Overview of my published articles
If there's one paper I would point readers to, it's this 9th one.
It is important that my research is available for free. On the other hand I want to offer something for people who prefer a book, and would never read an academic paper. And as a complicating factor, a book has to be considerably better than what's available for free, or at least I certainly think it should.
To achieve all three goals I have put huge effort into the book, adding exclusive content on my latest discoveries, improving the readability and emphasizing key aspects at the expense of lesser ones. By contrast with my published articles, I have left some of them unchanged since first published, and whilst most of the information is there, it isn't neatly arranged in such a readable narrative.
If you read the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th articles, this is probably a close second to reading my book - and again if you only read one article, this 9th article is absolutely the key one.
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Or of course you can BUY THE BOOK INSTEAD
In these papers I offer additional content that is in my book, namely how I can show that John and Acts have a common origin (10th article), thanks to a numerical sequence of triangle numbers in John and Acts that presents a riddle to which the number 666 is the answer.
I also describe we can show that this was the result of intervention by the 3rd Flavian Emperor (Domitian) to promote the idea that God is threefold (Holy Trinity if you prefer) and that he is that third aspect of God (11th article).
This reproduces information in my book, although the book goes one step further by showing that the mathematical sequence is mirrored by Gerimatria in John.
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View article 11 in your browser at https://www.academia.edu/128650985 Or CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AS PDF
My 12th article describes the explanatory power of the Flavian Secrecy Cult Origin theory - this is so great, that I conclude my book by listing the things it explains about early history under more than 20 headings.
By comparison whilst Mythicism (the idea that Jesus' story is constructed by amalgamating earlier myths) offers an explanation for the lack of evidence for a historical Jesus, it cannot explain why those myths were used to construct Jesus' story, or why Mithras and Samson for example stand out, nor why Jesus' story was written, nor why it was set in the decade it was, nor how the story spread so widely, nor why Jesus' story predicts Jerusalem's fall and a second coming, nor why his story evokes motifs of Roman Emperorhood, nor why revelation invites its readers to calculate the number of the beast, nor why Jesus had a disciple called the twin, nor why he went voluntarily to die in Lazarus' tomb, nor why Constantine was so determined to promote a historical Jesus nor why so many authors with no first hand experienced claimed the Romans persecuted Christians, nor why the Essene sect had four levels, nor why the only sources for the Essene existing are all connected to the same roman Emperor, nor why Jesus is described in the locations he was, nor.... but I'll stop here because it's almost endless how many things Mythicism does not explain, and which Flavian Secrecy Cult Origin theory does. The list is in this pdf.
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My 13th article describes the archeological evidence supporting my thesis the Jesus' Gospel story originated from a Flavian Secrecy Cult.
A key piece of evidence emerged just two months after I published my book, in the form of the Frankfurt Silver Inscription - a tiny inscription on silver foil secreted within a protective amulet found on the body of an early Christian in their 3rd Century grave. It is the only pre-Constantine artifact that gives us a window into any secretly held beliefs of early Christians, which might have been prohibited from being written in books, or on inscriptions, and only shared under oath of secrecy.
This, and also an explanation of how my thesis unifies diverse and seemingly contradictory views held by several prominent scholars, is described in my 13th article, which is taken from the introduction of my book.
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My 14th article describes how research from two completely independent researchers, Cliff Carrington and Dr Matthew Josephson, serves to back up the premise that the APTVS pattern is genuine.
The mark of a good theory is greater explanatory power, but the mark of good science is independent verification. Whilst I recognize my work has not received adequate peer review, I can show that Carrington and Josephson both published their own lists of parallels between Luke and Jewish War completely independently, and when those lists are inspected, it turns out that they preferentially align with the APTVS pattern to a remarkable degree - even though there are not a large number of them. I calculate that if the parallels were not arranged intentionally, i.e. were randomly distributed on the chart, then the odds of such a majority of them matching the APTVS pattern would be one in 78 million, i.e. a 5 sigma detection.
