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This offer is for all three volumes of the Nazarene Acts in two brand new paperbacks, Volume 1 in its own cover and Volumes 2 & 3 under the second cover. Almost 900 pages of Apostolic adventures, speeches, and debates from Rome to Jerusalem and back again. Yours arrives fresh from the press to your mail in a protective box. (Plus there is some free stuff at the end of this description, no purchase required.)
Imagine a biblical Acts of the Apostles that features not Paul, but Simon Peter. It's absurd that the redactor of the New Testament Acts nearly leaves the Apostle to both Jews and Gentiles out of his account! (There is a good reason, which we must leave until later.)
Now imagine an authentic Acts of the Apostles featuring Simon Peter and his associates on the mission fields, with enough stories, healings, history, wonder-works, and adventure to fill up 900 pages! That's what I have for you here, and you will not be disappointed. The author of many of the accounts in the Nazarene Acts volumes was Flavius Clemens - "Clement" (Phil 4:3) - a young Roman sophisticate who lived for the better part of the first century, who was a close relative to the Flavian emperors, who approached Barnabas preaching in Rome, who took ship for Israel, and was appointed by James the Just in Jerusalem to be the secretary for Simon Peter (Kefa) while on his evangelistic journeys from Jerusalem to Rome. James kept a library of Apostolic Acts in a vault in Jerusalem's Essene Quarter that Clement was required to deposit periodic reports on Peter, including his acts, speeches and debates, none of which are found in the New Testament. Yet the Roman Catholic Church declares this Clement to be the fourth Pope, serving as Peter's successor, while the Protestant Church entirely ignores these authentic texts. How can this be?
Note: this makes Peter the first Jewish pope with Clement as the only Gentile pope who converted to Orthodox Judaism just in time to be hailed as "pope." (The story of his conversion to Judaism through Rav. Akiva is also revealed in these Volumes.) Understand that these essays are not made-up early Christian fictions, but, according to many scholarly experts, contain a variety of Jewish-Christian acts and speeches of the earliest believers, who were called "Nazarenes" (Acts 24:5: Paul is accused of being a "ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes". This refers to a group of early followers of Jesus of Nazareth. The accusation was made by Tertullus before the Roman governor Felix, using the term "Nazarenes" to identify those who followed Jesus' teachings. The term "Nazarene" likely originated from Jesus' hometown of Nazareth. Thus, "The Nazarene Acts of the Apostles.")
Volume One - Nazarene Acts of the Apostles (Ebay Item 185488313007, ISBN
9780557425211) Expanded Version ~ includes The Recognitions of Clement, featuring true Hebraic names and terms and a complete glossary. 300+ pages. This book is still getting a lot of attention from "Hebrew Roots" scholars, for it retains the stories, doctrine, and preaching of the earliest pre-Christian "Nazarenes" (the Branches) & Ebionites (the Poor) who were among the Believers connected to Jesus and the first-century Assembly in Jerusalem. Also find the overseer James the Just (Jesus' brother), and its celebrity-pillars Simon Peter, Joseph Barnabas, Zacchaeus, and, of course, Flavius Clemens the Epitomist, a close relative to the later Flavian Roman emperors (Vespasian, Titus, & Domitian, the conquerors of Jerusalem and destroyers of the Temple). Oh, Clement's brothers are along, who also become part of Peter's preaching retinue.
Clement hears Barnabas preaching in Rome, is shaken-up by his words, and follows him to Israel. There
Clement is introduced to James the Just by Barnabas. Since Clement is a youthful scholar, very interested in philosophy, and addicted to learning about the afterlife, James wonders how to rid himself of him. "What's a Gentile doing here? I know what I'll do!" And he commissions Clement out on the "hard road" to record Peter's acts & preaching in 30 small books.
Clement is serious. He journals Peter's preaching, acts, and debates, their stopovers in travel, their community (yahad) rules, confrontations, lost doctrines, like the "True Prophet" (Navi Emet) and the "Standing Man" teachings, about demons and how to cast them out, why Jews mustn't dine with Gentiles nor eat unclean meats, and what place Torah has in the Assembly and in the life of the Nazarene - plus much, much, much more. Even the series of public debates between Peter and Simon the Magus - they are all recorded here.
