The Classical Greek Paideia was originally the classical education for the early Greek youth. The central Philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle comprised a large component of this Paideia. Language, Logic, and Rhetoric were the primers by which all further study into the sciences could ‘rationally’ be obtained. The language by which these primers functioned was a result of Platonic and Aristotelian reasoning and cultural bearing.

Therefore, any word used in the Paideia (language, logic, rhetors) was *refined*, delineated, syllogistically filtered, deduced, re-examined, etc. The words found in the Paideia were therefore known in the sense by which their Greek “glossary” used its “howness”. It is no wonder that the word, “Disciple”, in the Platonic, Aristotelian, …and, yes, Biblical New Testament language was called the “Mathetikon” or “mathematician (of the Words)”.

To add, this “howness” would have been used in its Platonic and Aristotelian sense. Might I add here that I do not in any way disenfranchise Plato and Aristotle from Greek culture, rather, they simply are the most notable fountainheads of Greek culture.

The New Testament Greek language must be understood from its roots founded in The Paideia of the ancient pagan (amoral) Greeks. Therefore, the implementation of any word used in the New Testament was based centrally upon the verbal bank of Plato and Aristotle. Yes, there are other ‘sources’ but the well read Philosophers, Plato and Aristotle, were baptized by their Greek heritage and contemporaries. That is, Plato and Aristotle were the “result” of Greek Heritage…therefore, the consequential “Parents” of classical Greek scholasticism.

As a linguist, it is of most import to know the etymologies, morphological rules, socio-linguistic phenomena, etc. of any given language to fully comprehend its worth. It shouldn’t be a hard jump to understand that Alexander the Greek, the Hellenizer of Palestine brought with him the Greek culture by which Palestine was baptized into. Moreover, Alexander’s teacher was the renowned Aristotle himself!!! Straight from the horse’s mouth to the One who would order a new language be spoken.

Alexander, for sure, was the leopard in Daniel’s prophecy and a necessity for the spread of Christianity via Greek language and reason to a Hellenized pagan Europe.

With all that I have said, I conclude with this: there is consensus and concentrated agreement with HOW the Greek language was implemented in the days of the early Greek New Testament writers. For sure, the Gospel writers were Hellenized. Paul was highly educated both in the Hebrew and Greek systems of thinking and his fluency of both Hebrew and Greek was known and expressed in his writings. Therefore, it would be blasphemous on a secular and theological level to “Anglicize” the Paideia of the Pagan Greeks, the Paideia of the New Testament Christian Youth (taught by the Christian Mothers!) OR the New Testament Text.

Deep analysis of the HORRID perversion of Anglicizing the rest of the world will begin at the New Testament verses concerning “eternal damnation” in our 3rd piece to this series.

One could safely say that until the past century, especially at the point of understanding Einstein’s equation E=mc2 , “time” was relatively not understood. Moreover, the Universe was not understood as to how it worked. Spatiality was beheld by objects *relatable* such as “to the top of the mountain from here”, “where the land meets the ocean”, “the darkness created by the depth of an abyss”, “the unseen in the darkness of the waters”, etc. With this in mind, “relatable” objects such as the horizon (i.e. sky touching earth) would have been used to express where heaven meets the earth, hence, “eternity” was a ‘spatial understanding’ in that the earth stopped accounting for spatiality.

Another example of relatable understanding: the sun was the roving eye of God searching the hearts of humankind and scanning the actions of humankind as it appeared in the sky or heavens where God abided.

The earth might have been seen as ‘round’ but as a globe probably not. Therefore, to the ‘primitive’ genius, the ‘water-course’ of the seas ‘circled’ the flat-circular earth. It is within these waterways that our primitive-genius ancestors find the lore, of sorts, that “Leviathan” swims his course ‘round the earth. What a great story to tell your children when not wanting them to get too close to the water!

These were primitive understandings but not stupid. “Primitive” is the strongest-purest foundation by which all other mental structures are established. So, as I stated- “primitive-genius”- I meant it. “Genius” means to ‘be joined’, ‘to be connected’ to everything and ‘act’ or ‘participate’ within this *connectivity* or *genius*. For each level of evolution of participation of the figurations of WORD signaling, we have deeper fulfillment to the higher complexity of the original generative WORD. The “Genius” is Pregnant with higher fulfillments yet to come both semiotically and spiritually. Therefore, I witness that each Biblical epoch/ era/ aeon/ etc. was needed to fulfill a greater archetype (as do we need the grace to ‘evolve’). We will see that the terms“permanence” and “eternity” will use the terms ‘epoch’, ‘era’, and ‘aeon’ to substantiate the vagaries of contextual meaning later on in the Biblical text and pagan authors by which the Bible borrowed.

Truths of God were not the same as the Biblical Patriarch’s understanding of their surroundings. Nonetheless, there was a symbiosis between YHVH and Israel through YHVH’s ‘metalogue’.

God might say “forever” concerning HIS statutes …yet, there was no example of specific relatable ‘time mapping’, only conceptualizing of ‘referred continuance’ by the tools given to the primitive sense not lesser ‘sense’. (“Forever”: Hebrew: Olam: Genesis 9:12; Ecclesiastes 12:5;

Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 145:13; etc. { all such usages allude to a ‘duration’ of non-accounting}). As we delve into the concept of “permanence” vs. “eternal” we will see ‘relational differences such as ‘being with God in a “RELATIONSHIP” that never ends versus and ‘PERMANENT’ ordinance that “NEVER ENDS” but is superseded by it’s fulfilments and becomes the stronger “archetype” for its “exponential ‘primacy’ “.

