Against the Existence of a “Hebrew Gospel”

I would like to explore today the topic of the so-called Hebrew Gospel of Matthew, referring to the alleged proto-gospel written in either Hebrew or Aramaic before being translated into Greek. The claim that Matthew was first written in Hebrew and then in Greek is made by several Church Fathers, beginning with Papias, who says:

Why does the Talmud Place Jesus in the First Century BCE?

Follow me on Twitter or Facebook! Click here for a catalogue of all my articles. The Talmud’s chronology of the life of Jesus is one of the matters that is immediately questioned by those who doubt the Talmud’s preservation of any authentic material about the historical Jesus. Typically, the Talmud’s narrative is understood to place Jesus during the

Abraham Maimonides’ “Sufi Judaism”

If you support my work, consider supporting me on Patreon, you’ll get exclusive content, including early access to my upcoming book, “Jesus the Nazarene: The Jewish Heretic Behind Christianity” as well as future books! Follow me on Twitter and Facebook! Abraham Maimonides, son of the famous Moses Maimonides, is the lesser known of the Maimonides family. Originally from Spain, but

The Gospel of John and the Talmudic Jesus

If you support my work, consider supporting me on Patreon, you’ll get exclusive content, including early access to my upcoming book, “Jesus the Nazarene: The Jewish Heretic Behind Christianity” as well as future books! Follow me on Twitter and Facebook! After re-reading the Gospel of John recently, I couldn’t help but notice that there are several clear references to some

Thomas, the Gnostic Mishnah: The Halakhah of the Thomas Community of Judeo-Christians (Anti-Family Rules)

The Gospel of Thomas is usually considered a collection of Gnostic sayings. I explore the idea that it is contains a set of community rules and functioned as a Gnostic Judeo-Christian mishnah of sorts.

Assessing Luke 6:20b-21 as Oral Tradition

The Gospels are variously regarded as having originated from oral traditions that were written down into collections of sayings, miracles, etc. This is an attempt to assess the orality of Jesus’ teaching in Luke 6:20b-21 from a linguistic point of view. We expect oral tradition to make use of mnemonic devices, such as alliteration, repetition,

The Agrapha: The Other Sayings of Jesus (Part One)

If you support my work, consider tipping me $2 on Patreon, you’ll get exclusive content, including early access to my upcoming book, “Jesus the Nazarene: The Myth Behind Christianity” as well as future books! Follow me on Twitter and Facebook! The agrapha of Jesus are a fascinating aspect of the debate about the historical Jesus. The word agraphon (pl.

The Rewritten Greek Torah of Matthew

Check out my book, Jesus the Nazarene: The Talmud and the Founder of Christianity, on AmazonFollow me on FacebookFollow me on TwitterLike and subscribe to my YouTube channel. To view this article with footnotes, click here. Matthew should be viewed in the context of Jesus’ multilingualism and the use of languages in first century CE

The Bible’s Kill List #1: Capital Punishment and Criminal Justice

I saw a meme on the Internet which provoked me to write this post. As with most things, most atheists and agnostics do not understand Judaism and it leads to serious misunderstandings of the religion and its text. The “kill list” is a list of references in the Hebrew Scriptures where God commands the Israelites