For it is on those pages that we discover the various elements beyond the first three pillars. There are no references to an essene gospel of peace in any ancient source. Szekely authored the essene gospel of peace, which he translated from an ancient text he supposedly discovered in the 1920s. The essenes the essene new testament the gospel of the. A good example of a group which separated itself from society at large and defined itself against the temple in jerusalem are the essenes, or perhaps you might say, the people of the dead sea. The dead sea scrolls, found between 1947 and 1956 in caves on the northwest shore of the dead sea, provide us with a picture of a firstcentury jewish community that could well have been the home of john the baptist. It was discovered in the vatican library and appears to be a genuine manuscript written at the time of christ or shortly thereafter. This story is told in his book, the discovery of the essene gospel of peace, published in 1975. The essene humane gospel of christ the salvation of the world the humane gospel of jesus. Pdf the new melchizedek bible, vol 5, the essene gospelstable.
The discovery of the dead sea scrolls, and our growing knowledge of the essene community that produced them, gives us one of the most important pieces of evidence for the diversity of jewish life. The form will be sent to the officer in charge of the soil and health library, steve solomon. The central holistic themes and great message of the saviour of humanity as may be rediscovered and found in the holy bible when read. Both the practice of baptism and of the sharing of the wine are recorded as part of their practices long before jesus and john the baptist popularized them. The gospel of the essenes by edmond bordeaux szekely. The essene gospel of peace, written by edmond bordeaux szekely, is the most famous modern example of a pious vegetarian fraud. Yet the idea that jesus, john the baptist, or the early jesus movement were influenced by the essenes has always been controversial. From enoch to the dead sea scrolls the essene science of fasting banus the essene essenemoses essene revelation essene holy streams essene seven fold peace essene seven fold peace ii. In it, jesus tells his disciples to eat raw vegetables, take frequent enemas to cleanse the colon, and dont eat meat. The essene gospel of peace book 1 the essene gospel of peace the essene gospel of peace book 2 the unknown books of the essenes the essene gospel of peace book 3 lost scrolls of the essene brotherhood the essene gospel of peace book 4 the teachings of the elect. The apocryphal texts the excluded and suppressed books of the bible. I have been reading online about jesus and john belonging to this essene sect. Chrysostom that jesus told his disciples if they wanted to learn the mysteries of god, they would first have to be of humane character.
Feb 08, 2019 the essenes at qumram were largely a group of ascetics who separated themselves from second temple orthodox judaism because of its perceived religious laxity. Beware of this demonic doctrine the essenes gospel of. It has been popular among some scholars to claim that john the baptist was an essene. Like the violent revolutionary jesus hypothesis, it is an attempt to portray jesus as a human being without the mythical accretions of theological dogma. It is a wonderful document of jesus yashiya teaching about how to live in harmony with the laws of nature. The new testament does not mention them and accounts given by josephus, philo of alexandria, and pliny the elder sometimes differ in significant details. Below you will read an excerpt from the essene gospel of peace, book one apocryphal, a direct translation of the aramaic of the words of jesus, as recorded by his disciple john. Hidden essene texts provide clues to bibles origin kathy j. Essene diet eating with awareness everphi returning to. It is almost impossible in reading of the last not to be forcibly struck with the remarkable resemblance between their doctrines, precepts and practices, and those of jesus and the early christians.
Hidden essene texts provide clues to bibles origin. The bible and interpretation on jesus, the essenes, and the. Josephus deeply admired the essenes, and he describes them at length. Fragments from the essene gospel of john szekely free download as word doc. Additionally, johns clothing of camels hair and leather girdle is the opposite of the clean white garment that the essenes would wear and try to keep unstained through all their ritual washings. Book one of the essene gospel of peace, an ancient manuscript he had found in the secret archives of the vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition. For jesus held rather to the spirit of the law, and john to the letter of same. If you havent figured it out already, its a hoax just like every other set. John the baptist and the essene question catholic heart. Essene bread oblationmiracle of the loavesprobably an essene passover gatheringthe codex nazaraeusthe earliest gathering of christians at romeessene water drinkers and vegetariansthe gospel according to the hebrewsgospel of the infancy. The essenes did not recognize jesus as messiah, but they thought that the teacher of righteousness would himself be an essene. The bible and interpretation on jesus, the essenes, and. Pious fraud, vegetarian style compassionate spirit. Proof that yashiya was a vegetarian is based on the essene gospel of peace, which szekely claims to have translated from an ancient text he supposedly discovered in the 1920s.
Szekely alleges that this ancient gospel text is authentic and that the canonical gospels are forgeries. Essene gospel of john from book 2 of szekelys essene gospel of peace john 1 in the beginning was the law, and the law was with god, and the law was god. A most interesting and delightful little book is entitled the essene gospel of peace book 1. Fragments from the essene gospel of john szekely god.
The essene gospel of peace, translated and edited from the. The essene gospel of peace book 3 lost scrolls of the essene brotherhood the essene gospel of peace book 4 the teachings of the elect other essene writings. John, jesus and the essenes 103 coupled with this, jesus quotes from jeremiahs famous temple sermon which was a hallmark of his career. Essene, member of a religious sect or brotherhood that flourished in palestine from about the 2nd century bc to the end of the 1st century ad. The bible does not state that john the baptist was an essene. I was wondering how big of an influence you think the essenes had on jesus and his teachings, and if theres any evidence that he and john the baptist were students of that philosophy. That is to say, it is written in a greek environment, and is designed to appeal to men saturated in greek culture by the employment of greek concepts and imagery. The essenes hid themselves away from society in the wilderness. The essene gospel of john edmond bordeaux szekely on. Price new from used from paperback, 1968 please retry. The jews, long before the time of jesus, were divided into three sects, the sadducees, the pharisees, and the essenes. Translation based on the first century aramaic and ancient slavonic texts szekely, edmond bordeaux on. They viewed themselves as a remnant of the devoted, a voice crying in the desert is. The problem with this is that ive come across web pages that devote much time and effort to proving the following.
