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Who or what is the Aletheian Anthropos (A.A.) precisely? Is an 'Actualized Man' someone who has been divinized? ... expression. Hint: Adam Kadmon, Heavenly Man (the Second Son) is the Archetype. Cases to consider: A) Philo Judaeus, of Alexandia (c.25 AD) 1) De Gigantibus §33 might have some ...

As for the "assembly of God". 13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the assembly of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it; 14 and I was advancing in Judaism beyond ...

... in Judea? I think not. But I believe you're essentially correct: there were unorthodox or antinomian synagogues in Egypt and elsewhere throughout ... ancient Canaanite solar deity (c.500 BC), officially anthropomorphized to a Priest-King of El Elyon to bless Abram by the time the Septaguint is ...

This may actually be a very important point! I've always read "the traditions of my fathers" as meaning the traditions of Judaism. But, this could in fact be to the key to the whole damned thing, because "the traditions of my fathers" ...

So portraying a gnostic style of teaching both in the way it paints it, "mystagogues" getting teachings hidden by 7 veils, ... existence under oath. Reading the 1934 German version of Hans Jonas , I came to Prof. Dalgaard on Melchizedek as a Demiurge-Corrector of Man (our Creator). ...

Eusebius of Caesarea’s Praeparatio Evangelica , citing Polyhistor {c. 50 BC?} citing Ezekiel (c.75 BC?) Exagoge Lines 67–90: Moses: I had a vision of a great throne on the top of Mount Sinai and it reached till the folds of heaven. A noble man was sitting ...

For the context and dating of these Melchizedek sources, and to witness the transformation of the Melchizedek character over just a few centuries - from the earliest Jewish ...

Link : R. Zechariah said, in the name of R.Ishmael (2nd century), "The Holy One, Blessed be He, sought to cause the priesthood to go forth from Shem (rabbinic thought identified him with Melchizedek). For it ...

Link : R. Zechariah said, in the name of R.Ishmael (2nd century), "The Holy One, Blessed be He, sought to cause the priesthood to go forth from Shem (rabbinic thought identified him with Melchizedek). For it ...

... book, Philo in Early Christian Literature . . Chapter Four Philo and the New Testament ... 3. The Epistle to the Hebrews The New Testament book that shows the most affinity to Philonic thought is unquestionably ...