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Earlier papers on the parallels between Luke and Jewish War
1. My first paper described how Jewish War parodies Luke.
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2. My second paper described how Jesus' story parodies that of Titus, as well as debunking the idea that Richard Carrier debunked Joe Atwill. In it, I show that the blog by Dr Carrier that is often thought to constitute a debunking of Joe Atwill's work, actually just mocks Atwill's work without addressing or even mentioning the core evidence that Atwill presented - namely a coherent sequence of parallels between Jesus and Titus.
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3. My third paper brings the 1st and 2nd together, arguing that since both stories parody each other, this is could only be achieved by someone with editorial control over both of them (since if you only had control over one story, you could make it parody an existing one, but you can't make the existing one parody your own), and thus have a common origin.
4. My fourth article brought all of this evidence together, and more. It also introduces my thesis, which is that this would have been disclosed under oath of secrecy to initiates of a secrecy cult, and how this could be used to drive them to worship the Flavian Emperor. In many ways this is an early version of what became my 9th article, so if you read one paper I recommend the 9th one.
Apart from the way my 2nd article addresses Dr Carrier's attack on Joe Atwill, these articles are superseded by my later articles, but they can still be accessed via my profile at Academia.edu - see https://independent.academia.edu/MichaelMenasgotz
Publications on related topics (some of which are summarized in my book)
(Article 7) How Jesus' Story Covertly Edits the Ten Commandments to Meet Flavian Goals
Building on my 4th article, this paper overviews evidence that the Gospels contain a well-hidden message, that Jesus had presented new commandments on Mount Gerizim, replacing Moses commandments on Mount Sinai, whilst also downgrading the importance of commandments relative to his own words. Whilst at face value Jesus doesn't seem to contradict the ten commandments, his story is written to permit a priest to lead his flock to view Jesus as replacing them with different ones that align perfectly with the goals of the Flavian Emperors. A very consdensed version of this is also in my book.
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(Article 8) How the Mythical Essene Sect was Roman Government Propaganda
This paper describes how all three sources claiming firsthand knowledge of the Jewish sect called the Essene Sect, are closely linked to Emperor Titus’ and can be understood as Roman Government propaganda, aiming to present a model for Jews to accept, that would cause them to use fewer resources, and be more humble, and less likely to revolt against the Roman Emperor. This explains why Josephus describes the Essene sect in glowing terms, and why Jesus' teachings align perfectly with it. A very condensed version of this is also in my book.
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(Article 5) How Shakespeare Covertly Mocks the Flavian Creation of Christianity
This paper explores the discovery by J Atwill that many of the metaphors used in the plays of Shakespeare, appear to refer to the author's apparent understanding that the Flavian Emperors were responsible for the creation of Jesus' story in the Gospels.
The paper reviews Titus Andronicus, but then explores beyond the subject matter of Atwill's book by identifying the significance of Hercules and Samson in various plays, and showing how Romeo and Juliet can be read with a second hidden meaning by changing the spelling of the two protagonists names, explores the metaphors used in Cymbeline, and discusses the possibility that the author was referring to Arrius Piso.
The paper is written for readers who already understand the theory that the Flavian Emperors were responsible for the creation of the Christian Gospels. An Appendix is included, discussing evidence that the author of the Shakespeare plays was Emilia Lanier.
My book only touches on this extremely briefly, showing that the plays appear to refer to the APTVS pattern and related themes.
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(Article 6) How the Talmud Covertly Mocks the Flavian Creation of Christianity
This paper explores passages in the Jewish Talmud, which appear to covertly mock Jesus, the Flavian Emperors, Vespasian and Titus Flavius, as well as an individual called Arrius Piso (who in my book I show is most likely just another name for Emperor Titus or indeed a divine piso lineage Titus secretly claimed to descend from). I show how disparate passages contain linked text apparently designed to lead the informed reader to connect them, as if providing riddles that could provide messages without being detected by the Roman censors.
This seems to have the goal of providing underground or ‘guerrilla’ literature that could be freely circulated without being detected by the Roman censors. It may have had the goal of providing material for young Jews to study which could be explained in private, or to embed a message indelibly within the Jewish religious texts saying that Christianity was a Roman Idolatry, in both cases to promote a resistance mindset to deter individuals from being converted – and all without the document arousing suspicion.
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