What an iconic Historical Gem Ralph Ellis has become!!! The Truth is the lock.. Knowledge is the key. What a privilege to be alive to know the work of this gift to mankind... The Great Ralph Ellis !!!
No, he hasn’t. This “scholarship” is an epic piece of make-belief, just like the Da Vinci Code. Just because the Bible isn’t true, doesn’t mean that any crackpot alternative history is going to be true.
You're body of work is so impressive. I love to watch you debate scholars on these issues. You hold your own every single time. They attempt to gaslight you so often, but you have prepared so well that it doesn't work. These lectures are so rich with insight and information, that I've watched each one at least 5 times. I found you after I came to realize that all religions are works of propaganda. I wanted to understand who was in charge, and what decisions were made. Finding you was exactly what I needed. I don't even think that you understand the true value of the work you have done. I hope that one day, the world will know of this work, and celebrate how it was the catalyst that lead to true freedom. I'm sure that I'm not the first to say this, but thank you for your life's work. This work makes you one of the most important people to ever live!
Thanks Ralph! After listening to almost every podcast you did i finally managed to buy some of your books. The evidence is overwhelming. And it so interesting! The figures in the bible stories i always saw some what apart from history. But you have been able to bring them alive in a very realistic way. And the more you know about this history the more current life, conflicts and struggles makes sense.
Absolutely. He’s opened up the possibilities. Literally anything goes. Maybe Jesus was from mars ? I’m sure his family were firework makers from middle earth who knew Gandalf the Greg…no wait a minute…Gandalf was Jesus! That’s it! Let’s make a video that proves that!
Ralph, I have avidly listened to the last 4 lectures, making my way thru the entire corpus you have set -I have enjoyed thoroughly and from my own researches concur on so many of your findings, and am pleased to hear and learn so many more, sterling work, do continue in this thread - will seek out your books - i think I have read some somewhre somehow prior, but will do so again with invigorated relish
Love your incredibly detailed work Ralph - after first hearing you on Fade to Black Radio, I've made a point of going back and listening to every F2B interview you did, more than once - now here I am following up, listening to all your lectures and talks - thanks very much for your hard work!
Thanks for publishing these, Ralph. I’ve shared it to a couple of facebook groups like Bart Ehrman’s because I like a lot of your scholarship, and a few other presenters like Dr. David Neiman 👍
Bart Ehrman is a serious scholar with incredibly high standards of professional ethics. He wouldn’t have anything to do with RE. I also doubt it RE would go near Bart Ehrman either because RE is a charlatan and wouldn’t want to be exposed.
Sorry I wrote this a bit prematurely, my question was answered later in the video. Very interesting and thought provoking work, although in your own words Josephus is not to be trusted and a lot of your work is based on things he wrote.. I’m watching all your videos non the less, there is a lot of previously hidden history in there, so thank you 🙏🏽
I have subbed to your channel and I am working through all your lectures. Thank you! Fascinating stuff! Am I correct in picturing Jesus as a castrated king in a dress with full make up and a bushy red beard and moustache?! 🤯
I know where you can find the history by Justus of Tiberius! I'd start searching in the Vatican archives if I had the expertise and the Vatican allowed it but they are so restrictive that those secrets will probably never get out.
Magdala, Nazareth, and Bethany were separate towns. Mary/Mariamne/Marianne/Miriam are/were variations on the same common name. That was why each woman was identified by the town she came from. They were the only women from those towns mentioned in the Bible, so it was a way to differentiate them in a time without social security numbers.
Hallett makes sh1t up. Ask him for references. There is absolutely no data to show the relationship between King Jesus and Jesus Barabbas. But since Barabbas means Son of Father, one might guess at his being Jesus' son. R
@@RalphEllis It was my leap that identified Jesus #2 with Barabbas, was not explicitly so told by Greg. In fact Victoria's two Jesi could be even two others than the king of Edessa and the crucified-by-Pilate, though I suspect that at least one of them overlaps. I don't believe that he makes stuff up. Maybe he does. Time will show. I am not in conversation with him of late, but perhaps will open the topic as you suggested.
I was taught that Josephus was captured as a prisoner of Titus in the Galilean campaign. That he was the last of his company left after the officers of the Jewish army committed suicide and somehow survived. That Josephus accompanied Titus in the destruction of Jerusalem. Later he was presented to Uncle Vespasian along with the Temple scrolls whom he won over prognosticating Vespasian's rise to Emperor. That Josephus opened the first school of Rabbinical Judaism in Rome under his master's instructions. Your lecture seems to omit any participation of Josephus in the Rebellion. What am I missing?
Your books opened my eyes to so much as never grasped to what benefit a Jew was to the Romans. Jesus the pacifist suited them to a tee, a toothless messiah.
Greetings, I wonder why you don't sell the copyright of your books to film producers in Hollywood and make good money for broadcasting the true story of Jesus, the grandson of Cleopatra and son on the Persian King.
2) @28:30 as you doubtless know, Ralph, Josephus was originally part of the Church canon, but removed for some reason in the early centuries of the first millennium. This perhaps seems relevant to our story.
Indeed. Every Victorian had the Bible and Josephus next door to each other on the same shelf. But the Reformation allowed enquiry, and enquiry led to realisation, and relisation led to horror - and Josephus was relegated to the bottom shelf. Nobody could have Josephus as Saul - the primary author of the New Testament.
Ralph, very interesting! So Josephus was deleted later in the Reformation then. You know, some of the Caesar’s Messiah folks seemed to think they were early published together in some Bibles, but I couldn’t confirm it.
