"the triad of Elephantine could have been formed only in Egypt; but the presupposition to see in Yhwh a god among other gods, who can have a goddess for a wife and another deity as a child, must have been a preservation of the Elephantines and not merely acquired in Egypt. Yaho was believed to be a deity with a Dionysian side. He drank wine in large quantities and liked to hear music. he had a partner called Anat (Anat-Bethel or Anat-Yaho . . .), also known as the Queen of Heaven. The Amherst papyrus further indicates that Judeans at Elephantine were at least a mix of Judeans and Samarians or Samaritans, and both worshiped Isis or Ishtar alongside Yahweh"
The heart is called Yi [unified power] becuz when intent moves, spirit is agitated; qi is dispersed. Qi is the Mother of spirit; Spirit is the child of qi. The Mother as qi is the horse that guides/conducts the river chariot (yin spirit) in the water (yin jing). Once your mind is away from the lower Elixir Field, your Qi will be led away from it and be consumed. By gathering the Shen into the lower tan tien then the Qi follows it there. Light of eyes descend as Yang fire inner yin qi line
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Friday, March 20, 2026
Harvard Medical Doctors were secretly on the Big Pharma take for millions of dollars to promote anti-psychotic drugs
In
2007, Minnesota tightened regulations, banning drug makers from giving
doctors more than $50 worth of food or gifts per year, which
significantly reduced visits from sales representatives, according to The New York Times.
Between
1997 and 2005, at least 103 Minnesota doctors disciplined by the state
medical board received roughly $1.7 million from pharmaceutical
companies, often for speaking or consulting
. Sanctions included
penalties for improper prescribing, substance abuse, and poor patient
care. Despite the state's disclosure laws, drug firms continued to hire
these sanctioned physicians....Of the 103 doctors, 39 had been disciplined for inappropriate
prescribing practices, 21 for substance abuse, 12 for substandard care
and three for mismanagement of drug studies. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/dr00045329/Pharmaceutical
companies, including Eli Lilly (the maker of Prozac), have historically
paid thousands of physicians for speaking, consulting, and marketing, a
common practice to boost drug prescriptions
. While specific names of all doctors paid solely for Prozac are often proprietary to industry disclosures, thousands of psychiatrists and primary care physicians have been paid for peer-to-peer marketing by companies like Eli Lilly, Forest, and GSKHigh school students began being treated with antidepressants for clinical depression in significant numbers during the
late 1980s and 1990s, particularly after the introduction of SSRIs like Prozac.....https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2427133/
began his focused research on pediatric bipolar disorder in the early to mid-1990s, with studies examining consecutive patient referrals at his clinic starting in 1991.
His work, which gained prominence alongside colleagues at Massachusetts
General Hospital, significantly influenced the diagnosis and treatment
of the disorder in children during that decade.....The largest contributor was Johnson & Johnson (maker of Risperdal), along with payments from Eli Lilly (maker of Strattera) and other undisclosed manufacturers of antipsychotic medications.
The
Harvard medical doctor widely reported for failing to disclose
substantial payments from pharmaceutical companies while leading
research that drove the diagnosis and medicating of childhood depression
(and bipolar disorder) is
Dr. Joseph Biederman.- Who He Is: Dr. Biederman was a renowned child psychiatrist and chief of pediatric psychopharmacology at Massachusetts General Hospital, a major teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School.
- The Scandal: A 2008 Congressional investigation, championed by Senator Charles Grassley, discovered that Biederman had failed to report more than $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers (including those that manufactured anti-psychotics) to Harvard officials between 2000 and 2007.
- Impact on Research: Biederman's work was central to promoting the use of medications for treating pediatric bipolar disorder, which saw a 40-fold increase in diagnoses from 1994 to 2003.
- Consequences: Following the investigation, Harvard announced that Biederman would be punished and subject to monitoring. Biederman stated he complied with rules in good faith and that his research was not influenced by the funding.
