Book of Yeshua: Chronicle of Our Spirit, Vol iii - Paperback

by Scannell (Author)

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The Book of Yeshua: Chronicle of Our Spirit. vol iii is a speculative history reconstructing the world of Yeshua and his relationship with Our Spirit. Known by many names throughout the ages, Our Spirit was first called Spente Mainyu in Zoroastrianism, and later as the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost in Christianity and Islam. To be more inclusive, the book refers to the creative spirit of compassion as Our Spirit, a force that not only changed religion, but influenced Humanism and Socialism.

What do we know about Yeshua? The biography historians reconstruct is pure conjecture. Not a shred of evidence or documentation, during his lifetime, exists to shed a light on his life. The earliest Gospel was written thirty years after his crucifixion, relied on memories, and composed in Greek for a Roman audience. The Gospels hide as much as they reveal the historical Yeshua.

Nor has the story of Our Spirit been told. At its core, this narrative is a spiritual biography; one that reveals a revolutionary spirit moving us from an ancient to a modern world. The movement then, as now, is over our social soul. Though under attack today by white Christian nationalists, through the lives of Yeshua and his followers, Our Spirit developed as a cultural and political power with a will to be reckoned with.

As an annotated narrative of social justice and spirituality, the inspiration for the Book of Yeshua began with studying Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in college, and flourished after reading Reza Aslan's Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. Materials employed in the writing of this book include: The Bible, Gnostic Gospels, Dead Sea Scrolls, several biographies and histories-many authored by Michael Grant, and online resources.