Understanding the Bible - Paperback

by Ray Shortell (Author)

This brief text will redefine the meaning of our bible. The text will cover when, why and how the Bible was arranged per Robert Eisenman's revolutionary texts, James, the Brother of Jesus and The New Testament Code. Additional resources may be found in the Jewish history and Wars by Josephus, 101 Myths of the Bible by David Greenburg, The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, The Christ Conspiracy by S. Arachya and Linda Goodman's Love Signs. After explaining the Christian view of Jewish authority, the text identifies a few human errors in our Bible to ensure open minds and proceeds through a discussion of the differences between Paul and James. The Bible minimizes the authority of the family of Jesus promoting Paul's viewpoints over James'. While many have noticed an occasional mystery within the Bible, Dr. Eisenman's Dead Sea Scroll research has postulated a credible hypothesis concerning the relationship between Paul and James, which in my opinion conclusively proves that Jesus was a real person who loyally went to a Roman cross to allow his family to continue preaching in Jerusalem for another twenty years. Although the message of Roman power or tyranny, Pauline accommodation, and the countering purpose of Jamesian Essene asceticism are missing from the Bible, please note authority as the Bible's primary theme: Jewish, Roman, Paul's, James', and even the authority of Biblical critics such as ourselves. The post-script includes additional information concerning contemporaneous Roman, Mesopotamian and Egyptian religions with Christian similarities. Dates mentioned in this text are CE unless otherwise noted.

Author Biography

Raised the Catholic son of a Catholic mother and Protestant father, went to the University of Illinois for a Degree in Computer Science followed by twenty years as a healthcare programmer and physics master's dropout (Ga Tech & State) blaming long hours of bible study and a terrible commute from Alpharetta. The dedication to my nephew Jake is in the hopes that Jakie's time and devotion might be spent anywhere desired rather than required delving deeply into the multiple layers of meaning in the Bible due to its claim as being the key to life (Peter's keys, Mt 16:19). Diane Brophy's 1993 citations of I Cor 13, Ecc 12:12 and Ten Commandments long remained allowing me to connect commonalities from Astrology (Linda Goodman's Love Signs p13 and The Christ Conspiracy p113). Thanks to Alvin Frame, my bible study teacher from the Church of the Nazarene in Marietta, another neighbor, Jeff Peace, whose invaluable guidance led me to study James and upset a Priest and Rabbi at the Jewish community center in Dunwoody during an Ecumenical discussion of Dan Brown's works over the "Jerusalem Council" and why Hellenists would ever dispute against Paul (beg pardon). Note: My Catholic Serendipity Bible lists the description in its title for the passage, so if Catholic Priests don't want it called the Jerusalem Council and would prefer the family of James castigated once again, maybe y'all could just remove the header which probably isn't in the original Greek rather than using it for authority in one context and claiming it doesn't exist in the next?