>> Bit too much, concise summary would have been fine:-)
 >  NP>
 >  NP> I was just providing for your second request before you asked. :-)

 > Little time, too many interests.

I know the story.  It only gets worse as you get older ;-)


 >  NP> I thought I put the address of a Victorian book shop that stocked
 >  NP> themin the message.

 > You did, tah, but lets first give Dieter a chance to get the dreamy
 > sheep
 > look out of his eyes and tell me were he saw that shop in Parramatta.

The closer to home the better.


 > I think I start with the gnostic gospels since they seem somewhat
 > divergent.
 > It is the divergence from the regular stuff pushed by the local clergy
 > that  got my interest.

Some of them ar truly divergent what with the demiruge and the 7 (?)
different levels of gods/enlightenment


 > What is your opinion on the claim Jesus was a contender for the throne?
 > There seems some substance to the claim he had good connections with the
 > zealots.

I'm getting ther but I'm only up to about 580BC at the moment. The
archeological evidence is very interesting,  regardless of whether it
corroborates or contradicts the bible.

Cheers
Niels Petersen

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