If you are a true Christian, you need to understand Josephus. But then you find out that the leader of the Jewish Revolt was called either Jesus or Izas. It causes no end of problems, which is why modern scholars simply evade the truth in the name of ecumenity. Nobody wants to be controversial anymore.....!
Ralph, was there at least one other more famous Jesus namesake in the literature, but I’ve forgotten the details. Isn’t Joseph of Aramithea a made up name, and we find the actual rock cut tomb of a wealthy family containing Jesus’ bone box in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem. Either way it doesn’t affect the understanding of a gnostic Jesus Christ. Doesn’t Reza Azlan call Jesus a Zealot, so perhaps that places him in the late 60s, too? The Gospel writers, maybe a team with Josephus in Rome or Alexandria under Vespasian, “predict” the destruction of Herod’s temple without any difficulty. Of course, there was a Jewish version of Josephus’ writings, mentioned by Dr. Henry Abramson here, but the Romans got rid of it, so it doesn’t survive.
Hello Mark 15:7 I'm not totally convinced of your assertions about this passage (I'm not a Christian) it could very easily be read as barrabas that had committed murder in the insurrection was bound with a group of insurrectionists and jesus was bought in singularly by the chief priests. And not as jesus being part of the bound group of insurrectionists. I'm not disagreeing with the premis. Just this passage used as evidence
I find these videos interesting, & I would like to investigate further. Unfortunately the amount of ads on these videos is utterly ridiculous. I have never had so many ads as often as I have had watching these youtube videos. I am sure a lot of people end up giving up watching these videos due to the sheer no. & frequency of ads. Not sure if you have any control over the no. of ads or not, Ralph, but if you do you need to make the ads about 1/4 of the current frequency, or you will lose viewers.
I have absolutely no control over the ads. If you don't like ads, you can watch the videos on Patreon, the subscription service. It only costs a few dollars a month. www.patreon.com/ralfellis Ralph
@@RalphEllis I don't mind people having ads on their youtube videos, after all you do deserve to be paid for your effort. If it was a couple of ads every 15 minutes or so, I wouldn't have an objection. However there seems to be ads every 3 to 5 minutes, & I am sure I haven't had this frequency of ads before on other youtube videos. I DO appreciate the effort you have put into your video's, & don't want to sound ungrateful, so thank you very much for the very informative & interesting video's. Not sure if I have wrapped my head around it all yet, especially as your ideas are so radically different to other historians on the matter. I might check out your Patreon site, thanks.
Brant - thank-you for commenting. I did not know this I am making my way through Ralph’s videos via the “playlist” tab on his channel. When I read your comment - I immediately thought - that’s bizarre because I’m not getting ads. Why? I’m not sure - but I have a “theory” If Ralph is telling the truth that he has no control over ads - as well as the amount - then perhaps it is TH-cam doing this - to DISCOURAGE people from learning about Ralph’s research To me this is the double edged sword - because although Ralph benefits from the revenue from each ad (no matter how small the amount per ad) - he also suffers because people thinking - just as you’ve written. Perhaps Ralph will look into this further because I would not have viewed ANY VIDEO - FROM ANY CHANNEL- where there are ads ever “3 to 5” minutes. And with the quality of research that Ralph is uploading to TH-cam - I’m so surprised that he only has 3.77K in subscribers. Perhaps this is because of frequency of ads I’m presently going through Ralph’s work via “playlist”: “Full Length Lectures - Ralph Ellis updated yesterday 32 videos” So Brant - you are experiencing an ad every 3-5 minutes - and I’ve watched more that 3.5hrs of video thus far and did not viewed even one advertisement. Yes - Ralph does not benefit financially from me - but he now has my viewership- “subscribership” - and potentially future book sale -- as well as sharing of his videos - which brings further potential benefit So Brant - there is an alternative to ads (time) or Patreon (money) Upwards and onwards fellow traveller 😉
At 8:20 begins a comment by Ralph Ellis regarding a painting by Sausalino(?) in which he notes there is portrayed an animal which is a 'bull' (ox?), not a 'cow' as he said. Moreover, there are three sheep (or elephants?!) in middle back of the painting; as well as, at least three (dead?) sheep being carried away, just above the bull's rear. Nevertheless, the portrait does help substantiate the point Ralph Ellis is making about Jesus, and by implication his followers, not endorsing ritual animal sacrifice. [Note on colloquial speech: "Cattle can only be used in the plural and not in the singular: it is a plurale tantum. Thus one may refer to 'three cattle' or 'some cattle'; but not 'one cattle'. No universally used singular form in modern English of 'cattle' exists, other than the sex- and age-specific terms such as cow, bull, steer and heifer. Historically, 'ox' was not a sex-specific term for adult cattle, but generally this is now used only for draft cattle, especially adult castrated males. The term is also incorporated into the names of other species, such as the musk ox and 'grunting ox' (yak), and is used in some areas to describe certain cattle products such as ox-hide and oxtail. "'Cow' is in general use as a singular for the collective 'cattle', despite the objections by those who insist it to be a female-specific term. Although the phrase 'that cow is a bull(!)' is absurd from a lexicographic standpoint, the word 'cow' is easy to use when a singular is needed and the sex is unknown or irrelevant - when 'there is a cow in the road', for example. Further, any herd of fully mature cattle in or near a pasture is statistically likely to consist mostly of cows, so the term is probably accurate even in the restrictive sense. "Other than the few bulls needed for breeding, the vast majority of male cattle are castrated as calves and slaughtered for meat before the age of three years. Thus, in a pastured herd, any calves or herd bulls usually are clearly distinguishable from the cows due to distinctively different sizes and clear anatomical differences. Merriam-Webster, a US dictionary, recognizes the sex-nonspecific use of 'cow' as an alternate definition, whereas Collins, a UK dictionary, does not. "Colloquially, more general nonspecific terms may denote cattle when a singular form is needed. Australian, New Zealand and British farmers use the term 'beast' or 'cattle beast'. 'Bovine' is also used in Britain. The term 'critter' is common in the western United States and Canada, particularly when referring to young cattle."]
