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BET EMET MINISTRIES

"Hebrew for "House of Truth"

Craig Lyons M.Div.

RECOMMENDED BOOK LIST

The following is the recommended reading list for students of Bet Emet Ministries. Each of these following books is very important in your study of the origins of the Christian Faith for one or more reasons. If I had it to do all over again instead of the several hundred or so books collected and read over 20 yrs these would be the only books I needed to read to get the total picture of the corruption of "the faith once given the saints". From my viewpoint looking backward I consider each of these books mandatory for ones understanding of the difficult problems which confront us once we begin to study the origin and corruption of early Christianity. I make few promises but I will make an exception at this time: If one undertakes to read as many of these books in the following categories then there will be little that will escape him in his quest for truth concerning the Christian faith, the "Jesus Story", as well as Messianisms within Judaism which originated with Egypt in the beginning of time. This is all the more important when one gets down to the difficult task of trying to reconcile the Jewish Messiah as taught by Judaism and the blurred image of him as found in our depiction of the "Jesus Christ" in the Second New Testament which Rome gave us in refutation of the earliest Gnostic First New Testament which has been so tragically altered today and which so few tragically are aware. Blessings to all in your search for God's truth. These books will reveal to you the different "karast/Christ", or should I say "Jesus" which is found down throughout recorded history: the Mystical, the Mythical, and the Historical. Only two are "true" and one is an absolute falsity due to the tragic loss of the "gnosis" and knowledge of the previous two. Can you guess which one is false?

A Christian's religious belief system, when tested and exposed to contradictory facts from Biblical languages, Biblical history, Biblical culture, the study of Gnosticism as well as Comparative Religions, Astronomy and Astrology, and Archeology, must in the Spirit of Truth and Repentance, be flexible enough to change.

Blessings.....Craig Lyons M.Div. 2004

THE PAGAN JESUS:

• The Christ Conspiracy by Acharya S SIMPLY GREAT
• Bible Myths and Parallels In Other Religions by T. W. Doane SIMPLY GREAT
• Aryan Sun-Myths The Origin of Religion (1899) by Charles Morris SIMPLY GREAT
• The Jesus Mysteries by Freke and Gandy SIMPLY GREAT
• The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects by Barbara Walker SIMPLY GREAT
• Jesus: God, Man, Or Myth? by Herbert Cutner SIMPLY GREAT
• The Book Your Church Does Not Want You To Read by Tim C Leedom SIMPLY GREAT
• The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors by Kersey Graves
• Pagan Christs by J. M. Robertson
• The Christ Myth by Arthur Drews
• The Astrological Foundation Of The Christ Myth by Malik H. Jabbar
• Jesus: Pagan Christ Or Jewish Messiah? A Skeptic's Search For The Historical Jesus by Lawrence E. Dalton and Shirley S. Dalton
• The Christ: A Critical Review And Analysis Of The Evidence Of His Existence by John Remsberg
• The Jesus Puzzle: Did Christianity Begin With A Mythical Christ? by Earl Doherty SIMPLY GREAT

THE BEST PICTURE OF THE JEWISH FAITH & IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NON-JEW (GENTILE CHRISTIANS TODAY)

• Where Judaism Differs by Abba Hillel Silver SIMPLY GREAT
• Understanding Judaism: The Basics of Deed And Creed by Benjamin Blech SIMPLY GREAT
• two volumes by George Foote Moore...Judaism I and II
• To Be A Jew by Rabbi H. Donin
• The Aryeh Kaplan Anthology vol. 1 and II
• Celebrate: The Complete Jewish Holidays Handbook by Leslie Koppelman Ross
• Living Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values For Today's Families by Anita Diamant and Howard Cooper

MANSCRIPTS....CORRUPTIONS...THE ORIGIN OF THE BIBLE AND THE CHRISTIAN CORRUPTION OF IT..BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

