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Did the Theraputae - Jewish monks- originate from teachings of Buddhist Thers sent by King Ashoka for missionary work?
At about 4 p.m. the general conversation came to a close, and the gathering dispersed, except for a few gentlemen with whom Swamiji continued his talk on different subjects, such as England and America, and so on. In the course of conversation he said: "I had a curious dream on my return voyage from England. While our ship was passing through the Mediterranean Sea, in my sleep, a very old and venerable looking person, Rishi-like in appearance, stood before me and said, 'Do ye come and effect our restoration. I am one of that ancient order of Therâputtas (Theraputae) which had its origin in the teachings of the Indian Rishis. The truths and ideals preached by us have been given out by Christians as taught by Jesus; but for the matter of that, there was no such personality by the name of Jesus ever born. Various evidences testifying to this fact will be brought to light by excavating here.' 'By excavating which place can those proofs and relics you speak of be found?' I asked. The hoary-headed one, pointing to a locality in the vicinity of Turkey, said, 'See here.' Immediately after, I woke up, and at once rushed to the upper deck and asked the Captain, 'What neighbourhood is the ship in just now?' 'Look yonder', the Captain replied, 'there is Turkey and the Island of Crete.'" Was it but a dream, or is there anything in the above vision? Who knows! This is the copy from Complete works of Swami Vivekananda.
Who are the Theraputae What are their Doctrines and how did it affect the Doctrines of present Christianity if any?
The Therapeutae were described by Philo of Alexandria as philosophers. They were a strict Jewish sect, whose members lived a monastic life in Egypt, but were found elsewhere in the Jewish diaspora. Modern scholars regard them as a branch of the Essenes.Eusebius regarded the Therapeutae as having been Christians. In fact, he deduced that because Philo expressed admiration for the Therapeutae, he must also have been Christian. Professor Alvar Ellegard (Jesus One Hundred Years Before Christ) sees them as forerunners of Christians.The little we know about the Therapeutae comes mainly from Philo and Eusebius, but it seems they influenced the development of Christian monastic orders in later centuries.
Did the theraputae invent the Jesus Myth?
Jesus was invented by Paul of Tarsus. === === * Pauline Christianity * The Problem of Paul * Paul's Bungling Attempt No. Since no-one invented Him, he was a real person, and thus there is no such thing as a Jesus myth. Myths don't actually rise from the dead, they stay buried and have fantastic and weird things invented.A slight problem exists with the assertions about Paul. If Paul invented Christianity then how did he persecute Christians who existed before he was converted to Christianity? Perhaps he traveled back in time.The theraputae, whoever they were, certainly did not invent any mythological Jesus, as He was a real person. UPDATE: THIS IS WHO THEY WERETheraputae: The Theraputae (Masculine) are spoken of quite clearly and literally in the writings of Philo of Alexandria. You can find his work "On the comtemplative life here: http://www.thenazareneway.com/contemplative_life.htm. They are also discussed in Eusebius' "The History of the Church" written some time near 300 AD. {Which coincidentally stands for Anno Domini (The term Anno Domini is Medieval Latin, translated as In the year of (the/Our) Lord).[1][2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini).} In his writing Eusebius states: Pg 50 "Mark (Jesus half brother) is said to have been the first man to set out for Egypt and preach there the gospel which he had himself written down, and the first to establish churches in Alexandria itself. So large was the body of believers, men and women alike, built up there at the first attempt, with an extremely sever rule of life, that Philo decided that he must record in writing their activities, gatherings, meals, and everything else about their way of living." In his work "On the comtemplative life" Philo wrote: Explanation of the Name Therapeutae "(2) But the deliberate intention of the philosopher is at once displayed from the appellation given to them; for with strict regard to etymology, they are called therapeutae and therapeutrides, {1}{from therapeuoµ, "to heal."} because they process an art of medicine more excellent than that in general use in cities (for that only heals bodies, but the other heals souls which are under the mastery of terrible and almost incurable diseases, which pleasures and appetites, fears and griefs, and covetousness, and follies, and injustice, and all the rest of the innumerable multitude of other passions and vices, have inflicted upon them), or else because they have been instructed by nature and the sacred laws to serve the living God, who is superior to the good, and more simple than the one, and more ancient than the unit"If you go on to read Philos complete work, you will determine that the name Theraputae was a given name (by whom it is unclear), actually being equal with the term Christian, but given by another culture. Eusebius states: pg 50 "It is also recorded that under Claudius Philo came to Rome to have conversations with Paul, then preaching to the people there. This would not be improbable, as the short work to which I am referring, and which he produced at a considerably later date, clearly contains the rules of the Church still observed in our own day. And again when he describes the life of our ascetics wiht the greatest precision, it is plain enough that he not only knew but welcomed with whole-hearted approval the apostolic men of his day, whi it seems were of Hebrew stock and therefore, in the Jewish manner, still retained most of their ancient customs."
