Multimedia Seminar and Workshop, Dr. Lewis Keizer
The exquisite teachings of Jesus were lost or misunderstood in the early gentile churches and their New Testament writings. The Greek sources were poorly translated from Aramaic and spun to promote Christian interpretation about Yeshua as a crucified savior and other Christian doctrines Yeshua never taught. However, modern scholarship has developed methods to reconstruct the forgotten Aramaic teachings of Yeshua, which were rooted in the proto-kabbalistic thought-world of Jewish mysticism, wisdom school tradition, Merkabah ascent, and Babylonian messianic apocalyptic.
Two four-hour multimedia PowerPoint seminars are offered: Introduction to the Authentic Aramaic Teachings of Yeshua, and The Initiatic Teachings of Yeshua Embedded in the Aramaic Core of the Gospel of Thomas
LEWIS KEIZER, M.Div., Ph.D.
LEWIS KEIZER, M.DIV., PH.D.
Dr. Keizer is a scholar who has researched the historical message of Yeshua for half a century and published many books and articles reconstructing the authentic teachings. He completed his M. Div. studies at the Episcopal Divinity School with classes at Harvard Divinity School and Harvard University in Cambridge, MA; earned his Ph.D. degree at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA; was a member of the faculty at the University of California in Santa Cruz teaching Religious Studies and Classics, and has taught at several other universities and schools. He resigned from the Episcopal Church in 1976 to pursue his Yeshua research and private spiritual practices without pressure to conform to Christian doctrine. He was consecrated an independent Bishop that same year. Since then he has trained and ordained both women and men for non-professional home ministry and jail/hospice chaplaincies. His websites are www.hometemple.org and www.wisdomseminars.org.
HOW TO SCHEDULE A SEMINAR
Reply to this email LK@wisdomseminars.org or Ph. 831-726-3192.
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION PROVIDES:
- 1. Publicity within its own membership
- 2. Suitable room or hall for the seminar
- 3. Lodging in private home for Drs. Lewis and Willa Keizer to reduce their travel expenses
- 4. Projection screen for multi-media presentation
FINANCES: There is no cost to a sponsoring organization, but there will be a small profit. The church or organization will divide revenues from the seminar fee of $40/person equally with the Home Temple (www.hometemple.org), which co-sponsors the Yeshua seminar series. Dr. Keizer and the non-profit Home Temple pay all travel expenses and provide laptop and projector. Dr. Keizer will offer his autographed books and CD’s for sale at 65% of the bookstore price to defray personal expenses.
MESSIANIC BANQUET COMMUNION SERVICE: Mass of the New Humanity
Dr. Keizer has designed a potluck meal communion service based on the messianic Shabbat Seder of Yeshua adapted for modern worship. This was the historical precursor to the earliest Christian agape meal, later reformed by Paul as mystery liturgy that developed as the Mass. The Communion Seder is optional, and may be done following a Seminar or as Sunday service.
SEMINAR TOPICS (Seminar One must be given before Seminar Two):
SEMINAR ONE:
Introduction to the Authentic Aramaic Teachings of Yeshua
Introduction and Discussion (One hour including break)
Aramaic words used by Yeshua vs. the Greek translations in the New Testament
Jewish messianic concepts taught by Yeshua vs. Christian doctrine
The Halakah or Spiritual Path taught by Yeshua vs. Christian practice
The Basor or Proclamation of Yeshua vs. Christian Gospel
Bar-Enash (Hebrew Ben-Adam) New Humanity
Malkuth not Christian “Kingdom,” but Sovereignty
Emunah, Amen (AMN) not Christian “faith” or belief, but faithfulness, fidelity
Nacham not Christian “repent,” but submission to divine guidance
Workshop and Discussion (Three hours including breaks)
Yeshua’s Aramaic terminology and kabbalistic concepts:
- Abba: Godhead; Ruach Ha-Qodesh: “The Holy Spirit”; Qimah: “Resurrection,” The Afterlife of a Saint; Shamayyim: The Heavens; Shaqad: “Watch,” form of single-pointed Merkabah meditation; Hub: Spiritual Debt, Karma, “Sin”; Leb, Lebab: Heart, Consciousness; Shalach: Spiritual Release, “Forgiveness”; Hesed: Covenantal Love; Tiphlah: Prayer; Our Abba: The Prayer of Yeshua, or“Lord’s Prayer”
Parallels to Buddhist and Hindu teaching and practice
Yeshua’s initiatic Shaqad meditation and Merkabah ascent practices
The New Humanity or Son-of-Mankind Messiah (Bar-Enash): Christhood personal goal for each soul
Divine Co-Sovereignty: New Humanity to exercise the powers and responsibilities of Godhead
Reconstructing a Possible Biography of Yeshua
- Offered for sale: Keizer’s fictional biography Yeshua: The Unknown Jesus
YESHUA: THE UNKNOWN JESUS
SEMINAR TWO:
The Initiatic Teachings of Yeshua Embedded in The Gospel of Thomas
Introduction and Discussion (One hour including break)
Isolating the original Aramaic core sayings of the Gospel of Thomas
- Date from 30-50 C.E. (A.D.) before Paul and Gospels; oldest Aramaic teachings preserved
- Removing the Gnostic spin of the 2nd century Greek redaction of the Gospel of Thomas
- Translating backwards from Coptic and Greek into Aramaic
Workshop and Discussion (Three hours including breaks)
Advanced spiritual Halakah preserved in the Logia of the Gospel of Thomas
- Translation and interpretation of representative kabbalistic sayings and parables
- Sayings about the Halakah of spiritual rebirth
- Merkabah ascent in Secret Gospel of Mark and Gospel of Mary
- Messianic Bridechamber vs. Gnostic
- Sayings about kabbalistic mysteries
- Sayings about death and afterlife
Offer for sale: Keizer’s book The Kabbalistic Words of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas: Recovering the Inner-Circle Teachings of Yeshua