• Let's Get Biblical (plus tape series) by Rabbi Tovi Singer (http://www.outreachjudaism.org/) SIMPLY GREAT
• Antisemitism in the New Testament by Lillian Freudmann SIMPLY GREAT
• Who Wrote The Bible by Richard Friedman SIMPLY GREAT
• Faith Strengthened by Isaac Troki SIMPLY GREAT
• Judaism's Truth Answers the Missionaries by Beth Moshe SIMPLY GREAT
• History Of The Christian Religion To The Year Two Hundred by Charles Waite SIMPLY GREAT
• You Take Jesus I'll Take God by Samuel Levine
• Is It God's Word by George Wheless
• Forgery In Christianity by Joseph Wheless
• The Canon Of The New Testament by Bruce Metzger
• Putting Away Childish Things by Uta Ranke-Heinemann

THE ESSENE PROBLEM CULMINATING IN THEIR APOSTATE JUDAISM CALLED CHRISTIANITY TODAY

• The Essene Christian Faith by Martin Larson SIMPLY GREAT
• The Essene Heritage by Martin Larson SIMPLY GREAT
• The Story of Christian Origins by Martin Larson SIMPLY GREAT
• Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls by L Schiffman
• The Beginning Of Christianity by Andrew Welburn
• The Hidden Jesus by Michael MaGee

YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THOROUGHLY GNOSTICISM....THE FIRST NT CAME FROM THEM.....MANY TYPES.....LEARN THE DIFFERENCE ...AND LEARN TO SPOT IT IN THE NT WE HAVE TODAY......

• The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels SIMPLY GREAT
• Jesus And The Lost Goddess by Freke And Gandy SIMPLY GREAT
• Fragments of a Faith Forgotten by G. R. S. Mead SIMPLY GREAT
• The Gnostic Paul by Elaine Pagels
• Pistis Sophia, A Gnostic Gospel by G. R. S. Mead
• Did Jesus Live 100 B. C.?, by G. R. S. Mead, SIMPLY GREAT
• Thrice Greatest Hermes by G. R. S. Mead,
• Early Christian Heresies by Joan O'Grady
• Gnosticism, Judaism, and Egyptian Christianity by Birger Pearson
• The True Origins of Christianity and the Bible by Andrew Benson
• The Beginning Of Christianity by Andrew Welburn
• Jung And The Lost Gospels by Stephan Hoeller
• Gnosticism: New Light On The Ancient Tradition by Stephan Hoeller
• Gnosis: The Nature & History Of Gnosticism by Kurt Rudolph
• The Gnostic Scriptures by Bentley Layton

GREAT JEWISH PERSPECTIVE ON THE END OF THE AGE....FROM JEWISH EYES....GREAT SCHOLAR

• The Passover Plot: A New Interpretation of the Life and Death of Jesus by Hugh Schonfield
• The Essene Odyssey: The Mystery of the True Teacher and the Essene Impact on the Shaping of Human Destiny by Hugh Schonfield
• Those Incredible Christians by Hugh Schonfield
• Jesus Party by Hugh Schonfield
• The Mystery of the Messiah by Hugh Schonfield
• Proclaiming the Messiah: The Life and Letters of Paul of Tarsus, Envoy the Nations by Hugh Schonfield

EXAMINING PAUL FOR WHO HE REALLY IS (OR AT LEAST THE ROMAN "TRANSFIGURATION OF THE GNOSTIC PAUL")

• The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity by H. Maccoby SIMPLY GREAT
• The Rival Philosophies Of Jesus And Of Paul by Ignatius Singer
• The Gnostic Paul by Elaine Pagels
• Paul The Convert: The Apostolate And Apostasy Of Saul The Pharisee by Alan R. Segal
• Paul: Follower Of Jesus Or Founder Of Christianity by David Wenham
• Paul And Hellenism by Hyam Maccoby SIMPLY GREAT
• An Atheist For Jesus by Kenneth Schei
• Christianity Betrayed by Kenneth Schei
• Jesus or Paul? by Dr. Arnold Meyer

THE MESSIAH AND WHAT WAS DONE TO HIM BY ROME

• The Jewish Messiah by Dan Chon-Sherbok SIMPLY GREAT
• The Myth of God Incarnate by John Hick
• The Messianic Idea In Israel by Joseph Klausner
• The Wolf Shall Lie With The Lamb by Rabbi S. Boteach
• Messiah Idea In Jewish History by Julius H. Greenstone

