(September 28, 2015 at 6:38 am)pocaracas Wrote: Guys, can anyone point me in the right direction or straight out tell me how we know that there were several apocalyptic preachers around the first century, in that particular middle-eastern region?
How can we say that the Teacher of Righteousness and Jesus were not the same historical person?
The "Teacher of Righteousness" is just some unknown person from the 1st century BC. Unknown as in we don't know his identity. Could he have influenced Jesus? Absolutely - we don't really know who influenced Jesus since nothing of value is told to us about Jesus before he begins his ministry. It is generally used to establish there was a culture of Messianic teachers at the time, which itself lends further credibility to the historic existence of Jesus. He couldn't have existed as a Messianic teacher in an age with no Messianic activity (well not unless he really was the Son of God anyway).
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