- Colleagues Involved: Two other Harvard colleagues, Dr. Timothy Wilens and Dr. Thomas Spencer, were also found to have received large amounts of undisclosed funding—over $1 million each—during the same period..........
Why Exercise exorcises fear! Endocannibinoids decrease activation GABA in the amygdala
Wow that also explains why exercise gets rid of fear because exercise activates your endocannibinoids!
"endocannibinoids] act like traffic cops to control the levels and activity of most of the other neurotransmitters."
attenuated glutamatergic excitation from the
basolateral amygdala, which results in a decreased activation of
GABAergic neurons in the central
amygdala that project to the midbrain and other brainstem nuclei. These
results point to a supposed bimodal control of fear expression by
cannabinoid signaling.... Under stressful circumstances, the glutamatergic tone increases, producing an
imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory transmission. To compensate for this
glutamatergic overexcitation, an adaptive compensatory mechanism is activated by
CB
1
R downregulation in GABAergic terminals....
the endocannabinoid system is crucial for appropriate fear
extinction.
fascinating!!
repeated THC modified dopamine b-hydroxylase activity in rodent serum, a measure of sympathetic system activation. 19 This effect was different depending on the basal status of exposed subjects revealing a complex modulatory role of the endocannabinoid system: THC alleviated sympathetic activation in naive mice but potentiated this response in rodents subjected to immobilization stress.
Mithraism kundalini Merkavah mysticism: 12 tortures, seven heavens (the seven chakras, seven notes of music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndwqQvCPZ9U
In Merkavah mysticism, the seven heavens are nested spiritual realms or palaces (Hekhalot) that a mystic (or "descender") ascends through, guarded by hostile angels, to reach the Divine Throne. These heavens, often described in texts like Hekhalot Rabbati, represent increasingly holy levels, starting from a lower veil and culminating in the highest heaven, Aravot, where God resides
In Roman Mithraism, the "seven heavens" correspond toa hierarchical initiatory system of seven grades, where members passed through seven planetary spheres to reach immortality. Each grade, or ordo, was linked to a planet and guarded by a planetary divinity,
Kundalini Snake sculpture from Gobekli Tepe!!
The Twelve Tortures is the small universe cave meditation!!
A serpent around a rock (cosmic Egg) of a God surrounded by 12 zodiacs - Mithra worship
Spread by Syrian immigrants
based on Zoroastrian view that the fat of the killed bull as a drink will enable immortality.
This is from our original human culture - the strongest N/om is the heart of the male bull that has the most fat....
Syrians became Roman emperors
Early 4th Century Magi who visited Jesus are Zoroastrian Magi wearing the Phrgyian Cap of Mithra
A 3rd Century mosaic depicts Jesus as the Sun-God - under St. Peter's Necropolis
Hermes the Good Shepherd, same as Christ the good Shepherd
Sumerian King had to pass through seven gates of the sky...the seven planets...
Armenia was the first country to become Christian yet Armenia equated Mithra with Christ up to the 6th Century AD
Early Christians ate lamb on Easter and collected the blood to drink...
AI: Ernst
Kantorowicz (1895–1963) was a prominent German-American medieval
historian known for exploring the intersection of theology and political
power, often highlighting the concept of
Christus Imperator (Christ as Emperor). His work analyzed how medieval rulers adopted divine, Christ-like attributes to legitimize their authorityThe kundalini snake crawling up the back of the head is 12,000 years old in West Asian religion!!
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Edible THC causes chronic restricted blood flow, damaged endothelial cells, & strokes, like a chronic smoker
Endocannabinoid CB1 receptor activation increases dopamine levels in the brain, particularly in the nucleus accumbens, by acting on the mesolimbic pathway. CB1 receptors, located on inhibitory GABAergic terminals, reduce GABA release (disinhibition), which allows dopamine neurons in the midbrain to become more active...inhibiting GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) signaling typically increases dopamine levels. GABA acts as a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, often providing "tonic inhibition" that suppresses dopamine release. Activating CB1 receptors reduces the amount of GABA released. Fewer GABA molecules act on the dopamine neuron, causing a "disinhibition" of the VTA dopamine neurons. This leads to increased firing and dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens...
