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describe; those compositions do nevertheless betray so great a degree of ignorance of the geography, statistics, and circumstances of Judea at the time supposed, as to put it beyond all question, that the writers were neither witnesses nor contemporaries-neither Jews, nor at any time inhabitants of Judea. . . . The Therapeutae, we see, though not Jews, nor inhabitants of Palestine, were, says Eusebius, "it is likely descended from Hebrews, and therefore were wont to observe many of the customs of the ancients, after a more Jewish fashion."42

In creating their myth, the Hebrew/ Israelite conspirators took one more Baal, Baal Jehoshua, the Savior, and carnalized him anew. Like his predecessor Joshua, Jesus was made to be an Israelite/Galilean/Samaritan, not a Judean, with his Bethlehem birthplace added later to "fulfill scripture." The Samaritan influence on and origins of the gospel tale is evident, firstly because its early contributors, the Gnostics Apollonius and Marcion were considered "Samaritans," as was Antioch. Furthermore, although Jesus is also made to call Samaritans "dogs," he himself is declared by the Jews a "demon-filled Samaritan," to which he is made to respond that he does not have a demon, without denying he is a Samaritan. In reality, the gospels actually serve to elevate the Samaritans above the Jews. For example, the most lasting memory of the Samaritans is the New Testament story of the "Good Samaritan," in which the Jews are made to look bad. Also, in the Gospel of John, Jesus is made to go against the Jews by welcoming a Samaritan woman, who, although she claims to have no husband is told by Jesus that she has in fact five, and "he whom you now have is not your husband." This "woman" with the "five husbands," however, is not a person but the northern kingdom of Israel, and these "husbands" are "her" foreign occupiers, Assyria, Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, who is nevertheless not Samaria's "husband," or "baal," or "lord."

In the Gospel of John, in fact, the Samaritans accept Jesus as the Messiah and "Savior of the world," but the Jews plot to kill him. As noted, John is an anti-Jewish text, with aspersions being cast only against the Pharisees, "priests and Levites," as well as "the Jews," but with no mention by name of the Sadducees, who constituted in large part the Samaritan priesthood. In fact, in the NT the Sadducees are mentioned by name only about a dozen times, while the Pharisees are named 100 times and bear the brunt of the blame for Jesus's death. In addition, the Pharisees disparaged the Samaritans for being "adherers to the Bible" and for interpreting it in a literal manner, just as Christians do to this day.43 In the Talmud, the Samaritans are lumped together with the Sadducees, "followers of Jesus" and other "Gentiles." Indeed, the Talmudic code word "Sadducees" refers to Gentiles.

It is clear that the individuals who Judaized the Gnostic/Therapeutan efforts were in the main not Pharisaic but Hellenizing "Jews" or Israelites, i.e., Samaritan Zadokites/ Sadducees. Thus, the gospel story serves to elevate not only "the Jews" as God's chosen but also the northern kingdom over the southern kingdom, with the southern actually being castigated for its interpretation of the law. In this regard, the Samaritan Jesus's character is patterned after a Pharisee so that he can debate "the Jews" and usurp their power. Orthodox, Pharisaic Jews, in fact, have rejected the fallacious tale for 2,000 years, acknowledging in their Talmud that it was the Zadokites/ Sadducees who created it and Judaized the books of the New Testament.44 Regardless of the internecine fighting, the Christian myth was an outgrowth of "Jewish" thinking; it was the logical extension, in fact, of the group belief that "the Jews" or Israelites were the spiritual leaders of mankind, that their god and religion were superior to all others, that their land was blessed above all others, and that their history and destiny, and theirs alone, were guided and directed by God. The Israelite version of the savior religion and solar