The Enhanced New Testament II
Subtitle: Excerpts from ancient manuscripts  detailing stories, legends, and little known facts  about the people, places, and events of the New Testament
Publisher: Walking the Line Publications
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 500
ISBN-13: 9780981624723
Description: This book is not a commentary on the New Testament! Instead, the author provides actual quotes from ancient Jewish and Christian sources that provide insight into the people, places, and events surrounding the life of Jesus. There are hundreds of books, letters, and other ancient Christian and Jewish manuscripts, not included in our modern Bible, that provide additional information about the life of Jesus, his Apostles, and the early Christians. 

	The sources used in this book are varied: historians such as Josephus (a Jew) and Eusebius (a Christian); philosophers such as Philo (a Jew) and Origen (an early Christian); sacred manuscripts such as the Mishna (the Oral Law of the Jews), the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi Library, the Pseudepigrapha and Hagiography (Christian writings not included in the Bible); and many other Apocryphal sources of information relating to the New Testament. The author has carefully gleaned through these ancient sources and gathered together in one volume many “pearls of great price” relating to the New Testament.

Jesus Christ was a Jew. His earthly parents were Jews, and he was raised within a Jewish culture. In addition, all of the men chosen by Jesus to lead the church he created were Jews. Understanding Jewish culture at the time of Christ, and knowing what the Jews of that time believed and taught, is crucial for anyone striving to know Jesus as a person.

This book will help you understand the religious doctrine the Jews believed prior to the birth of Jesus, and will detail many of the specific laws and rites every Jew was required to perform. It will also give you the historical background of the political and cultural events that led up to the birth of Jesus.

This book also quotes ancient sources that describe in detail the structure and beliefs of the early Jewish and Christian churches. It also documents changes that occurred to the church Jesus created after the death of the original Apostles and the dramatic suffering many Christians were forced to endure because of their beliefs.

All of this information, and much, much, more is provided, not as a commentary, but through actual quotes from ancient sources that had first-hand knowledge of the events they were describing! Through reading the words of these ancient Jews and Christians, your understanding of the New Testament will truly be “enhanced”!
Table of contents: title: Chapter 15: The Disciples Serve Missions; title: Jesus Again Visits Nazareth; title: The Twelve Go On Missions; title: Passover and the Counting of the Omer; title: Feeding the Five Thousand; title: Walking on Water; title: The Bread of Life; title: Clean Hands; title: Corban: Things Dedicated to the Temple; title: Blessing a Gentile; title: Chapter 16: The Transfiguration; title: Tisha be-Av (the Three Weeks); title: Rosh ha-Shanah; title: The Day of Atonement; title: The Mount of Transfiguration; title: Chapter 17: The Feast of Tabernacles; title: The Feast of Tabernacles; title: Healing a Youthful Demoniac; title: Tribute Money; title: The Little Children; title: When Two or Three Gather Together; title: Church Discipline; title: The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant; title: The Adulteress Woman; title: The Light of the World; title: The Truth Shall Make You Free; title: Born Blind; title: Shepherd and Sheep-herder; title: Chapter 18: Calling of the Seventy; title: Samaria; title: The Seventy; title: The Letters of King Abgarus and Jesus; title: Martha and Mary; title: Unclean Cups and Platters; title: Parable of the Foolish Rich Man; title: Did the Galileans Sin?; title: Parable of the Barren Fig Tree; title: Jesus Warned of Herod’s Design; title: Parable of the Great Supper; title: Counting the Cost; title: Parable of the Lost Coin; title: Parable of the Prodigal Son; title: Parable of the Unrighteous Steward; title: Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus; title: Ten Lepers Healed; title: The Pharisee and the Publican; title: No Prophet to Come Out of Galilee; title: On Marriage and Divorce; title: A Camel Through the Eye of a Needle; title: Parable of the Laborers; title: Chapter 19: The Last Winter; title: Feast of Dedication; title: Again in Perea; title: Purim; title: Lazarus; title: The High Priest Prophesies the Death of Jesus; title: Ephraim; title: Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection; title: The Question of Precedence…Again; title: A Ruler is Asked to Give All; title: Another Blind Man Healed; title: Zaccheus the Chief Publican; title: Parable of the Pounds; title: The House of Simon the Leper; title: Christ’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem; title: Christ Visits With the Greeks; title: A Voice From Heaven; title: A Tree Without Figs; title: The Second Clearing of the Temple; title: Christ’s Authority Challenged; title: Parable of the Two Sons; title: Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen; title: Parable of the Royal Marriage Feast; title: Chapter 20: The Conspiracy; title: The Great Sanhedrin’s Conspiracy; title: About the Resurrection; title: The Great Commandment; title: Jesus Turns Questioner; title: Wicked Scribes and Pharisees Denounced; title: Zacharias the Martyr; title: A Widow’s Gift; title: Destruction of the Temple Predicted; title: Jerusalem Prophesies; title: The End of the World; title: Parable of the Ten Virgins; title: Parable of the Entrusted Talents; title: Chapter 21: The Last Supper; title: The Betrayer; title: The Last Supper; title: The Lord’s Agony in Gethsemane; title: The Atonement; title: Jesus is Arrested; title: Chapter 22: The Jewish Trial; title: Courts of Israel; title: Annas and Caiaphas; title: Jesus Before the Sanhedrin; title: The Trial; title: Jesus Appears Before Pilate; title: Jesus Appears Before Herod; title: Jesus Again Before Pilate; title: The Scourging; title: Judas Iscariot; title: Daughters of Jerusalem; title: Simon the Cyrenian; title: Chapter 23: Death, Burial and Resurrection; title: The Crucifixion; title: Between Death and Burial The Burial; title: The World of Spirits: Paradise and Hades; title: The Resurrection; title: Chapter 24: The Apostolic Ministry; title: The Organization of the Church of Christ; title: Pentecost and the Bestowal of the Holy Ghost; title: The Apostles Before the Great Sanhedrin; title: Seven Presidents of the Seventy; title: Removal of the Royal Family to Britain; title: Early Missionary Work; title: The Beginning of Heresy Saul; title: Peter’s Revelation; title: Gaius Caligula; title: Death of James the Brother of John; title: Paul; title: The Samaritans Revolt; title: Death of James the Just; title: Simeon the Son of Clopas; title: Nero; title: Robbers and Rebellion; title: Festus; title: Albinus; title: Chapter 25: Church Teachings in the Apostolic Age; title: Early Christians; title: Early Christian Doctrine; title: Chapter 26: The Jewish War; title: The Jewish War; title: Gessius Florus; title: The War Spreads; title: Vespasian; title: Titus; title: Destruction of the Temple; title: Masada; title: Josephus; title: Domitian; title: Apostasy of the Jews; title: Chapter 27: The End of the Apostolic Age; title: End of the Apostolic Age; title: John the Beloved; title: A Church of Bishops; title: Origen; title: Writing the Gospels; title: Chapter 28: The Great Apostasy; title: Persecutions; title: False Prophets; title: Ancient Church Buildings; title: The Long Night of Apostasy; title: Creation of the Bible; title: Appendix; title: Jewish Glossary; title: The Eighteen Benedictions; title: Months of the Year; title: The Jewish Festival Calendar; title: Money; title: Measures; title: Ancient City Names; title: Halakhah: The 613 Jewish Laws; title: Rules of Uncleanness; title: Index