THE JESUS MYTH VS. THE ASARIAN RESRRECTION PT.2
THE JESUS MYTH VS. THE ASARIAN RESRRECTION PT 3
THE JESUS MYTH VS. THE ASARIAN RESRRECTION PT.4
THE JESUS MYTH VS. THE ASARIAN RESURRECTION PT.5
"The Christian myths were first related of Horus or Osiris, who was the embodiment of divine goodness, wisdom, truth and purity...This was the greatest hero that ever lived in the mind of man -- not in the flesh -- the only hero to whom the miracles were natural because he was not human." 1
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"...I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me." Hosea 13:4, King James Version. This passage may have an additional and completely different meaning from that usually assigned.
About Yeshua of Nazareth: He is commonly referred to as Jesus Christ, although Joshua would be a more accurate translation of his first name. "Christ" is not his last name; it is simply the Greek word for "Messiah," or "anointed one." Theologians have discovered about 50 gospels which were widely used by Jewish, Pauline and Gnostic groups within the early Christian movement. Only four of these were chosen by the surviving group, Pauline Christianity, and were included in the Bible. Those four Gospels describe Jesus as a Jew who was born to a virgin in Palestine circa 4 to 7 BCE. He is portrayed as a rabbi, teacher, healer, exorcist, magician, prophet, and religious leader who had a one year (according to Mark, Matthew and Luke) or a three year (according to John) ministry in Palestine, starting when he was about 30 years old. Most Christians believe that he was executed by the Roman occupying army, visited the underworld, was resurrected, spent 40 days with his disciples, and then ascended to heaven. Most Christian denominations view Jesus as God, and as the Son of God, the second person in the Trinity.|
Conservative Christians view the Gospels as being inerrant whose authors were inspired by God. The Gospels and other passages in the Bible are mostly interpreted literally. Muslims revere Jesus as a great prophet -- next only to Muhammad in importance. They regard the assertion that Jesus is God to be blasphemy.
About Horus: Various ancient Egyptian statues and writings tell of Horus, (pronounced "hohr'-uhs;" a.k.a. Harseisis, Heru-sa-Aset (Horus, son of Isis), Heru-ur (Horus the elder), Hr, and Hrw), a creator sky God. He was worshipped thousands of years before the first century CE -- the time when Jesus was ministering in Palestine. 2 Horus was often represented as a stylized eye symbol, symbolizing the eye of a falcon. He was also presented "in the shape of a sparrow hawk or as a man [or lion] with a hawk's head." 3 He is often shown as an infant cradled by his mother Isis. He was considered to be the son of two major Egyptian deities: the God Osirus and and the Goddess Isis. In adulthood, he avenged his father's murder, and became recognized as the God of civil order and justice. Each of the Egyptian pharaohs were believed to be the living embodiment -- an incarnation -- of Horus. 4
"A list of the names of all the gods of Egypt would fill pages. But all these gods were only forms, attribu
tes or phases of Ra, the solar god, who himself was the supreme symbol or metaphor for God....Horus, the son of Osirus and Isis, is himself an aspect of Ra." 6
Life events shared by Horus and Jesus
Stories from the life of Horus had been circulating for centuries before Jesus birth (circa 4 to 7 BCE). If any copying occurred by the writers of the Egyptian or Christian religions, it was the followers of Jesus who incorporated into his biography the myths and legends of Horus, not vice-versa.
According to author and theologian Tom Harpur: "[Author Gerald] Massey discovered nearly two hundred instances of immediate correspondence between the mythical Egyptian material and the allegedly historical Christian writings about Jesus. Horus indeed was the archetypal Pagan Christ." 7
This essay continues below.
Event
Conception: Horus/by virgin | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/by virgin8
Father: Horus/Only begotten son of the God Osiris. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/Only begotten son of Yehovah (in the form of the Holy Spirit).
Mother: Horus/Meri. 9 | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/Miriam (a.k.a. Mary).