He was a narcissist. And a swaggard. And an Egotist. And a liar (as he says). And a traitor. And a sycophant. Generally, just a horrible person. But the most influential of the last to millennia. R
Funnily enough E Michael Jones has never discussed Jesus being a revolutionary, as from his perspective to be anti logos is revolutionary and killing the logos was an act against reason itself.
You Mr. Ellis have confirmed what I discovered a long time ago.How can anyone say the New Testament is the inerrant word of God unless you also believe that God is none other than the Roman Emperor Vespasian, Sauls fabricated new man God Jesus is none other than Vespasian himself.
@@RalphEllis That's a shame. Besides Ms. Einhorn, others I'd like to see conversations with Francesco Carotta (very unlikely), Daniel Unterbrink (perhaps?), Joseph Atwill (again), Robert Price, and more with James Valliant & Jacob Berman. This seems to be the extent of those on TH-cam capable of having deep-dive exploratory conversations on this subject. Thanks & All the Best.
Thanks. Robert Price has refused, as has Richard Carrier. When I wrote to Carotta his relatives said he had passed away. My talk with Valliant was good value. R
@@RalphEllis That's too bad about Carotta (and it explains why I haven't seen him interviewed). I'm not fond of Carrier, but I'm surprised about Price? He seems to have warmed up to Atwill's theory, which dovetails with yours very neatly. All the best. PS I just picked up my second copy of Jesus, King of Edessa (my first was a used copy I have to a friend).
I think Price will not debate with me because my theory demolishes his mythicist arguments. Suddenly - if we look in the AD60s - we find a real historical Jesus, and his mythicist argument goes out of the window. Academics don't like to be told that everything they have taught and written about is wrong - that their whole academic life has been a lie. R
The common derogatory term for the Edessans was 'locusts', because they came from the East and destroyed Judaea. Just like the locusts of the plagues came from the east and destroyed Egypt. This is typical pesher. So their king was called: Kamza (locust). Agabus (locust). The Arab (locust). (From the Aramaic arebeh אַרְבֶּה meaning 'locust' or 'locust swarm'.) etc:
around 200BC rome changed from numismatic fiat coins to intrinsic spot price precious metal coins, and so fell foul of eastern traders who could exploit the price differences between east and west, so then rome felt the need to control lands to the east
i read caesar gaius julius could have been killed for being an advocate of precious metal money.i think this was in the American Monetary Institutes book The Lost Science of Money.perhaps fiat currency was what allowed rome to flourish and escape the deflation which most societies have suffered from throughout history..so ,as well as being governor of gaul, did julius have links to an old silk road?was it through greeks or perhaps egypt?..did pyramid epoch egypt have a well functioning money system to be able to create those great structures and be able to pay/feed those non-essential architects and builders?perhaps the temples acted as non-usurious agricultural banks with accurate record keeping
Anointed = Knighted? At least the two terms sound almost the same. I think Jesus eas not in control of Jerusalem because he was opposed by the Establishment due to the fact he was from Galilea, the north and in Jerusalem they still hated the north from the time it was invaded by the Assyrians. He did notrespect the Laws or Torah,, criticised the Pharisees saying they were the devil and were from below whereas he was from Above [an incarnation from the higher celestial realm] etc...
I'd like to interview you on my channel if you're interested. I've only recently discovered your work. I think it's extremely interesting and provocative.
Not really. If you read the intro to the KJ they too into account 70 original texts in the Greek and Latin, including the oldest we have, to correct the errors of the past. The translation is generally good, but they cover up some controversial aspects, like Saul asking to have a sister-wife, just like the other disciples had. But they would cover that up, even in a modern translation, because the translation is done by theologians. Ralph
Ralph, do you think Josephus' Simple Judaism was a mystery cult, or the Imperial cult? It almost seems so to me. Not sure of your take on this. He seems to be referring to himself as the savior to the Jews. That he is the way, the truth, and the way to life. To follow the Flavians and Rome. Also, could the sepulchre and resurrection be a reference to erecting statues of the new "Lord/Man gods"?
Josephus’ Simple Judaism was certainly the Imperial Cult, demanded and designed by Emperor Vespasian. More authors are coming around to my view on this - see Joe Atwil and James Valliant. The mystery cult was Jesus’ Nazarene Ebonite cult - what I call Egypto-Judaism. R
@@RalphEllis thank you for the response. I respect your work. I first saw you on the MythVision Podcast with Derek. Great shows! I've watched about half of your content on this channel so far and I'm impressed! Many many years of hard work. Hopefully mainstream will catch on with what your putting out soon. It would make a dramatic change in the way this world operates. Any thoughts on the resurrection and the statue?
