How Discrimination in Judaism led to the growth of Christianity
A story about an African Queen, and her treasurer, a black (Jewish) Cushite ✡ eunuch (a sexual minority) convert to a new Jewish sect called, The Way — today, it's called Christianity.
A story about an African Queen, and her treasurer, a black (Jewish) Cushite ✡ eunuch (a sexual minority) convert to a new Jewish sect called, The Way — today, it's called Christianity.
The Black Queen in The New Testament
“Toward the end of Acts, Philip converts an #Ethiopian eunuch to Christianity. He's described as “a court official of “Candace” queen of the Ethiopians” and as being “in charge of all her treasure”.
“Toward the end of Acts, Philip converts an #Ethiopian eunuch to Christianity. He's described as “a court official of “Candace” queen of the Ethiopians” and as being “in charge of all her treasure”.
“Interestingly, the eunuch is also said to have traveled to Jerusalem in order to worship there. While there are plenty of questions raised by the eunuch’s presence in the text, I felt more intrigued by those concerning the queen he served.”
The Kingdom of Kush
"The word “Candace” itself is not a personal name in this context. Rather, it is a title used by the female monarchs “of the ancient Kingdom of Kush in the Nile Valley.”
"The word “Candace” itself is not a personal name in this context. Rather, it is a title used by the female monarchs “of the ancient Kingdom of Kush in the Nile Valley.”
The Black Queens (“Kandakas”) of Kush
Kandake was the title for queens and queen mothers (and often means first royal wife) of the ancient African Kingdom of Kush, which was an ancient Nubian state in what is now Sudan.
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Kandake was the title for queens and queen mothers (and often means first royal wife) of the ancient African Kingdom of Kush, which was an ancient Nubian state in what is now Sudan.
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"As no one yet has been able to decipher the Meroitic script, very little can be said for certain on how #Meroe grew to become the wonderous city written about by Herodotus in 430 BCE, but it is known that the city was so famous for its wealth that the ...
... Persian King Cambyses mounted an expedition to capture it."
The God-fearers
Some believe that the Ethiopian Eunuch's status as a "God fearer" (not fully in-or-out) helped in his conversion to Christianity.
The Eunuch couldn't be circumcised; because he's a eunuch. He doesn't have a penis.
Some believe that the Ethiopian Eunuch's status as a "God fearer" (not fully in-or-out) helped in his conversion to Christianity.
The Eunuch couldn't be circumcised; because he's a eunuch. He doesn't have a penis.
"In Paul's message of salvation through faith in Christ as opposed to submission under the Mosaic Law, many God-fearers found an essentially Jewish group to which they could belong without the necessity of their accepting all the Jewish Laws ....
... - [like circumcision]."
"Aside from earning Paul's group a wide following, this view was generalized in the eventual conclusion that converts to Christianity need not first accept all Jewish Law, a fact indispensable to the spread of the early Christians ..
which would eventually lead to the distinction."
"... between Judaism and Christianity as two separate religions."
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus ....
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus ....
"And if ye be Christ's, then ye are Abraham's seed, and heirs to the promise."
- Paul
- Paul
“And do NOT think you can say to yourselves, 'WE have Abraham as OUR father.' I tell you today that out of these very STONES God can raise up children for Abraham.”
— Yeshua, Founder of “The Way” later called Christianity.
— Yeshua, Founder of “The Way” later called Christianity.
“Love is patient, Love is kind, Love doesn’t envy or boast, it isn’t proud, self seeking nor keeps a record of wrong. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, trusts, hopes and saves."
-- St. Paul The Apostle of Jesus
-- St. Paul The Apostle of Jesus
A Judaism for Black God-fearers in The Kingdom of Kush
It was the Apostle Paul not James, (the cousin of Jesus) who made the case for Jewish inclusion. St. Paul debated Peter and Jesus's cousin James about the Mosaic Law vs. Grace.
In the end, St. Paul won the debate.
It was the Apostle Paul not James, (the cousin of Jesus) who made the case for Jewish inclusion. St. Paul debated Peter and Jesus's cousin James about the Mosaic Law vs. Grace.
In the end, St. Paul won the debate.
Because Paul refused to bend the knee to Roman Nationalism.
Because he argued with Jesus' own cousin, James on the question of inclusion.
Because of that and more...
Today, despite her warts: Christianity is the largest religion in the world.
pewforum.org/2012/12/18/glo…
Because he argued with Jesus' own cousin, James on the question of inclusion.
Because of that and more...
Today, despite her warts: Christianity is the largest religion in the world.
pewforum.org/2012/12/18/glo…
St. Paul throwing his identity around!
"I am a JEW, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of NO ORDINARY city. Please let me speak to the people."
"I am a JEW, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of NO ORDINARY city. Please let me speak to the people."
The man who made the case for inclusion and diversity, the man who took his hammer 🔨 laden with all sorts of identities, and swung, swung, and brought it crashing down on the Roman Emopire: St. Paul.
Life of Paul the Apostle FULL DOCUMENTARY
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Life of Paul the Apostle FULL DOCUMENTARY
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Who was Paul of Tarsus? Jewish Biography as History Dr. Henry Abramson
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