Originally posted by Raphael
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“[In Luke, who adds this second part of the charge sheet, this reads:
We found this man perverting our nation, forbidding [the nation] to give tribute to Caesar, and claiming himself to be Christ, a King. (23: 2)
This charge about ‘forbidding to pay the tax to Caesar’ – aside from the related one about ‘claiming to be a King’ – is utterly surprising, since the Gospels go to such lengths to portray Jesus as recommending just the opposite (Luke 20: 22– 25 and pars). In our view, forbidding the people to pay the tax in this charge sheet in Luke was the authentic position of the Messianic Movement in Palestine and all its bona-fide representatives – there being no Messianism in Palestine that recognized the Roman Emperor.]”
Eisenman, Robert (2012-10-11). James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls (Kindle Locations 5840-5847). Watkins Publishing LTD. Kindle Edition.
Likewise, the anti-Semitism is not authentic Jesus. I am not saying that Jesus is anti-Jewish; that would be impossible, but the words put in his mouth are.
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