Volume 1 also contains the "lost" Ascents of James (Anabathmoi Iakobou),The Preaching of Peter (Kerygma / Kerygmata Petrou), The Recognitions, the lost chapters from the Recognitions from The Homilies, and some private epistles to headquarters. Find also Paul's pre-conversion physical attack on James at the Temple Steps (leaving James for dead), and the exposition of Simon the Mag's black magic arts used to prove that he is the Great God. Clement records everyone's words, preachings, commands, and debates, and we render them in modern English with words and tech terms in transliterated Hebrew with Glossary. And if you get lazy for reading, try the Arabic Recension, a summary of the Recognitions and Homilies. Everybody will want to read this, and more than you can imagine have, including church groups members and university students. This is Hebrew Roots Material at it finest, most authoritative, and most authentic. By request, get the audiobook free, which includes The Great Demise, the accounts of the Apostolic martyrdoms.
Nazarene Acts of the Apostles VOLUMES 2 & 3 (Ebay Item 186330084644, ISBN 9781304833174)
Both Volumes in one softcover. Peter and Clement are now in Rome in pursuit of Simon the Mag, who is now claiming to be the Great God soon after the Romans erected for him a public altar; also find the full account of Simon the Mag, Peter, and Paul contesting their innocence before Nero the Beast for causing local riots (someone will be executed after the trial), plus many Secret Clement's History of the World (Kitab al-Magall)
with the details of Messiah's genealogy from Adam and Eve, with many details that Genesis omits. Much More! Add to these the stories, histories, and martyrologies: of Simon Peter, Clement of Rome, James the Just, Simon Magus, and Nero; for they are all in Rome at the same time! Clement continues with his journals of the travels and speeches of Simon Peter (Kefa), along with Justin Martyr and his classroom of students, early victims of "The Great Tribulation," along with the righteous women saints and martyrs. Volume 2 takes up where Volume 1 left off, all cast in modern English with important words left in transliterated Hebrew and a Hebrew / English glossary.
The two volumes in one (Volumes 2 & 3, 588 pages) include the following letters, books, and histories, now in the modern vernacular of American English: Editor’s Notes, Other Books by Jackson Snyder, Clement’s Biographies, Clement and Domitilla His Wife, Clement’s Homilies, Clement’s Secret Book of Rolls or Kitab al-Magall, Peter’s Biographies, Peter's Acts in Rome plus The Acts of Peter by another ancient authority, Peter’s Lost Gospel (Fragment), Peter, Paul & Simon: Their Acts in Rome, The Saga of Perpetua & Potentiana, James the Just's Biography, James and the Enemy - Incident on the Temple Steps, Clement’s Demise in Exile, Peter’s Demise in Rome, James the Just's Martyrdom by Clement, Rusticus and the Demise of Justin & His Students, Clement to the Corinthians, First, annotated, An Ancient Sermon Attributed to Clement, Second, annotated, Pliny’s Letter to Trajan about the judging of believers, and Trajan’s Reply, Peter’s Letter to James, Clement's Letter to James, Josephus’ many mentions of Jesus, James, and John, also some from his lost Aramaic / Slavonic Jewish Wars. We have The Apocalypse of Peter, Jesus' Words from Lost Nazorean Gospels (not Gnostic), Ebionite Beliefs and Practices, and We Can’t Call Them Christians (Essay); finally, About the Editor, Jackson Snyder.
The Nazarene Acts set of books with your New Testament Acts is about all that can be authentically known of these first heroes of the Messianic Faith, at least until the remnants of books that the-2nd century Romans and the 4th-century Church destroyed pop up out of the ground, if they ever do.
5 STAR REVIEW by KR, a Torah-centric believer: Why haven't we heard these priceless words during all those years in the pews? My first impression after reading this book is that it is a love letter between Peter and a new convert, Clement. Peter lovingly teaches Clement the history of man from the garden to after the death of Messiah Yahshua (Jesus.) He grooms Clement to take his place as overseer upon Peter's martyrdom. Clement takes thorough notes of all that Peter teaches him including the content of a series of public debates between Peter and Shimon Magus, the sorcerer. Clement learns why Messiah came in the first century, and how he felt about animal sacrifices, and the state of the temple in the first century. Until I read this book, I did not know Peter as a mature spirit-filled apostle. This true names translation is refreshing and enlightening on many levels.