Who were the essenes and were jesus and john the baptist. Nov 16, 2016 the essene gospel of peace is an ancient manuscript found in the vatican library. There are some similarities between john and the essenes. The traditions of the mystic orders further state that jesus then gave to john the various signs of the mystery schools to which they both belonged, working from the common signs up until jesus passed on to degrees to which john had not attained, although he was an eminent highdegree essene. These include the best known essene gospel of john also known as the gospel of peace of jesus christ and the essene gospel of john, a mutilated lookalike of the gospel of john and the gospel of the holy twelve also called the gospel of the perfect life.
John may be regarded no longer as the latest and most evolved of the gospels, but the. Following the gospel of peace of jesus christ, szekely has completely translated the original manuscript from aramaic of the supposedly lost gospel of the essenes. Essene diet eating with awareness everphi returning to nature. The essenes sent forth teachers from their own communities to share these teachings with all nations, including menachem the essene in 20 bc, john the baptist, and john the beloved, as well as jesus, who is said to have been raised and educated in the essene communities. The central holistic themes and great message of the saviour of humanity as may be rediscovered and found in the holy bible when read and received with the essene gospel of peace in heart and mind. In his book the discovery of the essene gospel of peace, he tells the story of how two chess players helped him meet the renowned msgr. The essene gospel of peace is an ancient manuscript found in the vatican library. The gospels have maintained perfect silence as to the deeds of jesus, previous to his meeting with john the baptist, through whom, according to them, he in some way took possession of his ministry. John the baptist anticipated the coming of an elijahlike priestly messiah who would purify the temple. Unlike the historical essenes who were founded on the canon of the tanakh old testament, minus the book of esther, the christian essenes. I think both john the baptist and jesus studied with the essene as young people. But he does not claim that john the baptist was an essene. Jan 02, 2020 it has been popular among some scholars to claim that john the baptist was an essene. Translation based on the first century aramaic and ancient slavonic texts.
The essene jesus is a product of the enlightenment. For the bread developed by the essenes, see sprouted bread. Edmond bordeaux szekely march 5, 1905 1979 was a hungarian philologist linguist, philosopher, psychologist and natural living enthusiast. Translation based on the first century aramaic and ancient slavonic texts unknown binding 1968 by edmond bordeaux sze. Szekely, this text contains the actual words spoken by jesus and his beloved disciple john. Introduction to the ancient essenes and the modern essene. The essenes at qumram were largely a group of ascetics who separated themselves from second temple orthodox judaism because of its perceived religious laxity. The pharisees and sadducees antagonized jesus, and were eventually responsible for his betrayal, unjust conviction by the roman court, and crucifixion. A portrait of jesus world the essenes and the dead sea. Academic baptism elijah essene theology gospel of luke gospel of mark gospel of matthew historical jesus holy spirit john the baptist messiah and messianism rabbinic literature ritual purity serge ruzer. Dec 06, 20 ok, i thought id try my question this way. Jul, 2019 josephus deeply admired the essenes, and he describes them at length.
The essene gospel of peace is an ancient tome filled with arcane secrets found deep in the vaults of the vatican library health woo bullshit written by edmond bordeaux szekely and published in 1928. As promised, in a forthcoming series of essene path articles we will delve deeply into the actual contents of both the gospel of the holy twelve and the essene gospel of peace. Jan 01, 1971 a most interesting and delightful little book is entitled the essene gospel of peace book 1. Edmond bordeaux szekely was able to discover essene documents in the secret archives of the vatican. Inspired by the essene gospel of peace, discovered in the secret archives of the vatican discovery of the essene gospels and translated from the aramaic by edmond bordeaux, szekely. Published 1968 by first christians essene church in san diego, calif. In the process of determining the biblical canon, a large number of texts were excluded from the new testament, many of which were vigorously suppressed or destroyed. Only the essene writings contain the complete story of the most kind and generous of all men, a man that by his moral strength of holy character puts all other men to shame, especially the religious frauds of today who preach in his holy name. It is a wonderful document of jesus teaching about how to live in harmony. These websites hold to this from the dead sea scrolls and the.
Fragments from the essene gospel of john szekely god the. Issued by the order of atonement and united templars society paris, jerusalem, madras, brighton, 1901. The essene gospel of peace, book 1 by edmond bordeaux szekely. Jesus apocalyptic teachings seem to align with them a lot. It was in 1928 that edmond bordeaux szekely first published his translation of book one of the essene gospel of peace, an ancient manuscript he had found in the secret archives of the vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition. Chrysostom that jesus told his disciples if they wanted to learn the mysteries of god, they would first have to. Jan 11, 2019 additionally, johns clothing of camels hair and leather girdle is the opposite of the clean white garment that the essenes would wear and try to keep unstained through all their ritual washings. The nt was inspired and written by essenes especially the gospel of john. This is as the master of his fathers house intended and spoke of in the canonical gospels, st matthew 23. At the very least, the possibility is worth exploring. Szekely authored the essene gospel of peace, which he translated from an.
Nazarites or nazareensbaptised by the nazarite johna secret societyinquire who is worthy. He also deeply admired john the baptist, and described his ministry and death at some length. However, no one besides szekely has ever seen the manuscript. Scholars have sometimes argued that the gospel according to st. What he wished to know he could learn from none other than the essenes. Apr 26, 2014 proof that yashiya was a vegetarian is based on the essene gospel of peace, which szekely claims to have translated from an ancient text he supposedly discovered in the 1920s.