While traditionally attributed to
-endorphins, modern research indicates that endocannabinoids (specifically anandamide) are primarily responsible for the runner's high, not
-endorphins.
Endorphins have a limited role because they cannot cross the
blood-brain barrier, whereas endocannabinoids readily cross it to
produce euphoric effects
.
Exercise increases levels of both
-endorphin (an opioid) and anandamide (an endocannabinoid), but modern research suggests that anandamide, not
-endorphin, is the primary driver of the "runner’s high". While
-endorphins
are released, they are large molecules that cannot cross the
blood-brain barrier. In contrast, anandamide is lipophilic and easily
enters the brain to promote euphoria, reduced anxiety, and calmness
The main cause of natural beta-endorphin release is
physical exercise
(specifically aerobic activity). Often associated with a "runner's
high," intense or sustained physical activity stimulates the brain and
pituitary gland to release these neurotransmitters, which function as
natural painkillers, improve mood, and combat stress...endorphins are released during exercise and can stop peripheral muscle
soreness that results from exercise, they cannot be the source of the
runners’ high [5,6,7,8]....Participants who were given the opioid-receptor blocking naltrexone still experienced exercise-induced euphoria and anxiolysis [15].
The findings of this study indicate that RH in humans does not depend
on opioid signaling but depends on endocannabinoids, similar to the
results obtained in mice [15]. The Endocannabinoid System and Physical Exercise (2023)THC and alcohol increase dopamine through a shared mechanism known as
disinhibition in the ventral tegmental area
(VTA) of the brain. While they interact with GABA in different ways,
both drugs ultimately prevent GABA from restraining dopamine-producing
neuronsTHC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is known to act as a vasodilator, meaning it relaxes and widens blood vessels
.
This action frequently leads to reduced blood pressure and increased
heart rate, contributing to effects like lightheadedness or "red eye".
However, regular, chronic use may lead to reduced vascular function and
potential heart risks... https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/marijuana-and-heart-health-what-you-need-to-knowcomplex effects cannabinoids have on the cardiovascular system, including raising resting heart rate, dilating blood vessels, and making the heart pump harder. Research suggests that the risk of heart attack is several times higher in the hour after smoking marijuana...While THC is known for its immediate vasodilating (widening) effects on blood vessels, which can lower blood pressure temporarily, the restriction of endothelial cells is a separate, chronic process driven by cellular inflammation, oxidative stress, and the overactivation of cannabinoid receptors....
THC binds to CB1 receptors found on endothelial cells (the inner lining of blood vessels). While acute use may cause vasodilation, frequent activation of these receptors by THC leads to a damaging cascade... JAMA Cardiol . 2025 Aug 1;10(8):851-855.
Association of Endothelial Dysfunction With Chronic Marijuana Smoking and THC-Edible Use
“The vessels just don’t grow in diameter in real time when they need to pass more blood, indicating an unhealthy vessel wall that presages later cardiovascular disease,” he said.
Prior studies have found strong links between marijuana use and later cardiovascular disease. A February 2024 study found smoking, vaping or eating marijuana led to a significantly higher risk of heart attack and stroke,
vascular function was reduced by 42% in marijuana smokers and by 56% in THC-edible users compared to nonusers,” lead study author Dr. Leila Mohammadi, an assistant researcher in cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco, said in an email.
