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This is actually quite brilliant. Just looking at my phone and letting the information sink in. Clement also identifies Christians as (homosexual) “lovers of the unicorn.” This may start to make more sense as an allegorical reference

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Against Marcion 3 and Against the Jews derive from the same original work probably written by Justin

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I have to admit I am difficulty envisioning WTF we are talking about here. Does the middle bar “spear” the victom while the other four “spread” his body? The gospel of Philip connects the cross with “spreading out”

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Here is the Gospel of Philip reference:

The eucharist is Jesus. For he is called in Syriac "Pharisatha," which is "the one who is spread out," for Jesus came to crucify the world

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Apparently the pun here is that in Syriac pharisatha is also used for “broken bread” (so Andrew Philip Smith)

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How would a sign be hung on a person crucified on a 5 pointed star? The same?

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Some of the associated meanings in Jewish Aramaic of this root:

to split, break, spread, divide etc
to spread a cloak over the head for the recitation of the prayers preceding the Sh'ma
to distribute, publish
to break bread, a piece, a certain quantity of bread
the fare received by members of the household or by slaves
P'ras = half the length of a furrow
crushed bones
Persia

Hif = to assign, give a share
Pi = to spread

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Some interesting related words

Parasha = a cross-road v. parushta or parasha “crossing”
=interpretation

Pharisee (who happened to have been crucified in great numbers). Tradition says the name Pharisee was applied by the Sadducees to their enemies before being embraced by the sect

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Another parallel is the “breaking” or “splitting” of the curtain of the temple.

Curtain = p'ras

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BTW only Carribean port not in the Tropics = Nassau