The Legend of Hiram Abiff, the Lost Word of Masonry, and the Toledoth Jesu - Contradistinctions

Wed, 13 May 2020 07:32:30 GMT

This is a derogatory version of the life of Jesus, growing out of the response of the Jewish community to Christianity. The tradition presented here is most commonly dated to approximately the 6th century CE. The text it self is closer to the 14th c. There is no scholarly consensus on to what extent the text might be a direct parody of a now lost gospel. H.J. Schonfield argued that it was so closely connected to the Gospel of the Hebrews that he