus is the Prophet like Moses prophesied in Deuteronomy 18: 15-22. The Ascents of James provides us with a rare perspective into an extinct and very ancient form of Jewish Christianity.
An illustrated history of the Assyrian Christians from their origins until today.
Baal, Ashtoreth, Dagon, Molech and Asherah are Canaanite gods who are frequently mentioned in the Holy Bible. Who did the Canaanites believe these gods to be? Why did Israelites make idols of Golden Calves? What was an “Asherah Pole”? What were the “pagan ways” that the prophets of the Lord warned the Israelites not to emulate? Knowing the answers to these questions can deepen one’s understanding of the Holy Bible. In 1929 important texts were discovered at Ras Shamra in Syria that told the story of the Canaanite gods. These Ugaritic texts, along with other ancient sources, help us to reconstruct the beliefs of the ancient Canaanites and widen our understanding of the Sacred Scriptures. This book is an illustrated version and extended edition of the story of the “Epic of Baal the God of Thunder.”
The Ennead is the story of Isis, Osiris and Horus from ancient Egyptian mythology. Many people are fascinated by the ancient Egyptians and yet find them mysterious and baffling. The ancient Egyptians had a great diversity of religious beliefs and a diversity of myths. To have a basic understanding of the ancient Egyptians it is necessary to know the Ennead. The Ennead is one of the most important myths from ancient Egypt. It is the story of King Osiris the Vindicated, the Beloved Enchantress Isis and Horus the Avenger. The story of the Ennead presents the Egyptian view of creation, the struggle between good and evil and the nature of the afterlife. The Ennead is a group of nine gods worshiped at Heliopolis in ancient Egypt. (The word “Ennead” is derived from a Greek word meaning “nine.”) The Ennead is composed of Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys. The story of the Ennead is told in this book and it provides essential basic knowledge that will enable the reader to comprehend ancient Egyptian beliefs, culture, traditions and religious practices. The Ennead is one of the oldest stories in the world going back to around 2,500 years Before Christ. “The Art of the Ennead” is an illustrated re-telling of this ancient Egyptian tale.
Thousands of years ago there was a great conflict that has affected the lives of everyone living today. This conflict was between the worshipers of the Baal pantheon and the worshipers of Jehovah (Yahweh) in Canaan. In this region, the worshipers of Yahweh ultimately prevailed. This struggle is alluded to in several places in the Holy Bible. Now, due to archeological discoveries, we are able to reconstruct many of the beliefs of the pagan Canaanites. Knowing these stories helps us to understand the story of the Bible fully and in a way it enables us to read the Bible like the ancients. There is a great deal of confusion regarding and also false information about the Canaanite gods that are mentioned in several places in the Bible. Due to archeological discoveries we now know that Dagon was a god of grain and not a fish god. (The rabbis made this mistake because a Hebrew word for "fish" is "dag.") Tammuz was a shepherd god and not a sun god. Baal was a god of thunder and of the rain and not a sun god. Asherah was a mother goddess and the Asherah pole was most likely a sacred tree or a symbol of a sacred tree and not a phallus symbol. These misunderstandings of Canaanite religion often cause people to be confused in their reading of the Bible and knowing the Canaanite myths can clarify some Bible stories.
The Four Principles are a renunciation of religious violence, the recognition that Sharia law is a life-style choice that does not have legal force, the recognition that Muslims and non-Muslims should be treated completely equal everywhere on earth, and the recognition that Muslims have the right to leave Islam, if they so choose. The Four Principles of Moderate Islam have love, unity, tolerance, equality, and coexistence as their goal.
Many Christians are curious about the lives of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and what happened to them after the conclusion of the Acts of the Apostles by Saint Luke the Evangelist. Finally, for the first time in a complete English version “The Further Acts of the Apostles,” attributed to Abdias of Babylon, one of the Seventy-two Disciples of Jesus, is available. “The Further Acts of the Apostles (also known as Historia Certaminis Apostolici or "The History of the Apostolical Contest") is the earliest compilation of the biographies of the Twelve Apostles into one Book. This version of “Abdias of Babylon” is compiled from ancient and medieval sources. Hopefully, this version will inspire scholars to produce a new translation and critical edition of this important and influential text.
The Apostolic History traditionally attributed to Abdias of Babylon, one of the 72 disciples of Jesus of Nazareth, was viewed as the authoritative account of the lives of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus of Nazareth for centuries. In ten chapters, Saint Abdias tells the stories of Peter, Paul, Andrew, James the Great, John, James the Just, Simon and Jude, Matthew, Bartholomew, Thomas, and Phillip. The stories of Matthias, Barnabas, Mark, and Clement of Rome were often also found to be included in the Abdias of Babylon anthology. The Lives of the Twelve Apostles according to Abdias of Babylon: Abridged Edition with Study Guide is a companion volume to The Further Acts of the Apostles according to Abdias of Babylon, Disciple of Christ. In addition to a condensed version of the Abdias collection, the Apocryphal Acts associated with Leucius Charinus, the Acts of Peter according to the Ebionite Jews, also known as the “Pseudo-Clementine” literature, and the so-called “Ethiopic-Abdias,” properly called “The Contendings of the Apostles” (Gadla Hawaryat) are also explored and discussed. In the Study Guide, several stimulating questions are brought up and many interesting topics related to the Apostolic Acts, some controversial, are explored.
