Gad Barnea

or their interpretation at the time of the commandments in the Pentateuch in the first century, when they had a sick child or they had a problem, they would go and use cursed texts that are completely, you know, come from a different tradition. I mean, from the Gnostic tradition.

what's that what did you say what was that word you used curse curse text curse text okay curse text like amulets and all kinds of course text and and the protective uh texts that would protect their children or their family or or whatever and those texts were typically were more yahwistic in that in in the sense where where there's this deity yahoo really central deity um but they also had other terms that are very unknown to us from the bible that they saw

what's that what did you say what was that word you used curse curse text curse text okay curse text like amulets and all kinds of course text and and the protective uh texts that would protect their children or their family or or whatever and those texts were typically were more yahwistic in that in in the sense where where there's this deity yahoo really central deity um but they also had other terms that are very unknown to us from the bible that they saw

what's that what did you say what was that word you used curse curse text curse text okay curse text like amulets and all kinds of course text and and the protective uh texts that would protect their children or their family or or whatever and those texts were typically were more yahwistic in that in in the sense where where there's this deity yahoo really central deity um but they also had other terms that are very unknown to us from the bible that they saw

as deities like adonai was seen as in its own its own god like the word adonai which is very familiar to to people who are familiar with the hebrew bible um that is a in the bible it's really a title for god or at least it's seen as a title um but in later yahwehism or what's called the gnosticism

as deities like adonai was seen as in its own its own god like the word adonai which is very familiar to to people who are familiar with the hebrew bible um that is a in the bible it's really a title for god or at least it's seen as a title um but in later yahwehism or what's called the gnosticism

as deities like adonai was seen as in its own its own god like the word adonai which is very familiar to to people who are familiar with the hebrew bible um that is a in the bible it's really a title for god or at least it's seen as a title um but in later yahwehism or what's called the gnosticism

I don't like the term Gnostic because it's a pejorative term, but there's nothing else really available, so I'm using it for convenience. But the Gnostics are kind of continuing Yahwism in parallel to Judaism and Christianity.

I don't like the term Gnostic because it's a pejorative term, but there's nothing else really available, so I'm using it for convenience. But the Gnostics are kind of continuing Yahwism in parallel to Judaism and Christianity.

I don't like the term Gnostic because it's a pejorative term, but there's nothing else really available, so I'm using it for convenience. But the Gnostics are kind of continuing Yahwism in parallel to Judaism and Christianity.

So the lay of the land in the first century of the Common Era, the time of Jesus, was very complex, very energetic, very effervescent, with a lot of kind of cross-pollination between the different faith systems and ideologies. You would take something from, I mean, even the idea of the Son of God,

So the lay of the land in the first century of the Common Era, the time of Jesus, was very complex, very energetic, very effervescent, with a lot of kind of cross-pollination between the different faith systems and ideologies. You would take something from, I mean, even the idea of the Son of God,

So the lay of the land in the first century of the Common Era, the time of Jesus, was very complex, very energetic, very effervescent, with a lot of kind of cross-pollination between the different faith systems and ideologies. You would take something from, I mean, even the idea of the Son of God,

If you walk through the Roman Empire, every milestone, literally stone that every mile of the road, right, the milestone, would have the name of the Caesar that established this road. And often it will have the name and it would say Son of God.

If you walk through the Roman Empire, every milestone, literally stone that every mile of the road, right, the milestone, would have the name of the Caesar that established this road. And often it will have the name and it would say Son of God.

If you walk through the Roman Empire, every milestone, literally stone that every mile of the road, right, the milestone, would have the name of the Caesar that established this road. And often it will have the name and it would say Son of God.

right so that idea of the son of god would be would be all around you okay in in at that time it wasn't just jesus right son of god but it was also the emperor the emperor um and so all of these ideas came from imperial cult from egyptian cult from the the gnostic field of a lot of different sects there from different jewish sects

right so that idea of the son of god would be would be all around you okay in in at that time it wasn't just jesus right son of god but it was also the emperor the emperor um and so all of these ideas came from imperial cult from egyptian cult from the the gnostic field of a lot of different sects there from different jewish sects

right so that idea of the son of god would be would be all around you okay in in at that time it wasn't just jesus right son of god but it was also the emperor the emperor um and so all of these ideas came from imperial cult from egyptian cult from the the gnostic field of a lot of different sects there from different jewish sects

from different readings and even interactions with the Persian world, interactions with this early Zoroastrianism that we talked about earlier. There were no really kind of strict walls between these different religions that we have today. Like you said, everything was flowing in and out, cross-pollinating. And that's what I love about this spirit, because it's so rich, so energetic.