Foster father: Horus/Seb, (Jo-Seph). 9 | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/Joseph.
Foster father's ancestry: Horus/Of royal descent. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/Of royal descent.
Birth location: Horus/In a cave. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/In a cave or stable.
Annunciation: Horus/By an angel to Isis, his mother. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/By an angel to Miriam, his mother. 8
Birth heralded by: Horus/The star Sirius, the morning star. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/An unidentified "star in the East."
Birth date: Horus/Ancient Egyptians paraded a manger and child representing Horus through the streets at the time of the winter solstice (typically DEC-21). | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/Celebrated on DEC-25. The date was chosen to occur on the same date as the birth of Mithra, Dionysus and the Sol Invictus (unconquerable Sun), etc.
Birth announcement: Horus/By angels. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/By angels. 8
Death threat during infancy: Horus/Herut tried to have Horus murdered. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/Herod tried to have Jesus murdered.
Baptized by: Horus/Anup the Baptiser. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/John the Baptist.
Close followers:Horus/Twelve disciples. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/Twelve disciples.
Method of deathHorus/Twelve disciples. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/By crucifixion.
Fate after death:Horus/resurrected after three days. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/resurrected after about 30 to 38 hours (Friday PM to presumably some time in Sunday AM) covering parts of three days.
Common portrayal:Horus/Virgin Isis holding the infant Horus. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/Virgin Mary holding the infant Jesus.
Description:Horus/the Lamb. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/the lamb.
Zodiac Sign:Horus/Pisces the fish. | Yeshua of Nazareth, a.k.a. Jesus/Pisces the fish.
Quotes:
Heru: "I am the possessor of bread in Anu. I have bread in heaven with Ra."
Jesus: "I am the living bread that came down from heaven."
Heru: "I am Horus who stepeth onward through eternity...Eternity and everlastingness is my name."
Jesus: "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today and forever."
Egyptian/Kemetians: “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.�
Bible: "You reap what you sow."
A Chronology of the Bible
Challenge to the Standard Version
by Yosef ben-Jochannan (1973)
Dedicated to Truth
yet always mindful that
All faith is FALSE, all faith is TRUE
TRUTH is the shattered mirrors strewn
In myriad bits; while each BELIEVES
his LITTLE BIT the whole to own
(From: "The Kasidah of Haji Abu el-Yezdi"; as translated by Sir Richard F. Burton)
On the morning of Wednesday, July 11, 1973 in Chock Full O' Nuts Restaurant,
Lenox Avenue and 135th Street, Harlem, New York City, New York, it was my
very good fortune to be sitting for another fruitful session of COMMON
ECUMENICAL talk among the following Black Clergymen: Reverend George H.
Polk of the Memorial Baptist Church, Reverend William F. Hawkins of the
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Reverend Hawkins J. Plummer
of the Salvation Baptist Church, and Reverend James Gunther of Transfiguration
Lutheran Church—who joined us later on. Along with us were a few of our many
lay friends. In the course of the conversation of the morning, which centered
around a two volume manuscript I am completing for publication later on this year
titled—The Black Man's Religion [Volume II and III], Reverend Polk suggested
that: "It would be of extreme importance that the average parishioner have some kind
of understanding of the chronological development and order in which the King
James Authorized Version of the Old and New Testament came about. ...," etc.
Reverend Hawkins and Reverend Plummer immediately supported the idea. It
was then agreed that pages 82 through 86 of the entire chronology of my
manuscript—"THE NEED FOR A BLACK BIBLE," Volume III [of the above work]
would be extracted as it were, then made into a lay peoples' pamphlet of no more
than ten [10] pages. And, that it would include a few single paragraph comments
on the subject of the ORIGIN and DEVELOPMENT of the OLD and NEW
TESTAMENT by a few members of the Black Clergy. The following is the result of
that glorious communion we were all privileged to have had that heavenly
morning.
