Recommended Reading

recommended reading list ...bet emet ministries

BET EMET MINISTRIES "Hebrew for "House of Truth"

The following is the recommended reading list for students of Bet Emet Ministries. Each of these following books is very important in your study of the origins of the Christian Faith for one or more reasons. If I had it to do all over again instead of the several hundred or so books collected and read over 20 yrs these would be the only books I needed to read to get the total picture of the corruption of "the faith once given the saints". From my viewpoint looking backward I consider each of these books mandatory for ones understanding of the difficult problems which confront us once we begin to study the origin and corruption of early Christianity. I make few promises but I will make an exception at this time: If one undertakes to read as many of these books in the following categories then there will be little that will escape him in his quest for truth concerning the Christian faith, the "Jesus Story", as well as Messianisms within Judaism which originated with Egypt in the beginning of time. This is all the more important when one gets down to the difficult task of trying to reconcile the Jewish Messiah as taught by Judaism and the blurred image of him as found in our depiction of the "Jesus Christ" in the Second New Testament which Rome gave us in refutation of the earliest Gnostic First New Testament which has been so tragically altered today and which so few tragically are aware. Blessings to all in your search for God's truth. These books will reveal to you the different "karast/Christ", or should I say "Jesus" which is found down throughout recorded history: the Mystical, the Mythical, and the Historical. Only two are "true" and one is an absolute falsity due to the tragic loss of the "gnosis" and knowledge of the previous two. Can you guess which one is false?

A Christian's religious belief system, when tested and exposed to contradictory facts from Biblical languages, Biblical history, Biblical culture, the study of Gnosticism as well as Comparative Religions, Astronomy and Astrology, and Archeology, must in the Spirit of Truth and Repentance, be flexible enough to change.

Blessings.....Craig Lyons M.Div. 2004

THE PAGAN JESUS:

The Christ Conspiracy by Acharya S SIMPLY GREAT
Bible Myths and Parallels In Other Religions by T. W. Doane SIMPLY GREAT
Aryan Sun-Myths The Origin of Religion (1899) by Charles Morris SIMPLY GREAT
The Jesus Mysteries by Freke and Gandy SIMPLY GREAT
The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects by Barbara Walker SIMPLY GREAT
Jesus: God, Man, Or Myth? by Herbert Cutner SIMPLY GREAT
The Book Your Church Does Not Want You To Read by Tim C Leedom SIMPLY GREAT
The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors by Kersey Graves
Pagan Christs by J. M. Robertson
The Christ Myth by Arthur Drews
The Astrological Foundation Of The Christ Myth by Malik H. Jabbar
Jesus: Pagan Christ Or Jewish Messiah? A Skeptic's Search For The Historical Jesus by Lawrence E. Dalton and Shirley S. Dalton
The Christ: A Critical Review And Analysis Of The Evidence Of His Existence by John Remsberg
The Jesus Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin With A Mythical Christ? by Earl Doherty SIMPLY GREAT

THE BEST PICTURE OF THE JEWISH FAITH & IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NON-JEW (GENTILE CHRISTIANS TODAY)

Where Judaism Differs by Abba Hillel Silver SIMPLY GREAT
Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed And Creed by Benjamin Blech SIMPLY GREAT
two volumes by George Foote Moore...Judaism I and II
To Be A Jew by Rabbi H. Donin
The Aryeh Kaplan Anthology vol. 1 and II
Celebrate: The Complete Jewish Holidays Handbook by Leslie Koppelman Ross
Living Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values For Today's Families by Anita Diamant and Howard Cooper

MANSCRIPTS....CORRUPTIONS...THE ORIGIN OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHRISTIAN CORRUPTION OF IT..BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

Let's Get Biblical (plus tape series) by Rabbi Tovi Singer (http://www.outreachjudaism.org/) SIMPLY GREAT
Antisemitism in the New Testament by Lillian Freudmann SIMPLY GREAT
Who Wrote The Bible by Richard Friedman SIMPLY GREAT
Faith Strengthened by Isaac Troki SIMPLY GREAT
Judaism's Truth Answers the Missionaries by Beth Moshe SIMPLY GREAT
History Of The Christian Religion To The Year Two Hundred by Charles Waite SIMPLY GREAT
You Take Jesus I'll Take God by Samuel Levine
Is It God's Word by George Wheless
Forgery In Christianity by Joseph Wheless
The Canon Of The New Testament by Bruce Metzger
Putting Away Childish Things by Uta Ranke-Heinemann

THE ESSENE PROBLEM CULMINATING IN THEIR APOSTATE JUDAISM CALLED CHRISTIANITY TODAY

The Essene Christian Faith by Martin Larson SIMPLY GREAT
The Essene Heritage by Martin Larson SIMPLY GREAT
The Story of Christian Origins by Martin Larson SIMPLY GREAT
Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls by L Schiffman
The Beginning Of Christianity by Andrew Welburn
The Hidden Jesus by Michael MaGee

YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THOROUGHLY GNOSTICISM.... THE FIRST NT CAME FROM THEM..... MANY TYPES..... LEARN THE DIFFERENCE... AND LEARN TO SPOT IT IN THE NT WE HAVE TODAY

The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels SIMPLY GREAT
Jesus And The Lost Goddess by Freke And Gandy SIMPLY GREAT
Fragments of a Faith Forgotten by G. R. S. Mead SIMPLY GREAT
The Gnostic Paul by Elaine Pagels
Pistis Sophia, A Gnostic Gospel by G. R. S. Mead
Did Jesus Live 100 B. C.?, by G. R. S. Mead, SIMPLY GREAT
Thrice Greatest Hermes by G. R. S. Mead,
Early Christian Heresies by Joan O'Grady
Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity by Birger Pearson
The True Origins of Christianity and the Bible by Andrew Benson
The Beginning Of Christianity by Andrew Welburn
Jung And The Lost Gospels by Stephan Hoeller
Gnosticism: New Light On The Ancient Tradition by Stephan Hoeller
Gnosis: The Nature & History Of Gnosticism by Kurt Rudolph
The Gnostic Scriptures by Bentley Layton