Statue? The resurrection was firstly a standard Masonic 3rd degree, the same as my resurrection and the same as Lazarus’ masonic resurrection. Jesus was a Tekton, an architect, a Freemason - not a carpenter. Secondly, Jesus actually survived his crucifixion, as Josephus Flavius makes clear in his ‘Life’. Some also saw that can coming back from the dead, as not many people survived a crucifixion. R
@@RalphEllis yes sir. I agree with you on that aspect as well. I guess what I am getting at is that Jesus says he will rebuild the temple in 3 days. The temple being his body. A body can be a statue. Made of Peter(rock). A sepulchre(mnémeion) can stand for a monument or statue from what I have read. Considering Josephus could also be Joseph of Arimathea, could this be Josephus having statues of such Jesus, if it being the King of Edessa or one of the Flavians in the Imperial Cult, being resurrected(erected) in temples in Judea? The Risen Savior - an image that mystery cults pray to and worship as a man god. Hopefully that makes sense.
@@RalphEllis I wanted to add these scriptures as well to kind of paint a better picture for you. Hebrews 1 8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. Colossians 1 15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. The word used for image in this sentence is eikón and can be used as "statue".. There are 1st Century statues of Jupiter sitting with a scepter as well as a statue of Augustus sitting with a scepter. Both made of Petros. Both representing the Imperial Cult of Rome. The Nomina Sacra used for Jesus Christ could represent Iupiter Xristos. Its also questionable that the word they use for Heaven is also the name of a Greek God. Ouranos or Uranus.
@@RalphEllis Was it you I heard say the name "Robin Hood" was a sidewise reference to "The Robe and Hood" templar/freemason orders? Some of that is tacitly implied in The 2010 Robin Hood (with Russel Crowe).Either way, I'd be fascinated to hear your take on another of my favorite legends.
The celts had better roads than the Romans. They were made of wood so while they would need repaired more often trees grow back and stone doesn't. Also, when a road wasn't being used as much anymore the wood would just rot away and be taken over again by nature.
Thanks to Archaix VERY illuminating indeed and frustrating…I always wanted to be the nativity angel. The fairytale is nicer than the reality except the blood and killing part…. I guess that means ALL of it .. geez Ok the carols and stillness on Christmas Eve except now we know Satanists are killing things that night (Jessie Czebotar) geez!!
Gospels of Judas and Thomas both suggest a meditative experience had by Judas. The Mar Thoma Church caims origin aroung A.D. 52. ... This fits with a "Great Lie" dynamic to distract from the prophet Judas. Interesting that we are left with a mountain of colonialism and misogyny grounded on roman fascism that needs to move to the ground of truth; *really* interesting.
There are two origins for Judaism. One goes back into Egypt, but the other is Hindu. Animal sacrifice is down right satanic, and the God in ancient Judaism was both God and Satan. Animal sacrifice and eating animals was against the original Covenant of Genesis, and the true deity of Judaism is Lord Shiva, protector of creatures.
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Revelation par excellence.
Heavy work what you've uncovered here and the significance it still has on this day.. 🙏
What an iconic Historical Gem Ralph Ellis has become!!! The Truth is the lock.. Knowledge is the key.
What a privilege to be alive to know the work of this gift to mankind... The Great Ralph Ellis !!!
Tx. Ralph.
Most definitely, and those of us who have discovered his work should be forever fortunate and grateful!
And bullshit is the what you find inside. Intone after me, All hail the great Great Ralph Ellis! 😂
@@markrichter2053.
You Sir, are what Ralph would assume as being a Fool in any Generation.
Incredible work sir. You've cracked the real Da Vinci code
Thanks.
R
No, he hasn’t. This “scholarship” is an epic piece of make-belief, just like the Da Vinci Code. Just because the Bible isn’t true, doesn’t mean that any crackpot alternative history is going to be true.
You're body of work is so impressive. I love to watch you debate scholars on these issues. You hold your own every single time. They attempt to gaslight you so often, but you have prepared so well that it doesn't work. These lectures are so rich with insight and information, that I've watched each one at least 5 times. I found you after I came to realize that all religions are works of propaganda. I wanted to understand who was in charge, and what decisions were made. Finding you was exactly what I needed. I don't even think that you understand the true value of the work you have done. I hope that one day, the world will know of this work, and celebrate how it was the catalyst that lead to true freedom. I'm sure that I'm not the first to say this, but thank you for your life's work. This work makes you one of the most important people to ever live!
Glad you liked the research.
R
Agreed
Brilliant! I am enjoying this series immensely - thank you!🙏🏼
(Here from Archaix)
Thanks Ralph! After listening to almost every podcast you did i finally managed to buy some of your books. The evidence is overwhelming. And it so interesting! The figures in the bible stories i always saw some what apart from history. But you have been able to bring them alive in a very realistic way. And the more you know about this history the more current life, conflicts and struggles makes sense.
Illumination is a wonderful thing, isn’t it. Liberating. Exhilarating.
R
@@RalphEllis They look like sheep to me Ralph. The Hyksos shepherds?
I am enthralled!!!
Excellent research and fascinating work, thank you for shedding light on this and opening up the possibilities
Absolutely. He’s opened up the possibilities. Literally anything goes. Maybe Jesus was from mars ? I’m sure his family were firework makers from middle earth who knew Gandalf the Greg…no wait a minute…Gandalf was Jesus! That’s it! Let’s make a video that proves that!
Very interesting. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Ralph, I have avidly listened to the last 4 lectures, making my way thru the entire corpus you have set -I have enjoyed thoroughly and from my own researches concur on so many of your findings, and am pleased to hear and learn so many more, sterling work, do continue in this thread - will seek out your books - i think I have read some somewhre somehow prior, but will do so again with invigorated relish
You are very welcome
Love the series, Sir Ralph! Thanks for the spaceship, too, I had a good chuckle, then I went, hmmm... 😘
It obvious once you see it.... :-)
Love your incredibly detailed work Ralph - after first hearing you on Fade to Black Radio, I've made a point of going back and listening to every F2B interview you did, more than once - now here I am following up, listening to all your lectures and talks - thanks very much for your hard work!
