The Vegetarianism of Jesus Christ: The Pacifism, Communalism and Vegetarianism of Primitive Christianity - Softcover

Vaclavik, Charles P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0945146019 ISBN 13: 9780945146018

Publisher: Kaweah Pub Co, 1989

Synopsis

Evidence taken from the writings of the early Catholic Fathers the Jewish historian Josephus, and the Jewish philosopher Philo indicate that the first Christians, and indeed very like Jesus himself were vegetarian. The "cleansing" of the temple was not a protest against dishonest money changers but rather an effort by the leader of the Nazarenes to abolish the animal sacrifice cult entrenched in the Jewish temple. the dating of this event at 27 C.E. establishes the earliest incident which we can date accurately at which time Jesus was active in the ministry. this occurring 9 years before his crucifixion allocates this number of years to his ministerial life and not the one to three years presently considered by the established Christian churches of today. Both Jesus and John the Baptist were probably born as early as 23 B.C.E. Evidence from Josephus and Irenaeus not only confirm this, but historical material collected by the former historian documents the vegetarianism of John the Baptist, as well. This early dating of the birth of these two great men would make John the Baptist 58 years old when he was beheaded in 35 C.E., and Jesus 59 years old when he was crucified in 36 C.E. Jesus was crowned "Messiah" by John the Baptist in 29 CE and preached with authority for 7 years after that event. There is good evidence from Josephus to place his crucifixion at 36 C.E. instead of the earlier dates presented by present day Christian church tradition, so giving him a much longer lifespan than originally considered. The sayings of Jesus which differ from Jewish law such as the prohibition against taking oaths, were derived from Pythagoras, and therefore demonstrate the existence of a sect of Pythagorean Judaism in Jesus' time. this evidence indicates that the Nazarenes of which Jesus was a leader during at least part of his life time was a dissident sect of Judaism and not a subdivision of Orthodox Judaism.the existence of PythagoreanJudaism suggest that Jesus...

Edition details

• Publisher: Kaweah Pub Co
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0945146019
• ISBN 13: 9780945146018
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 351