THE EGYPTIAN CONNECTION....LOST TODAY...TIME TO RETURN TO HEBREW ROOTS ..AND THEY BEGIN IN EGYPT

• Christianity Before Christ by John G. Jackson SIMPLY GREAT
• Egyptian Divinities: The All Who Are The One by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
• Egyptian Cosmology: The Absolute Harmony by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
• Historical Deception: the Untold Story of Ancient Egypt by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
• Egyptian Mystics: Seekers Of The Way by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
• Tut-Ankh-Amen by Moustafa Gadalla SIMPLY GREAT
• Egyptian Belief and Modern Thought by James Bonwick SIMPLY GREAT
• The Deeper Truth: Uncovering The Missing History Of Egypt by Richard Cassaro
• Ancient Egypt: The Light Of The World by Gerald Massey SIMPLY GREAT
• The Historical Jesus And The Mythical Christ by Gerald Massey SIMPLY GREAT
• Gerald Massey's Lectures by Gerald Massey SIMPLY GREAT
• The Natural Genesis...Vol I and II...by Gerald Massey SIMPLY GREAT
• The Book Of Beginnings....Vol I and Vol II...by Gerald Massey SIMPLY GREAT
• The Origin and Evolution Of Religion by Albert Churchward SIMPLY GREAT
• The Origin Of All Religious Worship by Charles Dupuis SIMPLY GREAT
• Temple Of The Cosmos by Jeremy Naydler SIMPLY GREAT
• Ruins Or Meditation On The Revolutions Of Empires And The Law Of Nature by C.F. Volney SIMPLY GREAT
• Stolen Legacy by George M. James SIMPLY GREAT
• Jesus..the Last of the Pharaohs by Ralph Ellis SIMPLY GREAT
• Out of Egypt by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
• The House of the Messiah by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
• Jesus in the House of the Pharaohs: The Essene Revelations on the Historical Jesus by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
• Moses and Akhenaten: The Secret History of Egypt at the Time of the Exodus by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
• The Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt: The Secret Lineage of the Patriarch Joseph by Ahmed Osman SIMPLY GREAT
• Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt by Rundel Clark SIMPLY GREAT
• The Death Of The Gods In Ancient Egypt by Jane Sellers

Answer for yourself: What will these books teach me?

These books will help the reader confront the many challenges regarding the orthodox approach to the inherited "Jesus Story" and the history of Christianity and its true origins. These books point their critical finger at many of the rigid dogmas of Christianity as well as the LITERAL interpretation of the "Jesus Story" which has sadly created not only mental servitude with attendant idolatry but at the same time stifled the real understanding of the original Christian message that goes all the way back to the beginning of time in Egypt. If you read these books you will come to see beyond any doubt that the true meaning of Christianity is to be found in the Mystical and Mythological Teachings. These books will help you see through the false traditions inherited in our day and will show you the need for a revival of the effort to discover the esoteric significance of the Christian heritage, to understand the ALLEGORICAL method of Biblical interpretation, and to find behind the myths, legends, dramas, symbols, and allegories, the spiritual vision which they embody as understood by the Ancients. Only in this way will there ever be a new birth for Christianity and an new enlightenment which is no desperately needed in the Christian world comprising over 3 billion people in the world today.

I CONSIDER ALL OF THESE BOOKS A MUST....YOUR LIBRARY NEEDS EACH OF THEM OR AT LEAST REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH CATEGORY............IF YOU READ THESE BOOKS OR AS LEAST THE "GREAT ONES" THEN YOU WILL KNOW ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN...(ALMOST)..BUT YOU GET THE POINT....MOST PROBLEMS WITH CHRISTIANITY ARE DEALT WITH IN THESE BOOKS AND FEW THINGS ESCAPE EXPOSURE IN THESE BOOKS...THEY COVER IT ALL...... needless to say I have many more books that I could recommend...but this is the best of crop.. you might can get some of them inexpensively at http://www.bibliofind.com under the "used" book searches.

Blessings...

• Bet Emet Ministries
• Craig Lyons M.Div
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