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The Gospel of the Nazarenes is a book of the New Testament Apocrypha. It may be related to the Gospel of the Hebrews, however the fragmentary nature of both works has made determining such a connection difficult. This version of the text was the one used by the Nazarenes of Beroea, Syria (Aleppo). In the process of determining the Biblical canon, a large number of works were excluded from the New Testament. ... The Gospel of the Hebrews (see About titles below), is a lost gospel that is only preserved in a few quotations in the Panarion of Epiphanius, a church writer who lived at the end of the 4th century C.E.. The work was earlier than that, however: Irenaeus attested to... Three uses of the term Nazarene are discussed here : A title by which Jesus (referred to as Iesou Nazarene in a few places in the Greek texts of the New Testament) and his Jewish followers were known in the early years after his death. ... Old Town Aleppo viewed from the Citadel Aleppo is also the name of two townships in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...


All that survives of the book are quotations by Clement, Origen, Jerome, and Cyril of Jerusalem, containing twenty or more fragments. Clement is an adjective for clemency, and also the name of a number of notable figures: Saint Clement of Alexandria Saint Clement of Ohrid Any of several popes named Clement. ... Origen was a Christian scholar and theologian and one of the most distinguished of the Fathers of the early Christian Church. ... , by Albrecht Dürer , by Peter Paul Rubens Jerome (about 340 - September 30, 420), (full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. ... Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church ( 315 - 386). ...

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Authorship

Some see it as an extension of the Gospel of Matthew. Jerome in his work On Illustrious Men explains that Matthew, also called Levi, composed the Gospel of Christ, which was first published in Judea in Hebrew script. , by Albrecht Dürer , by Peter Paul Rubens Jerome (about 340 - September 30, 420), (full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. ... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by 6 million people mainly in Israel, parts of the Palestinian territories, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ...


Epiphanius is of the same opinion, for he states in the Panarion that Matthew alone in the New Testament expounded and declared the Gospel in Hebrew, using Hebrew script. Origen adds to this stating that the very first account was written and composed in Hebrew script by Matthew, once a tax collector but later an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the converts from Judaism. Epiphanius (clearly manifested) was the name of several early Christian scholars and ecclesiastics: Epiphanius of Salamis, bishop of Salamis in Cyprus, died 410, author of Panarion Epiphanius of Constantinople, died 535, Patriarch of Constantinople 520—535 Epiphanius Scholasticus, known only as the assistant of Cassiodorus who compiled the Historiae Ecclesiasticae... The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus. ... Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. ...


According to Jerome's Commentary on Matthew, the text also has the name Authentic Matthew. It was called Authentic Matthew because a tradition, reported by Jerome, asserted that it was the original Hebrew version of the Gospel of Matthew. Jerome also refers to the Gospel of the Ebionites and Gospel of the Hebrews by the same title, treating them as one text, which many modern academics feel is inappropriate. , by Albrecht Dürer , by Peter Paul Rubens Jerome (about 340 - September 30, 420), (full name Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) is best known as the translator of the Bible from Greek and Hebrew into Latin. ... The Gospel of Matthew is one of the four Gospels of the New Testament. ... The Early Church Fathers were very specific that the Ebionite community only used one Gospel: the Gospel of the Hebrews written by Matthew. ... The Gospel of the Hebrews (see About titles below), is a lost gospel that is only preserved in a few quotations in the Panarion of Epiphanius, a church writer who lived at the end of the 4th century C.E.. The work was earlier than that, however: Irenaeus attested to...


Modern Positions

Based on known fragments, higher criticism argues Citation needed that the text is an embellishment on the canonical version of Matthew, making minor clarifications such as replacing "daily bread" with "bread for tomorrow" in the Lord's Prayer. Since the gospel adds clarifications, it is likely based on the canonical text (instead of vice versa) because, it is argued Citation needed, it is very unlikely that a scribe creating a canonical version of the Gospel of Matthew would intentionally obscure the text. Higher criticism is a branch of literary analysis that attempts to investigate the origins of a text, especially the text of the Bible. ... The Lords Prayer (sometimes known by its first two Latin words as the Pater Noster, in Greek as the , or the English equivalent Our Father) is probably the best-known prayer in Christianity. ...


The time and place of origin are disputed, but since Clement used the book in the last quarter of the Second Century, it is certainly dated before the middle of that century. Alexandria in Egypt is most often indicated as its place of origin by the fact that its principal witnesses are the Alexandrians - Clement and Origen - and by the idea of Jesus as the Son of the Holy Spirit, which is documented for Egypt by the Coptic Epistle of James. The original language of the gospel suggests that it was drawn up for Hebrew and Aramaic-speaking Jewish Christians in Palestine and Syria. Clement is an adjective for clemency, and also the name of a number of notable figures: Saint Clement of Alexandria Saint Clement of Ohrid Any of several popes named Clement. ... Antiquity and modernity stand cheek-by-jowl in Egypts chief Mediterranean seaport Located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, Alexandria (in Arabic, الإسكندرية, transliterated al-ʼIskandariyyah) is the chief seaport in Egypt, and that countrys second largest city, and the capital of the Al Iskandariyah governate. ... Origen was a Christian scholar and theologian and one of the most distinguished of the Fathers of the early Christian Church. ... Coptic is an adjective referring to the original inhabitants of Egypt, the Copts. ... ...


Since the text was so similar to the canonical form, the Gospel of the Nazarenes was considered orthodox, but because it was effectively redundant, it passed out of use.


See also

The Gospel of the Hebrews (see About titles below), is a lost gospel that is only preserved in a few quotations in the Panarion of Epiphanius, a church writer who lived at the end of the 4th century C.E.. The work was earlier than that, however: Irenaeus attested to... The Early Church Fathers were very specific that the Ebionite community only used one Gospel: the Gospel of the Hebrews written by Matthew. ...

External links

Online translations of the Gospel of Matthew: The Gospel of Matthew is one of the four Gospels of the New Testament. ...


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The Gospel of the Hebrews (3292 words)
The Gospel of the Hebrews seems to be independent of the New Testament in the quoted portions; unfortunately, since the gospel is not extant, it is difficult to know whether unquoted portions of the Gospel of the Hebrews might show signs of dependence.
The Gospel of the Hebrews is known from quotations by Cyril of Jerusalem (Discourse on Mary Theotokos 12a), Origen (Commentary on John 2.12.87), Clement of Alexandria (Stromateis 2.9.45.5, 5.14.96.3), and Jerome (Commentary on Isaiah 4, Commentary on Ephesians 3, Commentary on Ezekiel 6, De viris illustribus 2).
And in the Gospel according to the Hebrews which the Nazarenes are accustomed to read, it is placed among the greatest sins 'if a man have grieved the spirit of his brother'.
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