Did you know some of the first recorded Christians were a Roman Imperial Family? The Flavius family even produced the first pope (Clement I). Josephus Flavius wrote this parapolitical analysis of Jesus just ~50 years after his death "The Wars Of The Jews" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jewis…
This book by Joseph Atwill is a Jaw dropping historical analysis of Josephus Flavius's writings. Atwill proposes that the New Testament of the Bible was written by the Flavians as a psychological warfare tool to get Messianic Jews to stop rebelling against the Roman Empire
Atwill theorizes the New Testament is actually a retelling of the military campaign of Titus Flavius in Judea (Gaza/ Israel) For example: Josephus's writings say that the walling of Jerusalem (predicted by Jesus in the New Testament) was added to the Bible after Titus did it IRL
Remember at the top of this thread I mentioned the destruction of the Temple of Solomon?
(VERY relevant to current events in Gaza/Israel btw)
Well, guess who destroyed the Second Temple?
Titus Flavius !!
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And he did it, on 9/11 (the Ninth of Av) !!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Te…
Throughout the book I got a Joseph-Campbell-"Hero-Of-A-Thousand-Faces" vibe. especially with these "comparative" charts showing parallels of Christian/Jewish scripture and Roman events. Here's one such chart for how Titus' military campaign parallels New Testament scripture.
The book posits that the Flavian family hijacked the historical figure Jesus and his ministries by authoring the New Testament which historians agree was written ~40-79 A.D. (the time of the Flavian reign) to propagandize Romans and "psyop" the Jews to align with them
BTW, this pattern is not far-fetched. I learned (while reading about Imhotep years back) that the Greeks did the same thing to the Egyptians. Ptolomy (a white Greek pharoah) created "Serapis" and other Gods by retelling stories from the Egyptian pantheon but with Greek faces.
This book is a REALLY erudite tour thru the history of the region. It was a page-turner. (BTW Atwill himself was a Christian and attended Jesuit (🚨) theological schools.) Here are more examples of those charts showing parallels between Jewish/Christian scripture and Roman war:
Atwill pulls out of Josephus Flavius's writings other historical bits and contends that the New Testament was always intended to be read ALONGSIDE the writings of Josephus and uses that to justify his thesis.
Regardless of your beliefs, the book feels at times heretical, but even if you dont agree with Atwill's thesis (which I don't, fully) it is nonetheless a REALLY well-cited one-stop-shop tour through tons of the history of Judea (Israel) and the Roman Empire.
(if you aint got time fo' dat whole book) The INTRODUCTION alone is Atwill's complete thesis and serves as an "executive summary" for the entire book.
The book is up (for now) on:
Josephus Flavius' Books/Audiobooks are also on Archive.
P.S. IMHO, the biggest flaw in Atwill's idea was Josephus himself. His real name? Joseph ben Matityahu and he was a General of the Jewish rebels. Trapped by the Romans he tricked his men into committing suicide to save his own life.
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Atwill omits this. jewishvirtuallibrary.org/josephus-flavi…
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It's spooky how much what's happening right now PERFECTLY mirrors what happened back then.
The "hidden history" behind the "official history" makes the similarities even more obvious. (1/4)
The lawfare, the civil unrest, the fake protests, the media misdirection, the coverups, even EXACT words of politicians themselves.
Back then, something was pushed ENTIRELY by a secretive group of elites but they masqueraded it as "public opinion" and 'democracy'. (2/4)
Only now, looking back, do we see the grand plot of power politics. the parapolitical drama. the revolution.
Nesta Webster wrote about the French Revolution. The similarities to present-day will blow your mind. Even if you only read the prologue. (3/4) archive.org/details/french…
What was previously "conspiracy theory" in books (like "Boys From Brazil" and "Boreman Brotherhood"), was all quietly validated in recent months via declassifications.
Hitler survived WW2. Guys like Mengele died decades later on beaches of South America. We were warned tho 🧵👇
The Mengele stuff was already pretty public. People just dismissed it (2/7)
FUN FACT: The British ran a secret intel office out of Manhattan to propagandize Americans into joining WW2. Where? Rockefeller Plaza aka "30 rock" aka NBC
Re: "Room 3306" and British Propaganda in the U.S. during WW2:
NOTE: By WW2 the Bank of England & British War Cabinet was indebted to one Family who'd outsmarted them with a brilliant stock bet documented in this 1934 film and Niall Ferguson's books
Ukraine is also another case-study in this same global revolution.
In this thread (👇) I show how Ukraine is a long-running Brzezinski-planned strategy to foment GLOBAL revolution under the guise of bolstering the U.S. by toppling Russia. (2/3)
Covid was the "starter pistol" fired by the World's largest Technocracy (the CCP in China) It signaled to their functionaries around the World to pull off their decades-old masks and make the FINAL push to world governance. (3/3) threadreaderapp.com/thread/1801956… x.com/s7ephen/status…