To conclude:

The Biblical Patriarch/ Matriarch was a recipient of God’s Word and had a limited skill set for a specific purpose. Nonetheless, the conveyed Words were relayed by God while the recipient of God’s Words participated in obedience. Obedience is the key word. Obedience is necessary to have completion of God’s telegraphed ending to HIS Narrative = our Marriage to Him.

For the Primitive-Genius to ‘analyze’ or ‘parse’ the etymologies of God’s Rema or divine expressions would be not only ludicrous but, in Old Testament Times, idolatrous. This is the evolution of consciousness and levels over time of “how” a tribe is to participate with the God of Ancient Israel. “Analysis” would begin the VERY YEAR that Judah was taken captive (last of the 3 deportations) by Babylon. Thales would introduce deductive thinking and jumpstart a new ‘era’ of ‘anatomizing’ versus ‘collectively participating’. Genius would leave and Wit (Greek: ‘eido’ = “to see”/ “observe”) would begin.

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In this short piece I cover the Sumerian etymologies of the Anzu Bird and its associations with the early world of Cain.

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“As we continue our studies into the wandering Cain, we find Cain’s track moniker is found in his metalurgic works. It shouldn’t surprise us to find that YHVH would have restored Cain by the officiating of Cain’s clan to guard the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil”

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“This ‘pre-podcast’ interview wasn’t meant to be recorded, but, by ‘accident’, I hit the skype record button when we began talking. Who has heard of Dr. Gerald Schroeder? In most scientific circles, Dr. Schroeder commands respect from his academic efforts while his humility and endless gregarious nature do not fail to win you over. Dr. Schroeder holds two doctorates from M.I.T. in physics and applied physics. He was on M.I.T.’s faculty for 7 years, D.O.D. –having detonated ‘events’ with the atomic bomb underground in Nevada six times. Worked, helped create, enhanced a ‘brain’ that does not need bio-chemical reactions to ‘translate sound’, rather, perceives, translates to our sense of time, space, matter *an* information that has reverberated as ‘non-sound’ for distances of time —–and, ‘non-time’. Sounds nuts, I know. Dr. Schroeder lives in Jerusalem, having worked for decades with the Israeli Defense Department. Gerry speaks fluent Hebrew and parses the Hebrew Text with the scrutiny of a Quantum Physicist. He shows that the account of Genesis’ creation, in Hebrew, used a “META” language which would be ‘expressed’ millennia later. Here we stand, with Dr. Schroeder in this ‘pre-podcast’ discussion, learning that the Hebrew’s Meta language and the language of the Quantum field of Energy that precedes matter and time were the same.”

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“As Biblical Patriarchs are listed in Genesis 4:1 -ff, 1 Chronicles 1-ff, Matthew 1: 1-ff, etc. so are Kings found in the Sumerian Kings List (SKL). The SKL, much like the Bible, has gaps where the geneological line is left ‘open’ or without names mentioned. The Names that are mentioned in the SKL are those Kings of renown. Two such Kings are Gilgamesh and Enmerker. We will dive into the cryptic Sumerian language to show the relation between these two Kings ‘in line’ and find out their placement both in Secular and Biblical history”

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This is my 3rd interview with Dr. Verlyn Flieger. Verlyn Flieger, one of the world’s leading Tolkien scholars, has offered her time and friendship to discuss with me her unpublished book, “Chancer and the Orphan Child”. It is a story of revelation to true identity, pasts remembered, sacrifice, death following the main characters symbolized by a Crow, etc.

Death – for Verlyn, both in story form and real time, is the *Final passage*. To Verlyn she says, ‘There is nothing after the porthole of death; it is over’.

Verlyn believed that early Christian Fantasy writers such as George MacDonald and C.S. Lewis (especially) had an agenda to proselytize though she doesn’t see Tolkien being a proselytizer in his works (so far as she has told me).

My answer to Verlyn in this fairly lengthy interview is that “Meaning” points to ‘causality and teleology’ (a.k.a., “Intent”)…something that lies past the ‘middle meaning’ of just a ‘fateful story’.

To sum it up, Verlyn and I have found true friendship over the years by not pulling punches but regarding each other with respect and dignity in our differing respective belief systems.

Please take time to listen to an endearing interview that might bring tears to your eyes. I consider Verlyn a scholar of scholars.

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A power packed exegetical 11 min. 59 sec. of the “Hebrew Scriptures”. Today we focus on the ‘two creations’ mentioned in Isaiah 46:10, 11 which compliment the modern String Theorem, Plato’s form-receptacle-Universal-particular and Tolkien’s Illuvatar who’s creation was in the mind first, then, *EA*-‘let it be’, ‘let it unfurl in tempo and form (the second creation)’.

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The intricacies of God’s words are lost in the blunt English versions of the Bible. The English versions not only keep us in darkness from God’s words but keep us in cycles or ‘return to’ mental/ spiritual problems. I believe that a healthy study in the Greek New Testament frees us from these ‘cycles of return’ to emotional disasters. One such study of major import is found in the intricacies of the Greek New Testament that defend the honor of the Bible from the ‘iso-glossed’ and hand picked ‘damnation verses’ of the Scripture.

Let the case begin against the blunt English versions. Let the knowledge of linguistic and cultural-historical usages of the Greek illuminate the common usage of the Greek and how the Greek was properly applied to the Scripture that has now been perverted to damnation verses.

Lastly, did you know that Universal Salvation was believed based on the intellectual merits of the Greek New Testament’s agreement with early Systematic Theology in the Early Church up to ca. 500 A.D.!?!?

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