As we look back into the history of the Holy Bible, or "HOLY SCRIPTURE AS
WRITTEN BY GOD INSPIRED SCRIBES," we seem to forget that all of the
BIBLES we use were the works of various writers, both men and women; but
mostly men. And that all of the WORKS or BOOKS were compiled into what is
today our various VERSIONS of "HOLY BIBLES" or "HOLY SCROLLS." We have
also failed to realize that the BIBLES we use today are the result of a period of
hundreds of REVISIONS and TRANSLATIONS that cover approximately two
thousand four-hundred and ninety-five [2,495] years—from ca. 700 B.C. [BCE] to
1973 A.D. [CE]. Yet all in this period was preceded by much more earlier
fundamentals created and developed by indigenous African People. These later
on became the basic teachings of Judaism, and then Christianity. For even
Moses, the father of the OLD TESTAMENT, was an African who used much of
the ancient teachings of his fellow Africans of the Nile River [BLUE and WHITE]
and Great Lakes regions Mysteries System of Northeast and Central-East Africa
he allegedly passed down to other African Jews that converted them into what
later became the PENTATEUCH or OLD TESTAMENT [Five Books Of Moses or
Holy Torah].
The very first "BIBLE" or "SCROLL" on record produced by man, with regards to
paying honour and divine respect to a "CREATOR OF ALL MANKIND," was that
of the African People of the Nile Valley and Great Lakes regions of Central, East
and Northeast Africa. They were no different than the Africans we see today in
the Harlems and Timbuctoos of the entire world we erroneously call: "NEGROES,
COLORED FOLKS" and "BLACK PEOPLE" today. It was called by its African
creators and developers...
"THE BOOK OF THE COMING FORTH BY DAY AND BY
NIGHT." It was translated from its original Hieroglyphic Text into the English
language by many Europeans since the latter part of the 19th Century A.D. The
easiest one to read is called...
"THE [Egyptian] "BOOK OF THE DEAD.",
This translation was done by Sir Ernest A. Wallis Budge, and published in
London, England during the year 1895 A.D.
Since the ORIGINAL BIBLE was produced by the Africans approximately 3,400
years before the OLD TESTAMENT, and more than 4,200 years before the NEW
TESTAMENT, countless VERSIONS of it have been written and published. From
this base all of the biblical references in this pamphlet is rendered. You will notice
that they follow in sequential order...the two [2] ORIGINALS and all of the
VERSIONS of the old and New Testament. For further details beyond this
pamphlet you should read Volume III or The Black Man's Religion.
Although it is the "KING JAMES [Authorized] VERSION OF THE OLD AND NEW
TESTAMENT" that most Protestant Christians use as "THE ONE, AND ONLY,
TRUE BIBLE," you MUST be reminded that it is one of the very late of the many
VERSIONS of the BIBLE; and that many of the other VERSIONS since its
publication in 1611 A.D. You will also notice that there were many English
VERSIONS before the "KING JAMES [Authorized] VERSION OF THE OLD AND
NEW TESTAMENT." Its popularity was due to the fact that the rulers of Great
Britain's military power was able to force practically everyone in their hundreds of
colonies throughout the entire world to adopt the "OFFICIAL BIBLE OF THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND" as
"THE ONE, AND ONLY, TRUE BIBLE."
It will prove most beneficial for BIBLE STUDY CLASSES to make comparisons
between the various VERSION. This method of STUDY will not only enrich your
retention of the teachings in the BIBLE; but it will also give you a better
understanding of the role the African People commanded in the founding of
JUDAISM and CHRISTIANITY. You will equally understand that most BLACKS
do not know that the NEW and OLD TESTAMENT historically, geographically,
socio-politically, racially, etc. are PART AND PARCEL OF THEIR OWN
HERITAGE. Some of the MAJOR VERSIONS, and the two [2] ORIGINAL
BIBLES, follow in chronological order bellow along with highlights of the historical
events that caused and/or influenced them. I have shown tha map below as an
aid to the LAND OF THE BIBLE [Africa and Asia; followed very much later by
Europe].
