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Did the first Jewish converts believe in the virgin birth?
 


I have difficulties to know if the first Israelians who believe in Yeshwa were believing in the virgin birth? I think yes, but I am not totally sure. Do you have some archeological proof for that? Or the contrary ?

Thank you : ) Kevin


Looking at linguistic evidence in scripture and the Talmud may offer the best answer to your question. We use Philo of Alexandria’s Method of biblical exegesis which identifies “enigmas” and their solutions.

The “Virgin Mother” is an enigma. Here’s why: 

The Hebrew letters for “Virgin Mother” are BTLHM: BeTuLaH eM;

“Daughter of El the Mother” is also BTLHM. BaT eL Ha eM;

“House of Bread” is also BTLHM: Bet LeHeM;

and the little town of “Bethlehem” is also written BTLHM.

The Gospel According to Mark was the first gospel to be written, and it contains a number of “enigmatic modes of expression.” However, the early Church Fathers identified them and set about to hide them from view. But Philo’s Method identifies their fingerprints all over the interpolated texts.  

Mark failed to mention that Iesous was born to a “Virgin Mother.” This "noteworthy omission," which signals an enigmatic section of text, has been a source of scholarly controversy with no consensus of opinion as to why.

Our research finds that Mark 1:9 was originally written, “In those days Iesous came from BTLHM (Betulah Em) to Galilee…” Iesous "came from a Virgin Mother..." “BTLHM” was changed to “Nazareth” when “Iesous THE Nasarean” was changed to “Jesus OF Nazareth” (Mt 2:23). The reason? The Early Church Fathers chose Paul’s doctrines over those that came directly from Jesus and his appointed Apostles, the Nasoreans. The Nasoreans (also Nasareans; Nazarenes; Nasirenes, et. al) were declared to be “heretics.” They would have refused to support Paul’s false version of Iesous and his teachings.

Certain first century High Priests, called Nasi, knew that YH-Zeus (Greek Iesous) was a not a historical person but a newly-created mythological character. They knew that the Crucifixion was a dramatic presentation modeled after Osiris Pageants in Egypt and designed to merge Judaism with Greek philosophy. They knew this because one of these High Priests, Nasi Gamaliel ben Simeon, played the role of “Iesous THE Nasirean” in the annual pageant described in Mark’s Gospel. His son, Nasi Simeon ben Gamaliel played the role of “Iesous THE Nasirean” in the annual pageant described in Luke’s Gospel. They also had Roman names: Drusus Germanicus I (biological son of Emperor Tiberius) and Drusus Germanicus II (biological grandson of Emperor Tiberius).

Descendants of these High Priests, like the gospel writers, wrote the Talmud using Philo’s Method, and it is another source for solving New Testament enigmas. They knew that “Virgin Mothers” called “Miriam” and “Mary” were women of a certain royal bloodline, the same bloodline that produced “Theos,” the Greek word used to identify the Roman Emperors beginning with Julius Caesar. Theos is the same word translated as “God” in the New Testament. These “Virgins” were carefully guarded to prevent a common man from having sex with them, guaranteeing that the child was of Royal Blood from both mother and father. In some cases these “Virgins” were impregnated without sexual intercourse even with a “Theos.” The Talmud alludes to artificial insemination:

A major principle determining the attitude of a Jewish law is enshrined in a Talmudic passage which is by far the first literary reference to the feasibility of an impregnation without any physical contact between the parents – a possibility evidently unknown to the Greeks or other nations of antiquity. Discussing the biblical law requiring a high priest to marry a virgin (Lev. 21:13), a third-century sage asked whether a pregnant virgin would be qualified for such a marriage, the pregnancy being explained as due to an accidental impregnation after she bathed in water previously fertilized by a male. The question is answered affirmatively (ag. 15a). This indicates that a conception sine concubito does not compromise a woman's legal status as a virgin. Several medieval sources further imply that no bastardy (mamzerut) attaches to children born in this way of parents who, had they had normal relations with each other, would have committed adultery or incest (Alfa Beta de-Ben Sira, in J.D. Eisenstein (ed.), Oar Midrashim (1915), 43; and R. Perez of Corbeil, Haggahot Semak, see Turei Zahav on YD, 195:7) (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0002_0_01384.html). 

Writings from Nag Hammadi attributed to the Jewish sect called “Essenes” offer instructions on how to administer an enema using a gourd. With this image in mind, consider the abundant Internet testimonials about the efficacy of “artificial insemination at home” using a turkey baster or a needle-less syringe: (https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Turkey+baster+insemination)

Technically, a “Virgin” could (and can) become a “Mother” without sexual intercourse. But even sexual intercourse didn’t always result in the virgin losing her virginity. Historians Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Flavius Josephus, and Tacitus teamed up to explain via enigmas that a “Virgin” who had sex with a Theos ("Emperor") or a Kurios ("Lord" or "Master") remained a Virgin. The Virgin could only be defiled by a “common man.” (Following Philo: From The Way of the Virgin Mothers to Jesus the Nasarean, by Logan Licht and PJ Paxx (Bolivar: Leonard Press, 2014), 151-165. Sources: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 63.3-4; 64.5; 65.1-4; 66.1-4; 66.6; 67.1-2; 68.1-5. Josephus, Antiquities 18.3.4 (65), 591; 18.3.4 (73), 591; 18.3.4 (77), 591. Tacitus, Annals, 2.86; 3.22-23; 4.16; 6.20.3).

It is doubtful that this knowledge was shared with anyone outside the Nasi’s immediate family; therefore, most Israelites, Judeans, Gentiles, Romans, etc. were left to decide for themselves if the “Virgin Mother” was a literal or a mythological virgin, patterned after Athena, Artemis, Astrea, Vesta, et. al. Turns out, according to ancient enigmas, She was both!

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to address your question. Please let me know if you have additional questions.

PaxAmoLux,

Nazannia

 

 


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