GREAT JEWISH PERSPECTIVE ON THE END OF THE AGE....FROM JEWISH EYES....GREAT SCHOLAR

The Passover Plot: A New Interpretation of the Life and Death of Jesus by Hugh Schonfield
The Essene Odyssey: The Mystery of the True Teacher and the Essene Impact on the Shaping of Human Destiny by Hugh Schonfield
Those Incredible Christians by Hugh Schonfield
Jesus Party by Hugh Schonfield
The Mystery of the Messiah by Hugh Schonfield
Proclaiming the Messiah: The Life and Letters of Paul of Tarsus, Envoy the Nations by Hugh Schonfield

EXAMINING PAUL FOR WHO HE REALLY IS (OR AT LEAST THE ROMAN "TRANSFIGURATION OF THE GNOSTIC PAUL")

The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity by H. Maccoby SIMPLY GREAT
The Rival Philosophies Of Jesus And Of Paul by Ignatius Singer
The Gnostic Paul by Elaine Pagels
Paul The Convert: The Apostolate And Apostasy Of Saul The Pharisee by Alan R. Segal
Paul: Follower Of Jesus Or Founder Of Christianity by David Wenham
Paul And Hellenism by Hyam Maccoby SIMPLY GREAT
An Atheist For Jesus by Kenneth Schei
Christianity Betrayed by Kenneth Schei
Jesus or Paul? by Dr. Arnold Meyer

THE MESSIAH AND WHAT WAS DONE TO HIM BY ROME

The Jewish Messiah by Dan Chon-Sherbok SIMPLY GREAT
The Myth of God Incarnate by John Hick
The Messianic Idea In Israel by Joseph Klausner
The Wolf Shall Lie With The Lamb by Rabbi S. Boteach
Messiah Idea In Jewish History by Julius H. Greenstone

THE EGYPTIAN CONNECTION....LOST TODAY...TIME TO RETURN TO HEBREW ROOTS ..AND THEY BEGIN IN EGYPT

Christianity Before Christ by John G. Jackson SIMPLY GREAT
Egyptian Divinities: The All Who Are The One by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
Egyptian Cosmology: The Absolute Harmony by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
Historical Deception: the Untold Story of Ancient Egypt by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
Egyptian Mystics: Seekers Of The Way by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
Tut-Ankh-Amen by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought by James Bonwick SIMPLY GREAT
The Historical Jesus And The Mythical Christ by Gerald Massey SIMPLY GREAT
The Deeper Truth: Uncovering The Missing History Of Egypt by Richard Cassaro
Ancient Egypt: The Light Of The World by Gerald Massey SIMPLY GREAT
Gerald Massey's Lectures by Gerald Massey SIMPLY GREAT
The Origin and Evolution Of Religion by Albert Churchward SIMPLY GREAT
The Origin Of All Religious Worship by Charles Dupuis SIMPLY GREAT
Temple Of The Cosmos by Jeremy Naydler SIMPLY GREAT
Ruins Or Meditation On The Revolutions Of Empires And The Law Of Nature by C.F. Volney SIMPLY GREAT
Stolen Legacy by George M. James SIMPLY GREAT
Jesus..the Last of the Pharaohs by Ralph Ellis SIMPLY GREAT
Out of Egypt by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
The House of the Messiah by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
Jesus in the House of the Pharaohs: The Essene Revelations on the Historical Jesus by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
Moses and Akhenaten: The Secret History of Egypt at the Time of the Exodus by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
The Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt: The Secret Lineage of the Patriarch Joseph by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt by Rundel Clark SIMPLY GREAT
The Death Of The Gods In Ancient Egypt by Jane Sellers

Answer for yourself: What will these books teach me?

These books will help the reader confront the many challenges regarding the orthodox approach to the inherited "Jesus Story" and the history of Christianity and its true origins. These books point their critical finger at many of the rigid dogmas of Christianity as well as the LITERAL interpretation of the "Jesus Story" which has sadly created not only mental servitude with attendant idolatry but at the same time stifled the real understanding of the original Christian message that goes all the way back to the beginning of time in Egypt. If you read these books you will come to see beyond any doubt that the true meaning of Christianity is to be found in the Mystical and Mythological Teachings. These books will help you see through the false traditions inherited in our day and will show you the need for a revival of the effort to discover the esoteric significance of the Christian heritage, to understand the ALLEGORICAL method of Biblical interpretation, and to find behind the myths, legends, dramas, symbols, and allegories, the spiritual vision which they embody as understood by the Ancients. Only in this way will there ever be a new birth for Christianity and an new enlightenment which is no desperately needed in the Christian world comprising over 3 billion people in the world today.

I CONSIDER ALL OF THESE BOOKS A MUST....YOUR LIBRARY NEEDS EACH OF THEM OR AT LEAST REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH CATEGORY............IF YOU READ THESE BOOKS OR AS LEAST THE "GREAT ONES" THEN YOU WILL KNOW ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN...(ALMOST)..BUT YOU GET THE POINT....MOST PROBLEMS WITH CHRISTIANITY ARE DEALT WITH IN THESE BOOKS AND FEW THINGS ESCAPE EXPOSURE IN THESE BOOKS...THEY COVER IT ALL...... needless to say I have many more books that I could recommend...but this is the best of crop.. you might can get some of them inexpensively at http://www.bibliofind.com under the "used" book searches.