"The Language of Jesus: Introducing Aramaic" is a brief introduction to general facts about the Aramaic language. Bible scholars have determined that Aramaic was the language spoken by Jesus Christ. This book lists the evidence from the Bible, archeology and other ancient records that have led them to this conclusion. Examining the words of Jesus in his native language gives us a deeper understanding of the Messiah and his message. "The Language of Jesus: Introducing Aramaic" serves an important introduction to Aramaic biblical studies and to the last surviving native speakers of the Aramaic language, the Assyrian Christians of Mesopotamia.
The Ebionites were early Jewish followers of Jesus of Nazareth. They proclaimed Jesus to be the Jewish Messiah and continued to observe the Torah, to celebrate Jewish holidays, and to keep Jewish traditions. The Ebionites did not view Paul of Tarsus as a legitimate Apostle of Jesus. The Early Church Fathers denounced the Ebionites as heretics. The Ebionites had their own New Testament, which included their unique version of the Gospel of Matthew, which the Church Fathers called “The Gospel of the Ebionites,” and their own “Acts of the Apostles,” which consisted of the Ascents of James, and a work called Periodoi Petrou, whose title can be translated as “The Travels” or “The Journeys of Peter.” This book was written from the perspective of Clement of Rome and narrates debates between Simon the Sorcerer and Peter and contains instruction Peter gave to his disciples as he traveled from Caesarea Maritima to Antioch of Syria. Scholars date this work to the late second or early third century, while acknowledging that it referenced much more ancient writings and traditions. While the “Periodoi Petrou” no longer exists, two recensions of this “Lost Acts of the Apostles” have been preserved. These two works are entitled “The Recognitions of Clement” and the “Homilies of Clement.” These writings, which were written by Ebionites and preserved by the Early Church Fathers, give us unique insight into the beliefs and practices of early Jewish Christians. “The Lost Acts of the Apostle Peter according to the Ebionite Jews from the Ancient Sources Preserved within the Recognitions and Homilies of Clement of Rome” serves as an introduction to these important ancient texts.
"When ISIS terrorists took over the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, they placed a mark on the homes of Christians in order to target them. This mark was the Arabic letter N. It looks like the letter U with a dot placed above it. This mark signifies N for Nazarene, an Arabic word that designates a Christian, or a follower of Jesus. This sign was the Mark of the Nazarene. The ISIS fighters intended to eliminate all followers of Jesus in the territories that they seized. Many Iraqi Christians fled for their lives. Some were captured and kept as hostages. Others were martyred for their faith. Mosul in ancient times was called Nineveh and was the capital of the Assyrian empire. One of the groups targeted by ISIS are the Assyrian Christians. Assyrians still speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus. In Libya, terrorists affiliated with ISIS captured and martyred 20 Egyptian Coptic Christians. These Christian groups are the indigenous peoples of the Middle East, who lived in the region thousands of years before the Arabs arrived bringing Islam. Who are the Copts and who are the Assyrians, and who are the other Christian peoples of the Middle East? How should Christians respond to the threat of Islamist terror? Answers to these questions and more are explored in “The Mark of the Nazarene.”"
Saint Jude Thaddeus was one of the disciples of Jesus Christ. He is considered the patron saint of lost and desperate causes. Many ancient writings have preserved traditions about the life of Saint Jude Thaddeus. He is believed to have brought the Message of Jesus to the Assyrians, Armenians and the people living in Chaldea and Mesopotamia. This book tells the story of Saint Jude with pictures from the docudrama film "Saint Thaddeus: Apostle to Assyria."
According to the Book of Genesis in the Holy Bible, God created Adam and Eve in a state of harmony with Nature. Adam and Eve disobeyed God and were expulsed from the Garden of Eden. In the New Testament, Jesus is described as the Second Adam who brings a restoration of all things (Acts 3:21). Describing the New Testament, Hosea says, "In that day I will make a New Covenant for them with the beasts of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creeping things of the ground. Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth, to make them lie down safely" (Hosea 2:18). According to the Gospel of Mark, the Good News is Good News for all creatures or all creation (Mark 16:15). The Bible states that in God's New Kingdom, "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea." (Isaiah 11:9).
Discover an astonishing truth that has been concealed for centuries and is now unveiled at last! This book tells the story of the first people known to history to have worshiped Yahweh (Jehovah) as the one God, a tribe of Kenite Arabs called the Rechabites. Recent archeological evidence has convinced historians and Bible scholars that it was these Kenites, an Arab tribe that pre-dates Abraham and Ishmael, who were the first to call upon God by the name of “Yahweh,” or Jehovah, and to worship him as the one true God. It was they who introduced the Israelites to the worship of Yahweh God. Jabez, who has been popularized through his short prayer found in the book of Chronicles in the Holy Bible, has a unique connection with these Rechabites. Jeremiah called the Rechabites a people blessed by God, and used the example of the faithfulness of this gentile (meaning non-Jewish) people to condemn the great lack of faith in God found among the Israelites. These Rechabites are still wandering the deserts of the Middle East to this very day. They are still devoted to Yahweh and bear on their bodies the emblem of their tribe. This symbol they have bore since their beginning as a people. Like Paul they bear on their bodies “the marks of the Lord Jesus” (Galatians 6:17). They have worn this stigma from time immemorial. Now let us unravel the secrets of the Prayer of Jabez, decode its hidden meaning and unlock the mystery of the lost and forgotten identity