(1) MEMPHIS, early capital of Ta-Merry
during Aha's reign—founder of the 1st
Dynasty, c. 3200 B.C.E
(2) ON, or HELIOPOLIS, where African
astronomers made man's first calendar, C.
4,100 B.C.E.
(3) SARHARA or SAQQARA, home of first
STEP PYRAMID, built by architect Imhotep
for Pharaoh Djoser, IIIrd Pharaoh of the IIIrd
Dynasty, c. 2780 B.C.E. The true beginning
of the PYRAMID AGE—the OLD KINGDOM
PERIOD (not shown on the map, but its just
northwest of Cairo, below Giza).
(4) GHIZEH or GIZA, home of the largest of
the pyramids. These PYRAMIDS were built
during the IVth to VIth Dynasties, c. 2680–
2270 B.C.E.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES OF TA-MERRY AND TA-NEHISI
3200 to 47 or 30 B.C.E.Date:
Date:
B.C.E.
[B.C.]
Description
10,000–
6000
STELLAR CALENDAR in use by the ancient Nile Valley Africans, and
other Africans of the Great Lakes regions.
4000 SOLAR CALENDAR in use by the ancient Nile Valley Africans.
Book of the Coming Forth By Day and By Night was introduced in its
revised state, also know today as the Book of the Dead [as translated
from Hieroglyph to English by Sir. Ernest A. Wallis Budge, London,
England, 1885 C.E.].
3700 BEGINNING OF THE "WORLD" [Creation Story according to the
Hebrews' adoption of Moses' "Pentateuch much later on].
3100
["4100"]
DYNASTIC PERIODS begin under the Nubian named AHA or
NARMER [whom Herodotus called "Menes"]; end of the PREDYNASTIC
"OLD KINGDOMS."
1770 BIRTH OF ABRAHAM—the "first Hebrew" [Jew]—in Asia, at the City of
Ur, Chaldea during its colonial period under African rule; to SUN
WORSHIPPERS [parents].
1675 FIRST FOREIGN INVASION OF ALKEBU-LAN [Africa]. Egypt overrun
by Hyksos invaders from the Banks of the Oxus River around the socalled
"Fertile Crescent." These were the first of the so-called "Semitic
Peoples" in Africa.
1670 ABRAHAM AND HIS FAMILY ARRIVED IN AFRICA [Qamt, which the
Hebrews were to later rename "Mizrain," today's Moslem's "Mizrair,"
and Christian's "Egypt"]. Famine and disease drove the handful of
Hebrew shepherds into Africa.
1320 [?] MOSES [an African of Qamt] BORN IN AFRICA. [The supposed
"Father of the Old Testament"].
1230 [?] MOSES CIVIL WAR AGAINST PHARAOH RAMESES IInd. DATE OF
THE "EXODUS OF THE HEBREWS" FROM SUCCOTH TO MOUNT
SINAI. [Central Qamt, or "Egypt," to Eastern Qamt].
1190 [?] DATE OF MOSES DISAPPEARANCE [Death"].
700–500 PENTATEUCH ["Five Books of Moses, Holy Torah," or Old Testament]
completed and placed into circulation. A VERSION of the Book of the
Coming Forth By Day and By Night, as distorted by Hebrews living in
"Egypt;" supposedly the "...words of God passed on to Moses. ...," who
allegedly "...passed them on, word for word, to God-inspired scribes.
...," etc.
250–100 SEPTUAGINT VERSION OF THE PENTATEUCH. The first Greek
VERSION of the Hebrews distortion of the Book of the Coming Forth
By Day and By Night written by seventy-two [72] writers: rabbis and
other "scholars" ["God inspired scribes" according to the teachings of
the Jews, Christians and Moslems]. This was written at Alexandria,
Egypt [North Africa] by African Hebrews. It was a compliment of fortyfive
[45] BOOKS, also called "THE ALEXANDRIAN CANON." This
VERSION was used by the earliest Greek and Latin Church.