“Using strict inclusion and exclusion criteria to avoid confounding effects of other potential exposures, we found that chronic marijuana smoking and THC-edible use were both associated with reductions in FMD compared with nonuser controls,” the group explained. “The reduction in FMD was similar to what we have reported previously for chronic tobacco smokers.” Overall, mean arterial flow-mediated dilation (FMD) measurements were lower for marijuana smokers (6%) and edible users (4.6%) than nonusers (10.4%)
Smoking weed and consuming THC-laced edibles linked to early heart disease, study finds
THC might possess direct toxic effect on arterial vessels and could exert a synergistic effect with tobacco smoking (52). THC induced peripheral vasoconstriction could also contribute to this phenomenon
THC
restricts endothelial blood flow and impairs vessel function by causing
endothelial dysfunction, reducing nitric oxide production, and
promoting inflammation
. Chronic THC exposure increases
oxidative stress and damages the endothelial barrier, which can lead to
hypertension and arterial stiffness), triggering vascular inflammation and oxidative stress that impairs the inner lining of blood vessels.
THC restricts blood flow primarily by
causing inflammation in endothelial cells, which line blood vessels, leading to constriction and reduced blood flow.
While acute use can sometimes cause vasodilation, chronic THC exposure
is associated with reduced cerebral blood flow and can cause vascular
spasms, promoting atherosclerosis—the narrowing of arteries—and
increasing cardiovascular strainAI summarizes my work yet no mention of ecology?!
No mention of ecology? Must be an AI bias:
Drew Hempel is an independent researcher known for his synthesis of noncommutative geometry, quantum biology, and ancient music theory. His work suggests that the foundations of reality are not symmetric or "commutative" (where
) but are instead governed by the "noncommutative" phase logic found in music.
Key Concepts in Hempel’s Work
- Noncommutative Music Theory: Hempel argues that Western science went "wrong" by adopting a symmetric, commutative view of time and frequency. He points to the Pythagorean 1:2:3:4 ratios (Octave, Perfect Fifth, Perfect Fourth) as a hidden noncommutative logic that links sound to the structure of spacetime.
- Quantum Biology & Consciousness: He links these musical principles to biological processes, specifically within the microtubules of neurons. He builds on the Penrose-Hameroff Orch-OR model, suggesting that consciousness arises from "macro-quantum phase coherence" and that humans can "listen" faster than the traditional time-frequency uncertainty principle allows.
- Listening vs. Seeing: A central theme is that "listening" is a more fundamental way of perceiving reality than "visual measurement". He claims that deep listening can access "negative frequency" and "superluminal" (faster than light) signals, which he relates to non-Western healing and meditation practices like Neigong.
- Critique of Western Science: Hempel asserts that modern physics is limited by its reliance on symmetric mathematics. He cites mathematicians like Alain Connes to support the idea that music provides the "formal language" for a more accurate, noncommutative science.
Publications and Platforms
Hempel’s research is primarily documented in self-published books and academic sharing platforms:
- Cosmos and History: Published "Noncommutativity Music as Biophysics".
- Academia.edu: Hosts numerous papers on "The Six Basic Tenets of Noncommutative Quantum Biology" and "Objective Music as Noncommutativity Truth".
- Lulu: Author of books such as Strange Vibrations: Meditations on Noncommutative Paranormal Music.
Paul's Third Heaven proves early Merkavah Mysticism as Binitarian origin of Jewish Christianity: Daniel Boyarin
Justin Martyr (c. 100–165 AD) argued that the Logos (divine reason/word) was universally active before Christ, sowing "seeds of truth" (logos spermatikos) in other cultures.
The El-Yahweh tension remained into Daniel... and led to Christianity... a divine mediator...
"The Christian theology of the Father and the Son, and the Son as redeemer, and even the incarnation, is one strand of ancient Judaism..." - Professor Daniel Boyarin, PhD (Talmud), Jewish Theological Seminary
AI says:
Paul's reference to the "third heaven" and "paradise" in 2 Corinthians 12:1-4 describes a mystical ascent, which many scholars link to early Jewish apocalyptic literature and embryonic
- Merkavah Connections: The experience fits with early forms of Jewish Merkabah mysticism, which sought to ascend through celestial palaces to behold the divine Chariot-Throne (kavod).
