Ray Shortell

Understanding the Bible Ray Shortell

This brief text will redefine the meaning of our bible. The text will cover when, why and how the Bible was arranged per Robert Eisenman's revolutionary texts, James, the Brother of Jesus and The New Testament Code. Additional resources may be found in the Jewish history and Wars by Josephus, 101 Myths of the Bible by David Greenburg, The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine, The Christ Conspiracy by S. Arachya and Linda Goodman's Love Signs. After explaining the Christian view of Jewish authority, the text identifies a few human errors in our Bible to ensure open minds and proceeds through a discussion of the differences between Paul and James. The Bible minimizes the authority of the family of Jesus promoting Paul?s viewpoints over James?. While many have noticed an occasional mystery within the Bible, Dr. Eisenman?s Dead Sea Scroll research has postulated a credible hypothesis concerning the relationship between Paul and James, which in my opinion conclusively proves that Jesus was a real person who loyally went to a Roman cross to allow his family to continue preaching in Jerusalem for another twenty years. Although the message of Roman power or tyranny, Pauline accommodation, and the countering purpose of Jamesian Essene asceticism are missing from the Bible, please note authority as the Bible?s primary theme: Jewish, Roman, Paul?s, James?, and even the authority of Biblical critics such as ourselves. The post-script includes additional information concerning contemporaneous Roman, Mesopotamian and Egyptian religions with Christian similarities. Dates mentioned in this text are CE unless otherwise noted.