Articles by James W. Deardorff

Although it is the non-canonical or Gnostic writings that supply most of the direct clues that the man known as “Jesus Christ” had originally held the name “Immanuel,” we had previously come across mention…

THE SHAMEFUL AND ATROCIOUS NEW 2011 EDITION OF THE TJ Below is a recent addition to the rear of this web page of mine. The 2011 edition of the TJ, though its English translation…

Now and then I try to interest some reputable New Testament (NT) scholar in some particular revelation or aspect of the Talmud Jmmanuel (TJ). There are at least 6 or 8 of these revelations…

Recent argumentation, leaving aside the Talmud of Jmmanuel , shows this. It goes as follows: A.) Isaiah’s Immanuel prophecy (Isa 7:14) could be true and verified only if the would-be Messiah had been named…

Below is a comment I added to the 10/8/2011 blog of Mark Goodacre, who had blogged about the story of the hemorraghing woman in Mark's Gospel who was healed after touching Jesus' garment, while…

It has always been problematic that Mark should be placed ahead of Matthew, considering that the earliest tradition, of the church fathers, was that a Semitic version of Matthew preceded the other Gospels. The…

In Obama’s speech I recall hearing two quotes from the Gospel of Matthew. One was the Golden Rule, which is in the Talmud of Jmmanuel (TJ) also. The other, also from Matthew’s Sermon on…

With time progressing downwards, below is a timeline on the datings of early Christian writings that: (a) show no definite awareness of any of the Gospels, in particular of Matthew; or (b) show an…

At my discussion of Mt 6:6 I’ve added in the TJ verses that the writer of Matthew omitted and substituted for, which he apparently did in order to avoid any hint that one should,…

An important part of the evidence that points to the TJ's genuineness is the testimony of its co-discoverer, Eduard "Billy" Meier, of the discovery's reality and provenance. Hence my web site gives ample evidence…

This is in regard to Mt 22:41-42 and TJ 23:50-51 . Did the Pharisees believe that Immanuel was the one prophesied by Isaiah and Daniel? The Almighty Counselor, the son of man, the anointed…

The various verses referred to in the comments within include TJ 10, 18 and 28. For example, in TJ 28:27, it is a member of the arresting party who, having a change of heart,…

More comments may be made here on my Matthew-versus-TJ comparison at www.tjresearch.info/mt2.htm .

In this blog section comments involving these parallel chapters that may have been placed under a different section heading can be continued, as well as fresh comments contributed.

THERE WERE TWO INTERPRETERS OF PETER! WHICH ONE WROTE MARK? On the blog of Steven Carlson of 5/18/2008, his guest blogger, Andrew Criddle, pointed out that in one writing, Clement of Alexandria wrote something…

Please post new comments on these TJ chapters here.

There are some 17 problematic Matthean verses in Mt 16, apparently caused by the writer's alterations of TJ 18.

There are quite a few problems with Matthew in this segment, both to passages that are parallels to TJ verses and those that are not.

In response to a suggestion of Ben, I’ll place my response to one of Ben’s comments that refers to TJ 14 here, and he can further respond under the same thread. Others besides Ben…

My further responses to Ben’s comments, and comments of others on the material in these particular chapters, will be found here.

Breaking the discussions into chapter segments will help alleviate the congestion of too many comments and replies in any one thread. However, judging from the earlier discussions, a given thread on a particular chapter…

The bottom segment has become rather full of lengthy discussions, requiring too much scrolling. So let us continue discussion of constructive criticisms and questions of the TJ here.

This edition continues the practice of its editor, Eduard Meier, with the help of his assistants and the TJ's publisher, to weed out errors and correct inaccuracies in the previous edition, especially in the…

In a recent or forthcoming article ( NTS 53 (2007), pp. 344-358), Ryan Wettlaufer gives some arguments favoring Pilate having called Jesus a "righteous man" in Mt 27:24, as many of the better manuscripts…

I would be interested in reading your constructive feedback on the Matthew-versus-TJ critiques I've presented. In particular, if you know of particular pieces of scholarly analyses I've overlooked that have bearing upon the arguments…