Commentary on SY 24: The Parable of the Mustard Seed

The twenty-fourth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based Mk 4:30-32, Mt 13:31-32, Lk 13.18-19, and Thomas 20:2-4. The words of the sectary (a reconstruction, giving Yeshua’s saying some cultural context), is from Ezek 17:22-23; see also Ps 104:12, Ezek 31:6, and Dan...

A Response to Left-Wing Pro-Palestinian Propaganda

I recently had to respond to a friend who asked for my response to a number of points, the nature of which suggested he had been regularly listening to the now ubiquitous, left-wing, pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian propaganda. The email he sent me was a response to...

Commentary on SY 23: The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value

The twenty-third passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 13:45-46. Thomas 76.1-2 is very similar. 23. 1Yeshua said, ‘The kingdom of God is like a pearl of great value, which a merchant found while examining a consignment of pearls. 2So he went and sold everything...

Commentary on SY 22: The Parable of the Hoard of Money in a Field

The twenty-second passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 13:44, and less so, on Thomas 109:1, 3. It is possible that the original source may have been the Q-Gospel, since it is missing from Mark, and perhaps Luke chose not to use it. However, it has to be noted...