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* I actually address this subject directly later on in this book with a chapter starting with that same statement
(including the asterisk). My intention is that, at that point in the book, I will have led up to it after giving
it a sufficient introduction!
I realize that the cover of this book is provocative!
Being provocative ensures that many people will be too offended even to bother considering this book, let alone
even reading this summary! However, that is not my intent as I think many of those folks would benefit by
giving it a consideration. Nevertheless, I am also aware that many people are unable to question their own
beliefs or challenge their world views, their paradigms.
As an FYI, the photograph was taken by David H. Rossman and was used by his permission (we met on an Israel trip together in 2018 — I think he is a great photographer!). Essentially, this book is a commentary on the man responsible for being THE ARCHITECT OF THE MAIN DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY, SAUL OF TARSUS, who is more commonly known as The Apostle Paul. On this website (The-Iconoclast.org), I present information under the title "Paul The False Apostle" which is found on the "Breaking Idols"` (topmost item on that page). However, in this book, I address his antinomian theology in a more systematic way with corroborating references; testing quotes in the Christian Scripture (New Testament, NT) against their references in the Jewish Scriptures, rather than interpreting the Jewish Scriptures by their NT quotes as so many Christian apologists do! Has it ever occurred to you that it might be important to verify supposed quotes in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) which make references to the Jewish Scriptures (what Christians call The Old Testament)? If you were to do so, would you be able to say, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Christian Scriptures are absolutely flawless in their references to the Jewish Scriptures, that they are 100% reliable? In this book, the abject anti–Torah ethos of Saul of Tarsus (the Apostle Paul) and his antinomiam views are directly exposed! By examining his own writings as well as comparing his references to the Jewish Scriptures by actually looking at the Jewish Scriptures, Saul of Tarsus (Paul) is found not to be quite so genuine, authentic and reliable as you may have been led to believe! This is not an accident! He consistently misquoted, and took out-of-context, the writings of the Holy Prophets of Yehovah. By examining the true references which can easily be found in the Hebrew-Language based Jewish Scriptures sourced from the Leningrad Codex, "The Apostle Paul" displayed an extremely cavalier attitude in his penchant for misleading his own disciples while promoting himself! From his own writings and those of his biographer friend, Luke, Paul and Luke were consistent in their anti–Torah theology and obfuscation of the plain–meaning and context of passages found in the Jewish Scriptures!
A Cogent Example Of Why NT Quotes Must Be Verified By The Authoritative Hebrew–Language
Based Jewish Scriptures!
I mentioned, above, that in this book, my intent is to measure (test) quotes in the
Christian New Testament against their references in the Jewish Scriptures
(what Christians call "The Old Testament").
For just one example (note: this is not in the book!), I will quote verses from Luke's book of Acts against the backdrop of quotes from the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel. YOU can be the judge as to which version of "the Holy Scriptures" you recognize as authoritative!
Christian New Testament Quotes
From the King James Version, aka KJV Acts 13:14–16 — The Audience And The Speaker 14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
Referencing The Jewish Scriptures
20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of
four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
Acts 13:20-22 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. Please note that Paul states that King Saul ruled for forty years!
Now, what do the ancient Jewish Scriptures say?
(Hebrew: The Pill Tanakh; English: JPS 1917)
1 Samuel 13:1
בֶּן־שָׁנָ֖ה שָׁא֣וּל בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ וּשְׁתֵּ֣י שָׁנִ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Saul was ---- years old when he began to reign; and two years he reigned over Israel.
2 Samuel 5:4
בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה דָּוִ֖ד בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה מָלָֽךְ׃
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Paul states that King Saul ruled for forty years, yet the plain text and context of the ancient Hebrew–Language in 1 Samuel 13:1 plainly declares that Saul reigned for only two years. Thus, according to the "history" written by Luke as found in Acts 13 — David could not have been born when Saul began his reign as King of Israel! 2 Samuel 5:4 says that King David began his reign when he was at age thirty! The question I ask you, do you trust Luke and Paul — and the Christian New Testament — for your knowledge of the history of ancient Israel — or do you consider the ancient Hebrew–Language Jewish Scriptures sourced in the Masoretic Text, the Leningrad Codex, to be the greater authority? For my part, I absolutely trust that the ancient Hebrew–Language of the Masoretic Text – The Leningrad Codex – is the greater authority! Of course, everyone is entitled to interpret Scripture themselves! However, I do not believe that both versions of ancient Jewish history can be true at the same time! This book uncovers the great deception of The Self–Appointed–Apostle–Paul and even refers to it as part of the END–TIME–DECEPTION! I have also included commentaries about Jesus of Nazareth, and the resurrection, near the end of the book, as a way to express that Jesus CANNOT be a legitimate candidate to being the Jewish Messiah if he actually misquoted the Holy Prophets of יְהֹוָה [Yehovah]!. Moreover, I have a chapter called 'The Talmudic Deception.' It is a brief commentary on Talmudism, the Jewish religion whose doctrine revolves around the rabbinic, oral tradition. When Talmudists mention the 'Torah,' in a euphemistic way, they really mean 'The Oral Torah,' also known as 'The Oral Law' — which is actually their own oral tradition, their own writings! When I speak about 'The Torah,' I mean the WRITTEN TORAH, also known as the five books of Moses! Have YOU been deceived by this rabbinic subterfuge? Hardcover ISBN: 979-8-9882917-0-1 Softcover ISBN: 979-8-9882917-1-8 eBook EPUB ISBN: 979-8-9882917-2-5 NOTE: Microsoft Word to EPUB conversion programs (that I have found) do not carry forth the original fonts but rather substitute a plain serif font for English and an italicized plain font for the Hebrew. That conversion also breaks pages up differently: 162 pages are in the printed version, while 303 in the eBook format EPUB, including cover). The content is preserved, but it is just not as had been written for print. As an FYI, I do not think it is aesthetically pleasing as the printed versions. Yet, for those who prefer a digitized format, if you can get past the aesthetics, again, the content is preserved. Available at over 39,000 Online stores, including Amazon, Barnes And Noble, Books A Million, and Walmart |
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