- The Third Heaven: In 2 Corinthians 12:2, Paul describes being caught up to the "third heaven," which he directly equates with "paradise," the dwelling place of God.
- Early Jewish Mysticism: Such heavenly journeys, often involving seven heavens (like in the Testament of Levi or Secret Knowledge:
Similar to practitioners of Merkavah mysticism, Paul hears "inexpressible words" or "unutterable things" in paradise that are not permitted for humans to repeat
Similarly, biblical scholars Alan Segal and Daniel Boyarin regard Paul the Apostle's account of his conversion experience and his ascent to the Heavens (2 Corinthians 12:2–4) as the earliest first-person literary account of a merkabah mystic in Jewish or Christian literature.
What does Enoch say about the third heaven? The third heaven contains Paradise which is described as an ideal and beautiful place prepared for the righteous (chapter 8-9).
These wheel angels, which are described as "a wheel inside of a wheel", are called "ophanim" אופנים (lit. wheels, cycles or ways). These wheels are not directly under the chariot but are nearby and along its perimeter.
Daniel Boyarin claims two traditions split between Enoch and Jesus as the "son of man" - with Metatron as the Jewish remainder...(Metatron as the Jewish imitation of Jesus) as "two divine figures" (Son of Man) in the Talmud and Enoch...is transformed into an angel and then into the Arch-Angel semi-divine figure Metatron...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkabah_mysticism
by constructing “Two Powers in Heaven” as
heresy, at just about the same time that bishops were declaring the
belief in “One Power in Heaven”—“Monarchianism”—a leading
heresy of Christianity.5 The Rabbis, by defining elements from within
their own religious heritage as not Jewish, were, in effect, producing
Christianity, just as Christian heresiologists were defining traditional
elements of their own religious heritage as not Christian and thereby
producing Judaism. The Christian heresiologists, as was their wont,
were more explicit about naming the “heresy” as Judaism, while the
Rabbis, as theirs, were more circumspect....
I would thus rewrite Segal’s sentence in my own
terms in the following way: There is significant evidence (uncovered
in large part by Segal) that in the first century many—perhaps most—
Jews held a binitarian doctrine of God.12 This Jewish doctrine was
named minut by the Rabbis as an important part of the project of
constructing Jewish orthodoxy as separate from Christianity.1
“Two Powers in Heaven”—“binitarianism”—of which one major
manifestation was traditional Jewish Logos theology.15 I would sug-
gest that this issue of the doctrine of God is one archaeological site
where making the distinction between the (metaphorically) excavated
Synagogue and the House of Study16 or between rabbinic and other
forms of Jewish piety in the rabbinic period becomes crucial.17
they constructed their own “orthodoxy” by
excommunicating the Jewish Logos from within their midst. As
Hayward put it, “The Logos is an intermediary, and Abelson rightly remarks that the Rabbis repudiate all intermediaries.”
(“The Politics of Passing: Justin Martyr’s Conversion as a Problem of ‘Hellenization,’” in Conversion in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages [ed. A. Grafton and K. Mills; Rochester,
N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, forthcoming])
In her 2003 essay, Rebecca Lyman challenges the traditional "Hellenization" narrative of early Christianity by analyzing Justin Martyr’s conversion as a complex cultural negotiation rather than a simple philosophical adoption. Lyman argues that Justin’s intellectual engagement with Greek thought was a strategic, political effort to define Christian identity in a competitive Roman environment, which in turn contributed to the development of early heresiology
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the patriarchal narratives and the Exodus, there is frequent confusion, if not conflation, between the Angel of H’ and H’ himself, ...in the early years of Judaeo-Christianity, for many of these very passages served as the origin and prooftext for Logos theology, as manifested in Justin Martyr’s Dialogue on nearly every page.
