The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-15
NOVELTIES In RELIGION.
NEW DISCOTERlES AND THEORIES nv
ENGLISH SCHOLARS.
The Jewish Scriptures UepudIatea Tn.
Fhth Gospei-Ohrist and she Essenes-Ir,,
GenIils Orisin--The Claims Of Budahl.u.

TO have a Fifth Gospel. The Gospel according
to the Hebrews" which. by some traditions in
the carly Church. was moro ancient than Mat
thew. has been recovered. translated annotated
and analysed by Edward Byron Nicholson. NJ
A.. late scholar of Trinity College, Oxford n
IL to be published by subscrip tiun by Kegan
Paul Il Go. II exists In thirty-three fragments.
1t was current among the Nazarine and Ebionito
descendants of the early Judao- Christian
Church. and was written in Aramaic the Ian.
guago of Palestine in the time OF Jesus Paplos
who wrote about the middle Of the second
century. narrated story found in tho
Gospel according TO tho Hebrews" To.
ward the close Of tho same century
HeGcsppus. quoted it somewhat later
Gospel. 6Ioment OF AIs8andria' origen, Eg%scs.
bius, Epiphanius, and TbeodQrot cite 1t Ms ai.
thentic Scripture" and Jerome, not only
II translated into both Greek and Latin. No
eminent ancient writer disparagcs 1t. In later
times j has boon referred to with respect. Il
wus left out OF the canon because 1t was SUP.
posed 20 be only an Aramnic edition Of Mutthew
bgIa. in the eighth century. says it is not to
cIesiastcal histories" ne modern Gilman yu
critics have shown that II IL work Of great i'm
cension Of Mathew" but fine Hilgenlieid and
tine author OF Supernatural Religion" have
proved that II 10 AN original memoir. and have
given the critical world some reason TO suspect
that IL is older than either Of the four Gospels
This recovered Gospel is entirely different
from the ApQcryphnl Gospel. the appearance
Of jesus 10 Jnues ihls brotherl. alluded 10 by
Paul in Cor. Ky, but lost out Of the Gospels in
the century which followed him, rs here mar
rated in dCtail: Aud when tho Lord had given
His linen cloth to the servant Of the priest. iio
wcntto James and appeared to him. For James
had sworn that he would not eut bread from tho
hour wherein BE- had drunk the cup Of the Lord
until he saw Him rising Hgnin from the dad
He took NJ the bread and blessed. and broke,
and ahcrward gave to James the Just. and said
to him, My brother. rat. Tor the Son OF Man ia
risen from them that sleep. Thls recovered
Gospel also says that jesus asked oil His disci-
ples 70 handle u i'm, and see TINT lie was not an
lncorporcm demon fddnn0uOiV. ana not
Thomus alone. One Of the fragments gives
very peculiar and significant account oi
tho baptism Of Jesus. His mother and
brethren having proposed that ne and they
should 20 together md be baptized 10y John.
should 20 and be- baptized by him except per-
chance this very thing that / have said Is X.
norancc." After baptism. as he went out OF
Holy Spirit OF God in the form OF dove do:
scond and enter him. And voice was heard
son in thee am we'll pleased" and again.
This day have ! Degotten thoe. and i'm;
TSSn the Spirit or dove. also spaEe. saying:
My son. In all the prophets did i await thee
that th2G migatsst come and ightegI Tess IN
/ may add that Mr.. Nicholson means to in;
clude among his notes twenty three traditional
sayings OF Jesus. which there IL some reason to
eLppose may DC referred TO the Gospel TO the
him or some other photographer to collect also
such u.terances from S:her non -canonical fraR-
SEd 6b FER he eTsm re bGoSSp
ascribcs 10 the second century. has in i this
very suggestive additionto the narrative oiJ9hn
Jesus says. Truth is from from Heaven. Plate
says. II not there truth upon earth 2 Jesus
| SAYS to plato. Soc how one who speaks truth 10
| Judged by those who have power upon EARTH"
Another remarkable problem in Chrlstology
is about to be- hroached by Mr. Ernest yon Bun,
will he published before long entitled The
Angel Messiah" In which he aims to show that
that Paul was an Essenc, and that most Of the
| New Testament is an investiture OF Christ with
tho symbols and dogmas OF the Essencs. lie
contends that Jesus repudiated tho Essenes,
| and yet is lated TO pass ns the ngurehend OF
ther sacrlnclai: 4scetle Aad other te n, In
sen brings forward some curious facts from
the New Testament. on which he buses tho
jew 10y extraction. The descent of David
from Caleb. the Kenczite, and thus from non
"t6e Strangers myers in IsraeS This hi he fn IS
| confirmed by the fact that the four ie.
mnle ancestors OF Jesus mnnilonen, IN the
Although the tLascen, Of Thamar is not speci-
fed in the Bible. Philo calls her strange"
| tDe Nobil.. 81. The second female ancestor
| Rahnb. or Reehab refers to the Kenites also
Tho third Ruth the Moabite. WIS descendant
| from Caleb the Kcne2ite. The fourth was the
| wife OF Uriah. Buthsheba. or Bathshua. she
WINS a gran daughter OF Ahitophel born in the
hill country OF Judah. where the henites
or daughter OF Shua, connects the wife Of rlah
| with the Canaanite name Shun, wife OF Judah,
| Also. one Of the sons of Abraham and his con-
cuone, heturah. was called shua, which name.
joshua ne or J BHnscp 'S CONNECTS tEs nS
| Hebrew element In Israel principally with the
bledo-Ch9ldeans, the milton thai ruled in Meso-
| pOtamia before Abraham WIS born. and which
| transmitted the Chaldeun or Mngian Wis
dom in which Daniel was instructed
| And this " wisdom our author contends
was mainly the. tradition, OF the ZEN
davesta. Prot King Of Cambridge long
ago suggested that Parsee and parisce were
substantially the same word. Bunsen now con-
tends that tho MaEian or old Horoastran faith
embodied itself, to large extent IN BUDDHISM
He believes. therefore, that he has found tho
link whose existence has long been suspected
buddhist narratives. Buddha's birth from
Mala anticipated Christs birth from Mary.
Tho Virgin IN both narratives is from the
constellation virgo which, IN the Pc~siHn-
Magian cosmogony marked the birth O. the sun
IN tue luminous senson, the realm Of pcmu1i.
Bunsrn brings together the legends of EudI a
and those concerning Jesus. showing romarG-
Bunsen docs not aim follower Christ or CHRISTI
unity; he Is m earnest believer in the super
human nature and claims OF both. But hr IN
lnrges the scope Of divine revelation % include
OF religion, embracing the Aryun as well as the
Semitic branch OF the human race.
This broad Wow OF religion is gradually gain
ing very Important representation IN ne
Church of England. One OF the rising men ot
tho Broad Church, the Rev. NcwenAum Houre,
iormcriy chaplain 70 tho Lord Litui"nunt ~
! Ireland now preaching in a. large parish IN
London. has Just read a paper before the 10.
oral Social Union, IA which he cuutFud. i q II
an tho grrut rellE ons az the world have iuu.1-
mruta.N The shWe basis and do''riu'~. h'
read parallel Scriptures from the NcIue I.u-
dnyrstn. Ia, ptnu books and New stairrit fc
show that they held essentially thc same s.. VS.
Of GO L. immoT'n.,ty amt charity. lAr ii'Dfe