Sources on Peter

Contemporary eye-witnesses whose testimony is or may be included in the sources:
Paul, Luke, Mark and Clement.

Sources mentioning Peter:
The Gospel of Mark (chapters 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16)
The Gospel of Luke (chapters 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 22 and 24.)
The Gospel of Matthew (chapters 4, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26 and 28.
The Gospel of John (chapters 1, 6, 13, 18, 20 and 21.
Acts (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 15)
Galatians 2
First Letter of Peter
Second Letter of Peter
Letter of First Clement

Sources on Jesus of Nazareth

All of the following sources were recorded within a 105 of Jesus's birth. 

Contemporary witnesses whose testimony is contained in some accounts: Peter (an Apostle), John (an Apostle), James (a biological brother), Simon of Cyrene (partially carried Jesus's cross) and other Disciples. 

Main sources:
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of John
Also mentioned in:
Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians,
1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude and Revelation.
Annals by Tacitus (15:44)
Pliny's Letter to Emperor Trajan
Works of Lucian, the Death of Peregrine (para 10-11)

Nora Stone

Date created: 700-800 BC
Date found: 1773
Location found at: Southern Sardinia
Notes: This find is of interest to Biblical scholars as the location called "Tarshish" is referred to nine times in the Bible. 1 Kings mentions that King Solomon had a fleet of ships (in association with King Hiram of Tyre) which were called "Ships of Tarshish". In 1 Chronicles Tarshish is mentioned as descending from Javan (thought to be Greece). It is also mentioned in Genesis, Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Jonah. In the Book of Jonah the prophet seeks to travel to west to Tarshish instead of east to Nineveh. Two locations have been suggested: southern turkey and southern Spain.

The tablet has been translated, as follows:

[a. He fought (?)]
[b. with the Sardinians (?)]
1. at Tarshish
2. and he drove them out.
3. Among the Sardinians
4. he is [now] at peace,
5. (and) his army is at peace:
6. Milkaton son of
7. Shubna (Shebna), general
8. of (king) Pummay.

Twelve Statements Hitler Made About Christianity

The following are paraphrases of what Hitler wrote about Christianity in his book Mein Kampf.
"Christianity" is used here to refer to both Protestantism and Catholicism.

1.) Politicizing Catholicism with a single party was a mistake. (Page 196)

2.) Jesus cleared the Temple because He hated the Jews. (Page 222)

3.) Back in the good old days (when Frederick the Great reigned) the Jews were regarded as foreigners and Geothe (a famous German writer) was horrified at the thought that Christians and Jews could marry legally. (Page 225)

4.) Christians more often marry Jewish women than vice-versa. The child of this relationship takes after the mother. (Page 228)

5.) Christianity is great not because it attempted to compromise with ancient philosophical ideas but because it preached and fought for its own doctrine. (Page 253)

6.) Pre-Christian Germans were not barbarians or uncivilized. (Page 282)

7.) Catholics and Protestants should stop wasting their time preaching to Africans who don't want to know about Christianity and don't understand it. It would be better to not let Christianity fade in Germany instead of focusing on spreading it to Africans. (Page 289)

8.) In order for Christianity to be accepted in Europe it had to destroy paganism. He wrote that "intolerance is an indispensable condition for the growth of such a faith." (Page 327)

9.) The advent of Christianity was the first occasion when spiritual terror was used "into the much freer ancient world, but the fact cannot be denied that ever since then the world is pervaded and dominated by this kind of coercion and that violence is broken only by violence and terror by terror." (Page 328)

10.) Catholics and Protestants are fighting each other--just like the Jews want. The Jews are the enemy of the Aryan race and Chistendom, and they are laughing. (Page 406)

11.) Catholicism and Protestantism aren't paying attention to the survival of the Aryan race. It doesn't matter if Catholicism or Protestantism triumphs over the other: what matters is if the Ayran race survives or dies off. (Page 406)

12.) Catholicism and Protestantism should focus on destroying Jewishness not each other. (Page 406)

Historical Figures Guide

This section provides all works on specific historical figures. The figure may be mentioned briefly or in detail.

Jesus of Nazareth (1st century AD)

Peter (1st century AD)

Biography Collection

This section includes works which are biographical in style.

Jesus of Nazareth (5 BC-30 AD)

Gospel of Mark (c. 55)
Gospel of Matthew (c. 65)
Gospel of Luke (c. 70)
Gospel of John (c. 90)

Flavius Josephus (37-100 AD)

Autobiography of Flavius Josephus (Circa 100 AD)

History Collection

This section includes works that were written with the purpose of preserving events that occurred within the confines of history; this does not mean however that they exclude anything theological.

The dates shown in brackets refer to the time period it accounts for (not when the work was written.)

The Pentateuch (4004-1406 BC, Canaan and Egypt)

Joshua (1406-1375 BC, Canaan)

Judges (1375-1075 BC, Tribal Israel)

Ruth (Circa 1140 BC, Israel and Moab)

1 Samuel (1100-1010 BC, Israel and Philistina)

2 Samuel (1010-970 BC, Israel)

1 Chronicles (1003-970, Israel)

1 Kings (970-853 BC, Israel and Judah)

2 Chronicles (967-609 BC, Israel and Judah)

2 Kings (852-586 BC, Israel and Judah)

Ezra (537-456 BC, Persia and Judea)

Nehemiah (445-432 BC, Persia and Judea)

Esther (483-472 BC, Persia)

Acts (30-62 AD, Christian history)

The 20 Most Recommended Books for Understanding Western Civilization

It has long been understood that the Western Civilization is the most important for the modern man to understand--from the Greek and Roman Empires to today's nations of America, the United Kingdom, France and Germany Western culture has had significant influence on the world.

Western countries are among the most democratic, economically preposterous, military powerful and stable in the world. But what is "The West?" and what, over the course of history has made it what it is?

To understand Western Civilization we must understand its literature and its most influential figures, the Chief of Whom is Jesus of Nazareth, but others include Napoleon, William Shakespeare, George Washington, Plato, Aristotle and King David. 


I.) Definitions
II.) Primary Literature

Definitions

"The West" / "Western Civilization": In our modern day the countries of America, Australia,  Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Spain and Switzerland

Westerner: One who not only lives in a Western country but accepts western values such as democracy, freedom of speech and religion.

Primary Literature

Pre-Classical and Classical

The Book of Genesis
The Book of Exodus
The Book of Deuteronomy
The Iliad
The Odyssey
The Republic
Metaphysics
The Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of John
The Letter to the Romans
The Book of Revelation
City of God

Medieval

Summa Theologica

Modern 

Hamlet

The Bill of Rights