30–4 [?] BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH. Announcement of a
Hebrew boy of Hebrew [Israelite] parents named Joseph and Mary.
Date: C.E.
[A.D.]
12 JESUS CHRIST CHALLENGE'S HIS TEACHERS [rabbis] IN THE
TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM, JESUS SENT TO AFRICA TO HIDE FROM
ROMAN EMPEROR HEROD; STUDY IN THE LODGES; AND FOR
HIS INITIATION IN THE MYSTERIES SYSTEM OF EGYPT, NORTH
AFRICA.
33 JESUS CHRIST MURDERED BY ROMANS AND JEWS.
52–100 KOINE BIBLE VERSION. First Christian NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE
published and circulated. Written in the Greek Language. Parts were
written in "Aramaic;" allegedly the "Language Jesus Christ spoke
among the common people of Israel. ...," etc., called: PALESTINIAN
CANON VERSION. This text was developed by the Synod of Jamnia
as a VERSION of the Pentateuch.
322 COUNCIL OF BISHOP AT NICENE. This group of Bishops of the
Roman Catholic Church met upon an Edict of Emperor Constantine to
take action on the Books of the Bible, along with Mary's "Immaculate
Conception" and "Virgin Birth" of Jesus Christ.
323 BISHOPS OF NICENE [on majority vote] APPROVED THE
"IMMACULATE CONCEPTION" and "VIRGIN BIRTH OF JESUS
CHRIST" to Mary. Jesus Christ declared to be "GOD"—THE FATHER,
THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST" [today's "Spirit"].
350–400 NEW TESTAMENT CANON VERSION. The first twenty-seven [27]
Books. A revision of the ORIGINAL total of forty-five [45] Books.
400 SAINT JEROME'S LATIN VULGATE VERSION. Based upon the Greek
Septuagint Version.
550 EUROPEAN VERSION OF BABYLONIAN TALMUD. Publication of the
6th Century C.E. racist version of the interpretation of the Pentateuch
by European rabbis and other "scholars."
570 [B.H.
52]
BIRTH OF PROPHET MOHAMET ibn ABDULLAH. Historians argue as
to whether he was born at Mecca or Medina. [B.H.=Before the Hejirn].
622 MOHAMET ibn ABDULLAH FLEES MECCA; ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE RELIGION OF ISLAM AT THE OASIS OF YATHRIB OUTSIDE OF
MEDINA; THE YEAR OF THE HEJIRA [A.H.].
670 [?] HOLY QUR'AN [English "Koran"] compiled and circulated. This Moslem
Bible adopted the basic teachings of the Old Testament and New
Testament. Serious modifications to the teachings in both were made to
the satisfaction fo the Prophet and his followers—the chief one of
whom was the writer of the first section, "BILAL" [an African from
Ethiopia, East Africa].
600–900 MASORETIC TEXT. This VERSION was written in Hebrew by Jewish
scribes of the Masorite School. This VERSION is the basic one most
so-called "Orthodox Christians" still refer too as the original source,
which is incorrect. It was, in fact, the basic Bible used for many more
translations into various languages for many generations of Christians.
1382 JOHN WYCLIFF'S FIRST COMPLETE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE
OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT.
1456 GUTTENBERG VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. The "first book" ever
printed by typesetting method. A folio-type edition of the Latin Vulgate
Version. It was not "the first book," as so many Christians believe.
1460 [?] MOSES ben MAIMONDIES TALMUD. "Official Translation" of Five
Books of Moses according to Moses ben Maimonidees of Spain, et al.
1516 SAINT ERASMUS VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. This was written in
the Greek Language.
