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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: OFF TOPIC: Apocrypha, Dead Sea Scrolls
Yesterday someone gave a clean history of how the early Church fathers
decided what to put into the New Testament and what to leave out.
Here is another version:
... it was in 325CE that the Council of Nicaea met to debate which of =
many
books would be included in what was to become the New Testament. There =
is
no doubt that the men present at the Council brought to the task their =
own
prejudices and agendas, of which we are still reaping the sorry =
harvest.
Eventually the Council established that only four Gospels would be =
included
in the New Testament and rejected forever over fifty other books with =
more
or less equal claim to be considered authentic. (ref. Ayerst and =
Fisher,
Records of Christianity, Volume I: In the Roman Empire, pp144-146 on =
the
Council of Nicaea).
"Heresy" is a word that simply meant "choice". They made choices. For =
some
reason these choices are still in effect, despite everything that =
biblical
scholars have unearthed (literally).
The earliest date for the Gospels is about AD 70 (Mark), after Paul had
begun his tour of the eastern Mediterranean. Matthew and Luke were =
built on
Mark, John seems to have come from another source, perhaps from the
Christian community in Alexandria.
To me Norman Golb's assessment of the Dead Sea Scrolls make more sense, =
they
were just scrolls taken from the Temple library in Jerusalem during the
siege of AD 70, then quickly stashed in jars before the Romans could =
catch
them. This was done by the same group who committed at Masada, the =
zealots
(perhaps as in Simon Zelotes). Zealot just means "zealous for the =
Law",
they could have been a reactionary group (probably among many) against
Hellenism of the Jewish community under Herod and the Romans.
Regards,
Patrice Boivin
Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
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-----Original Message----- From: Mohan, Ross [SMTP:MohanR_at_STARS-SMI.com] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 10:41 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: OFF TOPIC: How do you organize all yourtechnical info !!!
Stephane,=20
Maybe one day, you'll find the Dead Sea Scrolls!=20
-----Original Message-----=20 From: Stephane Faroult [ mailto:sfaroult_at_oriole.com <mailto:sfaroult_at_oriole.com> ]=20 Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 12:01 PM=20 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L=20 Subject: Re: OFF TOPIC: How do you organize all your technical info!!!=20
Steve,=20 May well be apocryphal, I think that I have read it in Voltaire's 'Dictionnaire=20 Philosophique', which I would definitely not recommend as a theological source ... but=20 I found the parallel with what happens on my desk irresistible.=20 Regards,=20 Stephane Faroult=20 Oriole Corporation=20 Steve Adams wrote:=20Received on Tue Jan 09 2001 - 10:57:20 CST
> Hi All,=20
>=20
> Now there is an apocryphal story, if ever I've heard one!=20
>=20 --=20 Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com <http://www.orafaq.com> =20 --=20 Author: Stephane Faroult=20 INET: sfaroult_at_oriole.com=20 Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051=20 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message=20 to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in=20 the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L=20 (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may=20
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