Glad you liked it.
R
Excellent. Always fascinating.
Merci 💞🌍💞
Love the Life of Brian refremce.
Thanks for publishing these, Ralph. I’ve shared it to a couple of facebook groups like Bart Ehrman’s because I like a lot of your scholarship, and a few other presenters like Dr. David Neiman 👍
Tx.
I would love to see Bart and Ralph have a series of discussions.
Bart Ehrman is a serious scholar with incredibly high standards of professional ethics. He wouldn’t have anything to do with RE. I also doubt it RE would go near Bart Ehrman either because RE is a charlatan and wouldn’t want to be exposed.
Thank you for the work you have done Ralph. Can I ask is the evidence pointing towards Josephus possibly being the betrayer of Jesus?
Sorry I wrote this a bit prematurely, my question was answered later in the video. Very interesting and thought provoking work, although in your own words Josephus is not to be trusted and a lot of your work is based on things he wrote.. I’m watching all your videos non the less, there is a lot of previously hidden history in there, so thank you 🙏🏽
I have subbed to your channel and I am working through all your lectures. Thank you! Fascinating stuff! Am I correct in picturing Jesus as a castrated king in a dress with full make up and a bushy red beard and moustache?! 🤯
Josephus did not mention that the Galilean eunuchs had to shave, so yes….! :-)
R
@@RalphEllis The things they don't teach you at Sunday school!
I know where you can find the history by Justus of Tiberius! I'd start searching in the Vatican archives if I had the expertise and the Vatican allowed it but they are so restrictive that those secrets will probably never get out.
Sure. Do you have an entrance ID and passwords?
RE
I was thinking the exact same thing !!
what fantastic storie and a fantastic story teller i wonder what kind of discovery could prove you correct.
Further evidence is coming forth every year.
See my Huqoq Mosaic talk (Alexander Mosaic).
R
I still want to see Scientology’s tax status revoked. I don’t care what happens.
at 8 mins 38 I see a cow, at least 4 lambs and two baskets of doves, a cage with two geese
Magdala, Nazareth, and Bethany were separate towns. Mary/Mariamne/Marianne/Miriam are/were variations on the same common name. That was why each woman was identified by the town she came from. They were the only women from those towns mentioned in the Bible, so it was a way to differentiate them in a time without social security numbers.
Maria means 'bishopess' in Syriac.
That is why there were so many Mariams - they were all priestesses.
R
I'm thinking of buying your books i just want to know where should i start
Probably Amazon is best, as they are the latest versions....
Barabbas also was named "Jesus". Two Jesi. Greg Hallett said they were fifth cousins, accordin to the genealogy requested by Victoria.
Hallett makes sh1t up. Ask him for references.
There is absolutely no data to show the relationship between King Jesus and Jesus Barabbas. But since Barabbas means Son of Father, one might guess at his being Jesus' son.
R
@@RalphEllis It was my leap that identified Jesus #2 with Barabbas, was not explicitly so told by Greg. In fact Victoria's two Jesi could be even two others than the king of Edessa and the crucified-by-Pilate, though I suspect that at least one of them overlaps. I don't believe that he makes stuff up. Maybe he does. Time will show. I am not in conversation with him of late, but perhaps will open the topic as you suggested.
I was taught that Josephus was captured as a prisoner of Titus in the Galilean campaign. That he was the last of his company left after the officers of the Jewish army committed suicide and somehow survived. That Josephus accompanied Titus in the destruction of Jerusalem. Later he was presented to Uncle Vespasian along with the Temple scrolls whom he won over prognosticating Vespasian's rise to Emperor. That Josephus opened the first school of Rabbinical Judaism in Rome under his master's instructions. Your lecture seems to omit any participation of Josephus in the Rebellion. What am I missing?
Ok, you get to it.
Josephus was THE central character within the Jewish Revolt. See my book King Jesus, and then Jesus, King of Edessa.
R
Your books opened my eyes to so much as never grasped to what benefit a Jew was to the Romans. Jesus the pacifist suited them to a tee, a toothless messiah.
@@truthhandler6828 isn't that my point 😏
@@truthhandler6828 *you're still alive 😊
@@truthhandler6828 reciprocity keeps the world spinning, rhetorically, of course as I understand Einstein's law on gravity...before you elaborate
@@truthhandler6828 words don't define our intellectual processing, but a poor attempt at modesty, on a Ralph Ellis page, is not cricket
@@truthhandler6828 good for you. When a subject moves from general knowledge to self reflection, I exit. Wish you well
Greetings, I wonder why you don't sell the copyright of your books to film producers in Hollywood and make good money for broadcasting the true story of Jesus, the grandson of Cleopatra and son on the Persian King.
I have been trying for years - decades - but nobody will touch this research with a barge pole. Too explosive. Know anyone in the industry....?
R
So, who was Calpurnius Piso in all this? Or was it Arrius Piso?
I don’t deal with Piso.
You are welcome to do the research.
R
2) @28:30 as you doubtless know, Ralph, Josephus was originally part of the Church canon, but removed for some reason in the early centuries of the first millennium. This perhaps seems relevant to our story.