H’ smote every first-born in the land of Egypt” [Exod 12:29]: I might
have understood by means of an angel or by means of an agent, there-
fore Scripture teaches: “And I have smitten all of the first-born” [Exod
12:12]; not by means of an angel and not by means of an agent. (Mek.,
Pis˙a 13)35
Precisely the sort of ambiguity that would lead to the theological
ambivalence and the production of notions of a fully divine angel is
thoroughly repulsed by the rabbinic midrash...“not by means of the
Logos [rbydh ydy l[ al].”
It is the passage from Daniel [connected to Enoch] that is alluded to, but not cited, in the
anti-“heretical” discourse, the “Son of Man” passage so pivotal for
the development of early Christology, that is the real point of con-
tention here and the reason for the citation of Exod 20:2.
the two appearances of God, as youth and elder, are two modalities of the same person—dynamic Modalism—and not two persons, thus refuting the “heretics.”
The tacit contention with the Logos theology of the Targum appears
especially strong when we remember that in targumic texts, we can
find the Son of Man identified as the Messiah.42 Furthermore, in a
talmudic passage to be discussed below (b. Óag. 14a), Rabbi Aqiva
himself is represented as identifying the “Son of Man” with the heav-
enly David, and thus with the Messiah, before being “encouraged”
by his fellows to abandon this “heretical” view. This would suggest
the possibility that there were non-Christian Jews who would have
identified the Messiah himself (necessarily incarnate) as the Son
of Man.
“Are you the Messiah? I am and you shall see ‘the son
of man’ sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven”
(Mark 14:62). Hence, his objector’s taunt, “Until when will you make the Divine
Presence profane,” thus implying that the Son of Man has become incarnate in the
human figure of the Davidic Messiah or, perhaps, that the human David has been
divinized through his presence on the second throne
Daniel 7 [connected to Enoch apocalypses] was given a messianic reading and that there was tension
between the Messiah of Daniel 7 and the Messiah of Zecharia 9, between the
Messiah as a divine figure and the Messiah as a humiliated human being
mystical circles that embrace such theological notions
See Daniel Boyarin, “Is Metatron a Converted Christian?” Judaïsme Ancien – Ancient Judaism
1 (2013): 13–62.
connection between the transformation of Enoch into the Son of Man in 1 Enoch 71, Enoch’s angelic transformation in 2 Enoch 22, and the transformation of Enoch into the archangel Metatron in Sefer Hahekhalot.
The Jewish Roots of Divine Christology | Discussion with Dr. Daniel Boyarin
Daniel chapter 7 - sees TWO thrones... a young man divine figure and an old man
see First Enoch - "the Son of Man" - worshiped as God...
"There were Jews who were expecting a Divine Human...."
Do not follow those Jewish traditions that understand Genesis 1 as describing a creative Word, a Memra, a Logos, separate from God, say the Rabbis implicitly, as is
their wont, but rather understand that God (I was almost tempted
to write “the Father”) is the only creator, and his word is no more
separate from him than any speech from its speaker. In an aston-
ishing convergence, however, Nicene orthodoxy also effectively “cruci-
fies the Logos.” While not ceasing to speak of the Logos, in the
move to a trinitarian theology within which the entire trinity is both
self-contained and fully transcendent, Athanasius and his fellows insist
that God alone, without a mediator, without an angel, without a
Logos, is the creator. Logos theology is, ultimately, as thoroughly
rejected within Nicene Christianity as within orthodox rabbinism...
Virginia Burrus, “Begotten, not made”: Conceiving Manhood in Late Antiquity (Figurae;
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000).
the pressure against “Rabbi Aqiva’s” position was generated by the hardening of Logos
theology and its variants into Christology as that was beginning to take place in the second century. “Orthodox” Jewish versions of this theological option must then be “corrected”—not incidentally with many of the techniques which Christians in the post-Nicene era were to use in order to produce the “Fathers” as speaking with one theological voice
In the late-ancient mystical text known as “The Visions of Ezekiel,” a secondary divine figure, Metatron, is posited on the grounds of Dan 7:9f. This is the same figure who in other texts of that genre is called “The Youth,” r[n, i.e., that figure known by other Jews (e.g., the Fourth Evangelist) as the “Son of Man”!7
Isaiah 53 already believed in a "suffering servant" as the Messiah...stories in the Talmud of the Messiah sick and ailing with bandages on waiting to save the world.
