First Century Aramaic Jewish Christian Gospel and poetry

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Despite the fact that the theology of this early community was entirely orthodox, Modern Western Christian thought would be offended by the Jewish Aramaic Biblical allusion in poetry of the first and second centuries. But this poetry rendered in 42 psalms or Odes sees deeply into the allusions and potentialities of the Hebrew Bible itself and displays a refusal to "stop" at language itself, even if to do so, appears to be contradictory. In this, they show themselves to be a true "Biblicist" and passionate believers. This will explain, why sometimes the Holy Spirit is thought of as Male and sometimes as Female, but beyond them both, or to be more exact, through them both, the Third Person of what would later be called "the Trinity", why the Father is expressed as having breasts when it is clear, that they did not believe he has breasts - all in the service of the Divine Milk that can only come from God - St. Peter's "desire the pure milk of the Word of God..." Further, it is particularly the sex intoxicated and fixated generation we live in (sex all the time) that stops at the word and fails to go beyond to the Word.

Here is their Ode 19

1. A cup of milk was offered to me,

And I drank it in the sweetness of the Lord's kindness.

Syriac: "kasa deHalba etqarev li, weshtiteh dbesimuteh deMarya (Mar=Adon=Lord). Bra kasa iitoy"

Hebrew: "'kos shel Halav niq'revah eilay weshatiti, be hasday ha Adon. HaBen hu haKos"


2. The Son is the cup,

And the Father is He who was milked:

And the Holy Spirit is she who milked Him;

The "cup" may already be an allusion to the cup of communion (and as such, may be translated "chalice"), or just as a medium of conveyence for the milk, but probably for both. The milking of the Father by the Holy Spirit is combination of imagery which considers, as the Bible does, that the Holy Spirit takes of the Father and gives to mankind. In the words of the creed, based on the New Testament thought and wordage, the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son and gives gifts to man.

Some translate "she" as "he". That is not necessary since the "she" does not refer to gender in God, but rather is a take off on theme and consistant with the fact that early Jewish Aramaic, as with Hebrew, has only masculine and feminine forms for all nouns and uses the feminine for the Spirit (Ruach). Later Aramaic (Syriac) settled for masculine in context in accord with God being a He. Greek has neuter as well as masculine and feminine. The Spirit being in the feminine, along with similar ideation and wording as the Dead Sea Scroll, are factors in this Aramaic literature being considered first century.


3. Because His breasts were full,

And that it was undesireable that His milk should be ineffectully released.

God is not ineffectual in His doings as He is perfect in His being and in His love. He is right "on target"


4. The Holy Spirit opened her bosom, And mixed the milk of the two breasts of the Father.

The "two breasts of the Father" may be taken as a metaphor naturally meaning the Father is the source of all abundance and goodness, the milk of the Word coming from Him and which gives life, or it may indicate the understanding of the two "founts" for the Spirit. Biblically, the Spirit's coming to church on earth comes from the Father through the Son (now ascended), and this understanding was encased in the later Nicene creed, the original form of which, and even now used by all Eastern Churches, is "Who proceeds from the Father. Together with Father and the Son, is worshipped and glorified.." In the Roman Catholic Church, starting in Spain, the "filique ('and the Son')" clause was added,"Who proceeds from the Father and the Son, Together with the Father and the Son, is worshipped and glorified...) This latter form is the one familiar to all Roman Catholics today.


5. Then she gave the mixture to the generation without their knowing,

And those who have received it are in the perfection of the Right Hand.

Here the nutrition for life that the Holy Spirit gives is for all mankind (but those who receive it, are in the Perfection..), even for the unknowing, but this is said only to support what will follow - the unique and particular gifting of the Holy Spirit in the miraculous conception of the Savior


6. The womb of the Virgin took it,

And she received conception and gave birth.

It was the Holy Spirit who gave conception to the Virgin and not a man


7. So the Virgin became a mother with great mercies.


8. And she labored and bore the Son but without pain,

Because it did not occur without Purpose.

Here is the clear expression that the pain in this life is mitigated and made easier, when it is not futile. when God has a great purpose behind it.


9. And she did not require a midwife,

Because He caused her to give life.

No midwife is mentioned in the Gospels but that is not why this is said. If God causes, none can prevent. None can 'help Him along'.


10. She brought forth like a strong man with desire,

And she bore according to the manifestation,

And acquired with great power.


Again no difficulty in attributing masculine characteristics to a woman (and after characterizing the Holy Spirit in feminine terms!), just as Proverbs 31 does.


11. And she loved with redemption,

And guarded with kindness,

And declared with grandeur.

Halleluya!


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