1529 REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER PROTEST AGAINST THE "EDICT OF
THE DIET OF WORMS" against the Reformation. Birth of the major
revolution in the Roman Catholic Church and the formation of the
foundation of Protestantism.
1535 WILLIAM TYNDALE VERSION. Written in English. The "first English"
language version used for further translations, etc. in English.
1535 MILES COVERDALE VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. Written in
English as a tribute to King Henry VIIIth of Great Britain.
1537 THE FIRST BIBLE EVER PRINTED IN ENGLAND.
1537 SAINT MATTHEW'S VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. Written in
English according to the Coverdale and Tyndale Versions.
1539 COVERDALE GREAT BIBLE VERSION. An amalgamation of the
Coverdale and Tyndale bibles, as authorized by the monarch of Great
Britain—Henry VIIIth.
1560 GENEVA VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. Written by Coverdale,
William Whittingham, John Knox, et at. Produced in Geneva,
Switzerland. The "first English Version with Chapters divided into
Verses."
1582–
1610
DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. Written by scholars
of the Roman Catholic Church. An English translation of the Latin
Vulgate Version at the Catholic College. The name was due to the New
Testament issuance at Rheims in 1582 C.E.; whereas the Old
Testament issuance was at Douay, France in ca. 1609 or1610 C.E.
1611 KING JAMES AUTHORIZED VERSION OF THE OLD AND NEW
TESTAMENT. Written by subjects of King James of Great Britain. to
satisfy conditions set down by himself and the royalty of his realm, all of
which was opposed by the Pope in Rome, particularly those aspects
that allowed James to maintain his own polygamous behavior. This is
the BIBLE most Black People believe to be "THE ONE AND ONLY
TRUE HOLY SCRIPTURE...THE ACTUAL WORDS OF GOD"
[meaning Jesus Christ of Nazareth], which was allegedly "...WRITTEN
BY GOD INSPIRED SCRIBES." The Black Clergy and Black
Theologians perpetuate this myth in order to continue their
manipulation of their fellow African [BLACK] People who so believe.
1885 ENGLISH REVISED VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. A revision of the
King James Authorized Version of the Old and New Testament by
Europeans and European-Americans from the United States of
America. This was the "first time in history" that European-Americans
were allowed to participate in the further distortions of the ORIGINAL
TEACHINGS from the Africans and Asians of the Nile Valley and Tigris-
Euphrates Valleys.
1901 AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. By the
American Committee that worked on the English Revised Version of
1995 C.E. Jealously between Europeans and European-Americans
caused the production of this VERSION.
1924 THE MOFFATT VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. By James Moffatt.
Written in 20th Century "modern" English.
1931 SMITH-GOODSPEED VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. The Old
Testament prepared by J.M. Powis-Smith as editor; the New Testament
by Edgar J. Goodspeed of the University of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
1941 THE CONFRATERNITY VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. A reversion
if the Douay-Rheims-Challomer Version. The New Testament section
was published by the Episcopal Confraternity of the Christian Doctrine
of the Roman Catholic Church; the Old Testament section remained
according to the Latin Vulgate Version.
1945–
1949
KNOX VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. Written in English by Msgr.
Ronald A. Knox according to the Latin Vulgate Version authorized by
the Roman Catholic Command of Wales and England to counteract the
King James Version.
1952 REVISED STANDARD VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. written by a
group of the United States of America's European-American "GOD
INSPIRED SCRIBES" under the sponsorship of the National Council of
Churches of Christ.
1961 NEW ENGLISH VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE. Written by a group of
English writers under the sponsorship of the Protestant Churches of
Britain, and by others from Oxford and Cambridge University Press.
1973 THE COMMON AMERICAN LANGUAGE VERSION. This was
approved by a group of rabbis, priests, ministers, and theologians who
found all of its contents satisfactory to the TEACHINGS of Judaism and
Christianity in the United States of America.
