Note:   All are True Names Versions, most are new translations, found nowhere else, no pagan names, titles, or worship words added. Some of these historical selections are available in three possible formats: manuscript with class study guides, MP3 download, and audio stream.  Streaming is possible on broadband (cable, DHL, wireless) only.  Most include the narrative, transcript, and study guide for use with study groups.

INDEX:         

The Dead Sea Scrolls: Teacher of Righteousness

Jewish Pseudepigrapha, so-called, including New, True Names Translations (such as Enoch)

Scriptures Discarded by the Rabbinical and Protestant Reformations (such as Maccabees)

Apostolic Literature Discarded by Rome and the Church

The Apostolic Letters of Hillel III regarding Shimeon Kefa and the Nazorean Movement

Newly Discovered Resource Bearing Upon the Nazoreans

Logue's Historical Abstracts - 1st Century Jewish History and Archeology

The Dead Sea Scrolls:  Teacher of Righteousness: Autobio Sections:

Scriptures Discarded by the Rabbinical and Protestant Reformations

Apostolic Literature Discarded by Rome and the Church

T. Flavius Clemens, The Ancient Sermon known as 'Second Clement' or "Clement's second Letter to the Corinthians"  Not only the earliest 'Christian' sermon (so-called), but also one of the best. The author insists on the proselyte's commitment to the Torah and the Way of the assembly.  This sermon is a far cry from today's proclamation of grace justifying everything one does.                                                                                                                 transcript & guide  MP3   stream < 22 min 

Yosef bar Naba, "The Epistle of Barnabas": To the Children of Love and Peace [PDF] : The Epistle of Barnabas is included in the earliest versions of the New Covenant . It is Hebraic in character and explains several hidden meanings of the Hebrew Scriptures, including the higher meaning of sacrifices, food ordinances, the 8 day prophetic week and what it really means to be a a follower of Yahshua the Messiah.                                                     Buy the paperback here (Greek & English)      annotated text [PDF]    audio stream  

The Torah of Zillai, "The Teachings of Sylvanus": This is a letter from Silas (Zillai) to his son, bar Zillai, which attempts to dissuade the younger man from joining with the zealots.  The text is specific enough to convey the message but general enough to be of no threat to establishment powers.      annotated text     stream  

Kata Mattyah: The Good News According to Matthew.  This is a NEW TRANSLATION based on the Codex Sinaiticus.  It is very useful for gaining a command of the biblical Hebrew language.  Many common transliterated Hebrew words replace their English counterparts so that the student progressing through this version will gain a basic Hebrew vocabulary.                         

                                                              Buy the paperbacks here    annotated text, MP3 download, and audio stream

The Letter of the Smyrnaeans of The Martyrdom of Polycarp. We write to you, brothers, an account of what befell those that suffered martyrdom and especially the blessed Polycarp, who endured the persecution, having set his seal on it by his martyrdom. For nearly all the previous events came to pass so that the Master might show us once more an example of martyrdom that is conformable to the Evangel.

True Names Version based on Lightfoot  

Excerpt The Teaching of the Apostles informing us about the locations in which the Apostles ordained priests.

True Names Version

Hillel III's Letters Regarding the Nazorean Movement in Jerusalem: Presentations of Hillel's first and second letters from Letters regarding Elohim's Providence to the Jews.

Hillel III, Letter 1 Reporting his Personal Observations of Simon Peter      < 16 minutes    MP3   stream

Newly Discovered Resources Bearing Upon the Nazoreans

Ancient Nazarene Commentaries on Isaiah conserved by Jerome - Jerome (347 – 440 AD) was an ecclesiastical historian best known for his many translations of scripture into Latin, including his best-known work, the Vulgate.  He may well have been in contact with the ancient sect of the Nazarenes, which he speaks of in favorable terms, and we suppose the following commentaries proceeded from common discourse with them.  If so, these commentaries may well be one of the most important and most neglected sources of Nazarene lore in our possession. 

The Hazon Balaam, or Balaam / Bilam in the Tell Deir 'Alla Inscription - The Deir 'Alla Inscription (or Bala'am Son of Be'or Inscription) was the product of a 1967 excavation in Deir 'Alla, Jordan. The excavation revealed a many-chambered structure that had also been destroyed by earthquake, during the Persian period at the site, on the wall of which was written a previously unknown prophecy by the seer and prophet Bala'am, son of Be'or.

The Hazon Gabriel, or Revelation of Gabriel, the "stone" Dead Sea Scroll - Scriptural scholars are abuzz over a stone tablet that is said to bear previously unknown prophecies about a Jewish messiah who would rise from the dead in three days. But there are far more questions than answers about the tablet, which some have suggested could represent "a new Dead Sea Scroll in stone."

Christ's-Mass: The Real Reason for the Season (excerpts): (Nydle) Within the Christian Church, it was not till the fourth century was far advanced did Christ Mass gain much observance.