Indeed. Every Victorian had the Bible and Josephus next door to each other on the same shelf. But the Reformation allowed enquiry, and enquiry led to realisation, and relisation led to horror - and Josephus was relegated to the bottom shelf. Nobody could have Josephus as Saul - the primary author of the New Testament.
Ralph, very interesting! So Josephus was deleted later in the Reformation then. You know, some of the Caesar’s Messiah folks seemed to think they were early published together in some Bibles, but I couldn’t confirm it.
If you are a true Christian, you need to understand Josephus. But then you find out that the leader of the Jewish Revolt was called either Jesus or Izas. It causes no end of problems, which is why modern scholars simply evade the truth in the name of ecumenity. Nobody wants to be controversial anymore.....!
Ralph, was there at least one other more famous Jesus namesake in the literature, but I’ve forgotten the details. Isn’t Joseph of Aramithea a made up name, and we find the actual rock cut tomb of a wealthy family containing Jesus’ bone box in the Talpiot neighborhood of Jerusalem. Either way it doesn’t affect the understanding of a gnostic Jesus Christ. Doesn’t Reza Azlan call Jesus a Zealot, so perhaps that places him in the late 60s, too? The Gospel writers, maybe a team with Josephus in Rome or Alexandria under Vespasian, “predict” the destruction of Herod’s temple without any difficulty. Of course, there was a Jewish version of Josephus’ writings, mentioned by Dr. Henry Abramson here, but the Romans got rid of it, so it doesn’t survive.
Joseph of Arimathaea is Joseph of Matthias - or in other words, Josephus Flavius, the son of Matthias....
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How do you spell the name of the talmud person with phlactaries and big cushions.
Zizit ben Hakeseth.
Hello Mark 15:7 I'm not totally convinced of your assertions about this passage (I'm not a Christian) it could very easily be read as barrabas that had committed murder in the insurrection was bound with a group of insurrectionists and jesus was bought in singularly by the chief priests. And not as jesus being part of the bound group of insurrectionists. I'm not disagreeing with the premis. Just this passage used as evidence
I find these videos interesting, & I would like to investigate further. Unfortunately the amount of ads on these videos is utterly ridiculous. I have never had so many ads as often as I have had watching these youtube videos. I am sure a lot of people end up giving up watching these videos due to the sheer no. & frequency of ads. Not sure if you have any control over the no. of ads or not, Ralph, but if you do you need to make the ads about 1/4 of the current frequency, or you will lose viewers.
I have absolutely no control over the ads.
If you don't like ads, you can watch the videos on Patreon, the subscription service.
It only costs a few dollars a month.
www.patreon.com/ralfellis
Ralph
@@RalphEllis I don't mind people having ads on their youtube videos, after all you do deserve to be paid for your effort. If it was a couple of ads every 15 minutes or so, I wouldn't have an objection. However there seems to be ads every 3 to 5 minutes, & I am sure I haven't had this frequency of ads before on other youtube videos. I DO appreciate the effort you have put into your video's, & don't want to sound ungrateful, so thank you very much for the very informative & interesting video's. Not sure if I have wrapped my head around it all yet, especially as your ideas are so radically different to other historians on the matter. I might check out your Patreon site, thanks.
If you cast TH-cam to a TV with Google Chrome, there are NO adverts.
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Brant - thank-you for commenting. I did not know this
I am making my way through Ralph’s videos via the “playlist” tab on his channel. When I read your comment - I immediately thought - that’s bizarre because I’m not getting ads.
Why? I’m not sure - but I have a “theory”
If Ralph is telling the truth that he has no control over ads - as well as the amount - then perhaps it is TH-cam doing this - to DISCOURAGE people from learning about Ralph’s research
To me this is the double edged sword - because although Ralph benefits from the revenue from each ad (no matter how small the amount per ad) - he also suffers because people thinking - just as you’ve written. Perhaps Ralph will look into this further because I would not have viewed ANY VIDEO - FROM ANY CHANNEL- where there are ads ever “3 to 5” minutes. And with the quality of research that Ralph is uploading to TH-cam - I’m so surprised that he only has 3.77K in subscribers. Perhaps this is because of frequency of ads
I’m presently going through Ralph’s work via “playlist”:
“Full Length Lectures - Ralph Ellis
updated yesterday 32 videos”
So Brant - you are experiencing an ad every 3-5 minutes - and I’ve watched more that 3.5hrs of video thus far and did not viewed even one advertisement. Yes - Ralph does not benefit financially from me - but he now has my viewership- “subscribership” - and potentially future book sale -- as well as sharing of his videos - which brings further potential benefit
So Brant - there is an alternative to ads (time) or Patreon (money)
Upwards and onwards fellow traveller
😉
At 8:20 begins a comment by Ralph Ellis regarding a painting by Sausalino(?) in which he notes there is portrayed an animal which is a 'bull' (ox?), not a 'cow' as he said. Moreover, there are three sheep (or elephants?!) in middle back of the painting; as well as, at least three (dead?) sheep being carried away, just above the bull's rear.
Nevertheless, the portrait does help substantiate the point Ralph Ellis is making about Jesus, and by implication his followers, not endorsing ritual animal sacrifice.
[Note on colloquial speech: "Cattle can only be used in the plural and not in the singular: it is a plurale tantum. Thus one may refer to 'three cattle' or 'some cattle'; but not 'one cattle'. No universally used singular form in modern English of 'cattle' exists, other than the sex- and age-specific terms such as cow, bull, steer and heifer. Historically, 'ox' was not a sex-specific term for adult cattle, but generally this is now used only for draft cattle, especially adult castrated males. The term is also incorporated into the names of other species, such as the musk ox and 'grunting ox' (yak), and is used in some areas to describe certain cattle products such as ox-hide and oxtail.