Most Jewish, Christian, and Moslem parishioners do not know very much about
the basic book they use as their only religious and divine guide. The reason for
this is based in the fact that very few of them, not unlike yourself, know the
answers to the following questions related to the history and development of the
ORIGINAL BIBLES and their many VERSIONS.
1. QUESTION: What is meant by the word BIBLE?
ANSWER: Bible [Latin—BIBLIA; Greek—BIBLIA; a noun]—a collection of writings, little
book; any collection or book of writings sacred to a particular religion; a book regarded as
the only authoritative one in its class, such as the Christian New Testament, Jewish Old
Testament, and Moslem Quran, etc.
2. QUESTION: What was the first BIBLE written?
ANSWER: Approximately 5000 to 4100 B.C. [B.C.E. or Before Christ]. It was written in
Ta-Merry [Qamt, Kimit, Sais, etc.]—the African nation the Israelites renamed MIZRAIN,
and the English translated into EGYPT.
3. QUESTION: When was the first Hebrew [or Jewish] BIBLE Written?
ANSWER: Between the years 700 and 500 B.C. by Egyptian Hebrews [Jews] of Egypt.
4. QUESTION: When was the first Christian BIBLE written?
ANSWER: Approximately from 52 to 100 After the Death of Christ [A.D. or C.E.].
5. QUESTION: How many BOOKS were in the first Jewish Bible?
ANSWER: Four. These were expanded to FIVE at the Council of Jamnia.
6. QUESTION: How many BOOKS were in the first Christian BIBLE?
ANSWER: Forty-five. They were reduced to TWENTY-SEVEN at the Nicene Conference.
7. QUESTION: Which one of the bibles is called the OLD TESTAMENT?
ANSWER: The Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, also known as the Holy Torah.
8. QUESTION: Who was the African that introduced the story about "CREATION OF THE
WORLD;" when was he born; and what was the name of the Pharaoh he fought?
ANSWER: Moses [Drawn from water]; born in Egypt, North Africa; who fought pharaoh
Ramesis II that reigned over Egypt from ca. 1298 to 1232 B.C. [or B.C.E.].
9. QUESTION: What is the name of the ORIGINAL [first] CHRISTIAN BIBLE; and in what
language was it written?
ANSWER: Koifie Bible; originally written in the Greek language and Aramaic [the
language allegedly "spoken by Jesus Christ"—the "language of the people"].
10. QUESTION: Who is the main character in the Old Testament; and in the New Testament?
ANSWER: Ywh, also called "JEHOVAH, ADANOI, ADONI, ADONIS, GOD, FATHER," etc.
in the Old Testament; Jesus of Nazareth, also called JESUS CHRIST [Joshua the
anointed], LAMB OF GOD, HOLY GHOST [Spirit], SAVIOUR, REDEEMER, SON, GOD,
TRINITY, DIVINE SPIRIT, LIGHT OF THE WORLD" in the New.
11. QUESTION: In what year was the Moslem [Muslim] QURAN [of Bible] written?
ANSWER: Approximately in the year 670 A.D., or 48 A.H. [forty-eight years following the
founding of the Moslem Religion, Islam, by Mohamet ibn-Abdullah. A.H.
12. QUESTION: How many VERSIONS of the Bible preceded the King James Version?
ANSWER: Sixteen [16] MAJOR VERSIONS. There were many that failed to receive
acclaim.
13. QUESTION: Name at least one BIBLE written for another English monarch.
ANSWER: The Miles Coverdale Version written for King Henry VIIth in 1535 A.D.
14. QUESTION: What is the meaning of the word VERSION; and how does it differ from the
following words: ORIGINAL and FACSIMILE?
ANSWER: A translation of the Bible gives an account of one point of view. The ORIGINAL
is the first base from which the VERSION is taken. A FACSIMILE is a direct copy of the
ORIGINAL without any changes whatsoever.