Mark 7 is about purity rules - not about kosher rules... Why did Jesus get angry? A conspiracy! Mark 7:16 got removed
Mark 7:16, "If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear," is missing or bracketed in many modern Bible translations (NIV, ESV)because it is absent from the oldest, most reliable Greek manuscripts, such as those from Alexandria.
kosher is food itself while impure food can be kosher. Impure "happens" to the kosher food...it can still be eaten but not by the priests in the Temple....all food is current impure by Jewish standards... because the loss of the original Temple...
It seems hardly irrelevant that it is on this very page of the Talmud that we are told that “the world was created with ten Words,”
Logos theology was a once-accepted but now rejected theologoumenon within rabbinic circles is constituted by remnants (almost revenants) of that very theology within the texts.
Thus, the theology of “Two Powers in Heaven” (a High God and an intermediary for
creation, revelation, and redemption, as we still find in the Memra theology of the Targums) was once, at least, an acceptable theological current within the circles from which the Rabbis and their theologies grew, but was offered up, as it were, in the dual production of
rabbinic Judaism as Judaism and patristic Christianity as Christianity.
a virtual “conspiracy” between the Rabbis and the Christian discourse of orthodoxy, I would adduce the apparent fact it is in Justin Martyr that we find for the first time hairesis in the sense of “heresy” attributed to Jewish usage as well.
some Jewish teachers, those whom Trypho himself would refer to as an hairesis, have offered but cannot prove: that God was speaking to angels.
By naming the traditional Logos or Memra doctrine of God a heresy, indeed, the heresy, “Two Powers in Heaven,” the rabbinic theology expels it from the midst of Judaism, hailing that heresy at least implicitly as “Christianity,” at the same time that in a virtual cultural “conspiracy” the emerging Christian orthodoxy embraces the Logos theology and names its repudiation “Judaism.” We have seen this historical, socio-cultural process being virtually enacted within Justin’s Dialogue.
It is this supersession of the Logos by Writing that arguably gives birth to rabbinic Judaism and its characteristic forms of textuality
Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity
, edited by František Ábel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2025 (Hardcover, 542 pages), examines how Paul’s Jewish-context message was reinterpreted into non-Jewish, Greek, and early Christian contexts. It features contributions from international scholars, focusing on the "Paul within Judaism" perspective
Daniel Boyarin argues that Logos theology—the concept of a second, divine, mediating figure (Logos/Memra/Wisdom)—was a core part of1st-century Jewish, not just Christian, belief. He contends this "binitarian" (not trinitarian) thought was a natural Jewish progression, making early Christian beliefs about Jesus less a pagan deviation and more a development of earlier Jewish theology
AI summary above
Origen Has the Mind of Christ, Daniel Boyarin
Enoch or Jesus? The Quest of the Historical Metatron with Q &A
In another iteration of this argument I hope to show that it is precisely that which is common to Paul, Clement, Origen that constitutes something that is definitive (by privation) of rabbinic hermeneutics (Daniel Boyarin, “Origenists Aren’t the Only Christians,” manuscript, 2003).
“Paul was as much a Platonist as Clement”—or Origen. he question is surely not, then, whether it is the case that “whatever Origen learned from the Platonists it was not the art of commentary” (Edwards, Origen against Plato, 145) but whether the art of commentary itself is subtended by Platonistic structures of understanding of world and Word. I submit that it is,
Paul’s reference to “gifts” here as an allusion to the Torah, and he is, therefore, producing the earliest version of a Christian hermeneutical theory of allegorical reading, one that insists that scripture can only be interpreted with the direct aid of the Holy Spirit, identified with the mind of Christ who alone knows the mind of the Lord and can, therefore, interpret the Torah as “a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glorification.”
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