"'Cow' is in general use as a singular for the collective 'cattle', despite the objections by those who insist it to be a female-specific term. Although the phrase 'that cow is a bull(!)' is absurd from a lexicographic standpoint, the word 'cow' is easy to use when a singular is needed and the sex is unknown or irrelevant - when 'there is a cow in the road', for example. Further, any herd of fully mature cattle in or near a pasture is statistically likely to consist mostly of cows, so the term is probably accurate even in the restrictive sense.
"Other than the few bulls needed for breeding, the vast majority of male cattle are castrated as calves and slaughtered for meat before the age of three years. Thus, in a pastured herd, any calves or herd bulls usually are clearly distinguishable from the cows due to distinctively different sizes and clear anatomical differences. Merriam-Webster, a US dictionary, recognizes the sex-nonspecific use of 'cow' as an alternate definition, whereas Collins, a UK dictionary, does not.
"Colloquially, more general nonspecific terms may denote cattle when a singular form is needed. Australian, New Zealand and British farmers use the term 'beast' or 'cattle beast'. 'Bovine' is also used in Britain. The term 'critter' is common in the western United States and Canada, particularly when referring to young cattle."]
Firstly: the term cow is gender generic.
Secondly: the animal’s undercarriage appears to be intact.
Thirdly: those are elephants, not sheep.
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Why would Josephus admit so openly that he was a coward?
He was a narcissist.
And a swaggard.
And an Egotist.
And a liar (as he says).
And a traitor.
And a sycophant.
Generally, just a horrible person.
But the most influential of the last to millennia.
R
Funnily enough E Michael Jones has never discussed Jesus being a revolutionary, as from his perspective to be anti logos is revolutionary and killing the logos was an act against reason itself.
You Mr. Ellis have confirmed what I discovered a long time ago.How can anyone say the New Testament is the inerrant word of God unless you also believe that God is none other than the Roman Emperor Vespasian, Sauls fabricated new man God Jesus is none other than Vespasian himself.
Let down your golden hair.
What would be the best translation of josephus's books thanks
William Whiston.....
What is the most accurate bible translation i thought the king James bible was a bad translation
Try one of the literal translations, like the 1902 Rotherham Emphasised Bible.
Mr. Ellis, might you someday have a talk with Lena Einhorn (perhaps via Mythvison?) to discuss your two theories?
She has refused to do so.
Sorry.
@@RalphEllis That's a shame. Besides Ms. Einhorn, others I'd like to see conversations with Francesco Carotta (very unlikely), Daniel Unterbrink (perhaps?), Joseph Atwill (again), Robert Price, and more with James Valliant & Jacob Berman. This seems to be the extent of those on TH-cam capable of having deep-dive exploratory conversations on this subject. Thanks & All the Best.
Thanks. Robert Price has refused, as has Richard Carrier. When I wrote to Carotta his relatives said he had passed away. My talk with Valliant was good value.
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@@RalphEllis That's too bad about Carotta (and it explains why I haven't seen him interviewed). I'm not fond of Carrier, but I'm surprised about Price? He seems to have warmed up to Atwill's theory, which dovetails with yours very neatly.
All the best.
PS I just picked up my second copy of Jesus, King of Edessa (my first was a used copy I have to a friend).
I think Price will not debate with me because my theory demolishes his mythicist arguments. Suddenly - if we look in the AD60s - we find a real historical Jesus, and his mythicist argument goes out of the window. Academics don't like to be told that everything they have taught and written about is wrong - that their whole academic life has been a lie.
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Hello Ralph on one of your videos you said the word Arab means low born or something like this in aramaic so do you have any source corroborating this
I don’t think I said this.
I said it was used humorously to mean ‘locust”.
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@@RalphEllis is there any source for this
The common derogatory term for the Edessans was 'locusts', because they came from the East and destroyed Judaea. Just like the locusts of the plagues came from the east and destroyed Egypt. This is typical pesher. So their king was called:
Kamza (locust).
Agabus (locust).
The Arab (locust).
(From the Aramaic arebeh אַרְבֶּה meaning 'locust' or 'locust swarm'.)
etc:
@@RalphEllis thank you
around 200BC rome changed from numismatic fiat coins to intrinsic spot price precious metal coins, and so fell foul of eastern traders who could exploit the price differences between east and west, so then rome felt the need to control lands to the east
Rome did not exist 2,000 years BC.
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i read caesar gaius julius could have been killed for being an advocate of precious metal money.i think this was in the American Monetary Institutes book The Lost Science of Money.perhaps fiat currency was what allowed rome to flourish and escape the deflation which most societies have suffered from throughout history..so ,as well as being governor of gaul, did julius have links to an old silk road?was it through greeks or perhaps egypt?..did pyramid epoch egypt have a well functioning money system to be able to create those great structures and be able to pay/feed those non-essential architects and builders?perhaps the temples acted as non-usurious agricultural banks with accurate record keeping
if the animals were sacfiest, did the eat them or was the sacrifesrs throwing precsios food up in smoke, grazy
I imagine there were no thin and starving priests.
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@@RalphEllis lol,as always
Josephus was a romaphile and I'm an anglophile
Mr.Ellis
00:30:40
If you would sir . . .
This is Masada, lol.
The pillar there looks like it is the one in the vatican.