15. QUESTION: Which Bible was "WRITTEN IN THE LANGUAGE CHRIST SPOKE"?
ANSWER: See the answer given above in item 9; also read Date 52–100 A.D. above.
16. QUESTION: What is the Difference between the Latin-Vulgate and King James
VERSIONS?
ANSWER: VERSIONS; usage of words; meaning of words; period of time; difference in
belief about "the teachings of Jesus Christ," etc.
17. QUESTION: Were all of the men who wrote all of the VERSIONS equally "INSPIRED"?
ANSWER: It must be assumed that all of the writers were "INSPIRED BY GOD" if any of
the VERSIONS from which the King James' is taken is correct. IF any of the base
VERSIONS is faulty, so must those taken from it follow in the same way.
18. QUESTION: Would you accept another English VERSION; and why?
ANSWER: YES. Because the English grammar and style would be easier to read and
understand than the archaic Ole English in which the King James Version is written.
19. QUESTION: Who is the MAIN CHARACTER in all of the HOLY BOOKS of the world?
ANSWER: GOD. Whether HE, SHE, or IT; all of the religions of the world recognize a
DIVINE entity that is translated into the English language meaning "GOD."
20. QUESTION: Which was the ORIGINAL FORM of the Bible: BOOK or SCROLL?
ANSWER: SCROLL. The first was made from the PAPYRUS PLANT of the Nile Valley.
The advent of the "Cultural Revolution" that swept the Black Communities of the
entire world also swept the RELIGIOUS conscience of the Black Clergy. As
leaders of the largest segment of the Black Communities the Black Clergy
generally suffer equally as much as their followers; thus it must equally deal with
the proper information needed for an informed Black Community, particularly in
the area of the religious life. The first step must be with the human life-style the
history of religion teaches. In order to accomplish this end the need to
understand the main DOCUMENT of said teaching, its origin, its development,
and its meaning, becomes the responsibility of the Black Theologians, Black
Clergy, and the Black Teachers. In this respect the following members of the
Black Clergy comment on "The Chronology of the Bible."
COMMENT BY REV. GEORGE P. POLK:
This Bible Chronology is a must for any serious student of God's Sacred Truth.
Every Black Christian ought to know from whence his religion came. Dr. ben-
Jochannan has accomplished this task admirably.
COMMENT BY REV. WILLIAM F. HAWKINS:
When God summons a man for a specific task, the man is God-equipped for it.
An accurate chronology of the Bible, written in easy reading style as set forth by
Dr. ben-Jochannan, makes it easy for the Black Clergy and Black Teachers alike
to better understand the Bible as a whole. I am proud to have the honor of
commenting on the works of such a scholar.
COMMENT BY REV. JAMES E. GUNTHER:
This monogram presents a challenging springboard for deeper exploration and
investigation to member-seminaries of the American Association of Theological
Schools. It's implications for Church History and Biblical Studies stagger my
imagination. To think of Moses as an African, to think of Egypt as a part of Africa
opens the gate of Truth and the opportunity to demythologize Western, North
American, Theological symbol systems. I commend it to our laymen and religious
educational institutions and Board of publication.
COMMENT BY RABBI HAILU PARIS:
Certainly the beginning of Judaeo-Christian-Islamic theology had its origin in the
teachings of the indigenous African and Asian peoples of the Nile River, Tigris
River, and the Euphrates River valleys. This is just a sample of the background of
the origin of the source of the TRUTHS all of us preach—the OLD and NEW
TESTAMENT or QUR'AN.
COMMENT BY REV. SIS. BESSIE I. ROBBINSON:
I had always wondered what was the TRUE ORIGIN of the first Bible; the place
where it was written; the people who wrote it; and the name of ORIGINAL. The
Lord certainly acts in His mysterious way; would I have expected the answer
from other than a member of the Clergy? No! TRUTH has no boundaries. Dr.
ben-Jochannan was called to deliver the WORK and its SOURCE OF ORIGIN. I
will have to read the rest of his works.
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