Anointed = Knighted? At least the two terms sound almost the same. I think Jesus eas not in control of Jerusalem because he was opposed by the Establishment due to the fact he was from Galilea, the north and in Jerusalem they still hated the north from the time it was invaded by the Assyrians. He did notrespect the Laws or Torah,, criticised the Pharisees saying they were the devil and were from below whereas he was from Above [an incarnation from the higher celestial realm] etc...
I'd like to interview you on my channel if you're interested. I've only recently discovered your work. I think it's extremely interesting and provocative.
That is possible. You can contact via my facpcebook site - ralph ellis 144
Hey Ralph what would be the best bible translation thanks
King James...
Ralph Ellis i thought the king James bible translation was the least accurate translation
Not really. If you read the intro to the KJ they too into account 70 original texts in the Greek and Latin, including the oldest we have, to correct the errors of the past.
The translation is generally good, but they cover up some controversial aspects, like Saul asking to have a sister-wife, just like the other disciples had. But they would cover that up, even in a modern translation, because the translation is done by theologians.
Ralph
Ralph, do you think Josephus' Simple Judaism was a mystery cult, or the Imperial cult? It almost seems so to me. Not sure of your take on this. He seems to be referring to himself as the savior to the Jews. That he is the way, the truth, and the way to life. To follow the Flavians and Rome. Also, could the sepulchre and resurrection be a reference to erecting statues of the new "Lord/Man gods"?
Josephus’ Simple Judaism was certainly the Imperial Cult, demanded and designed by Emperor Vespasian. More authors are coming around to my view on this - see Joe Atwil and James Valliant.
The mystery cult was Jesus’ Nazarene Ebonite cult - what I call Egypto-Judaism.
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@@RalphEllis thank you for the response. I respect your work. I first saw you on the MythVision Podcast with Derek. Great shows! I've watched about half of your content on this channel so far and I'm impressed! Many many years of hard work. Hopefully mainstream will catch on with what your putting out soon. It would make a dramatic change in the way this world operates.
Any thoughts on the resurrection and the statue?
Statue?
The resurrection was firstly a standard Masonic 3rd degree, the same as my resurrection and the same as Lazarus’ masonic resurrection. Jesus was a Tekton, an architect, a Freemason - not a carpenter.
Secondly, Jesus actually survived his crucifixion, as Josephus Flavius makes clear in his ‘Life’. Some also saw that can coming back from the dead, as not many people survived a crucifixion.
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@@RalphEllis yes sir. I agree with you on that aspect as well. I guess what I am getting at is that Jesus says he will rebuild the temple in 3 days. The temple being his body. A body can be a statue. Made of Peter(rock). A sepulchre(mnémeion) can stand for a monument or statue from what I have read. Considering Josephus could also be Joseph of Arimathea, could this be Josephus having statues of such Jesus, if it being the King of Edessa or one of the Flavians in the Imperial Cult, being resurrected(erected) in temples in Judea? The Risen Savior - an image that mystery cults pray to and worship as a man god. Hopefully that makes sense.
@@RalphEllis I wanted to add these scriptures as well to kind of paint a better picture for you.
Hebrews 1
8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Colossians 1
15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
The word used for image in this sentence is eikón and can be used as "statue"..
There are 1st Century statues of Jupiter sitting with a scepter as well as a statue of Augustus sitting with a scepter. Both made of Petros. Both representing the Imperial Cult of Rome. The Nomina Sacra used for Jesus Christ could represent Iupiter Xristos. Its also questionable that the word they use for Heaven is also the name of a Greek God. Ouranos or Uranus.
I think the robin hood story is related to the Jesus story what do you think
It is. But do not have enough evidence yet.
@@RalphEllis Was it you I heard say the name "Robin Hood" was a sidewise reference to "The Robe and Hood" templar/freemason orders? Some of that is tacitly implied in The 2010 Robin Hood (with Russel Crowe).Either way, I'd be fascinated to hear your take on another of my favorite legends.
That’s brilliant! Love it! 😂🤣
So Jesus of Gemala was a red head.
Yes, as were most of these aristocrats.
Including all the British and Dutch royalty.
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The celts had better roads than the Romans. They were made of wood so while they would need repaired more often trees grow back and stone doesn't. Also, when a road wasn't being used as much anymore the wood would just rot away and be taken over again by nature.
Do you have a source for this information?? Many thanks
@@JonCorlioni Books. It's been over 20 years since I read about it so can't be more specific.
@@Wolfways ok cheers anyway
Thanks to Archaix VERY illuminating indeed and frustrating…I always wanted to be the nativity angel. The fairytale is nicer than the reality except the blood and killing part…. I guess that means ALL of it .. geez
Ok the carols and stillness on Christmas Eve except now we know Satanists are killing things that night (Jessie Czebotar) geez!!
Gospels of Judas and Thomas both suggest a meditative experience had by Judas. The Mar Thoma Church caims origin aroung A.D. 52. ... This fits with a "Great Lie" dynamic to distract from the prophet Judas. Interesting that we are left with a mountain of colonialism and misogyny grounded on roman fascism that needs to move to the ground of truth; *really* interesting.
Jesus was anointed as a King by a woman. So, Mary Poppins was aristocratic.
She was Mary Boethus.
The richest woman in the Near East.
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And now Trump builds a wall.
There are two origins for Judaism. One goes back into Egypt, but the other is Hindu. Animal sacrifice is down right satanic, and the God in ancient Judaism was both God and Satan. Animal sacrifice and eating animals was against the original Covenant of Genesis, and the true deity of Judaism is Lord Shiva, protector of creatures.
Shiva= Shabba