Hanputa
Hanputa, meaning re-orientation/reconcilliation/turning-back-towards [1] divinity, is corrected (Noachified [2]) indigenous religion or spirituality [3], like for example Hermeticism [4], the religion of The Ancient Just [5]. Church fathers looked down upon Hanputa because it once represented the only real non-Jewish non-Christian monotheistic competition [6]. However, Pre-tribulation Christian Theologians have considered that 2Thessalonians 2:3 refers to the necessity of Hanputa [7]. Julian the Hanif [8] and many Tsabi'un [9] in the time of Abul Kazim followed Hanputa (though many were polytheists [10]), hence, when Abul Kazim said "not a divinity but the divine" Abu Lahab called him a Tsabi. The Quran, therefore, makes it clear that only those Tsabi'un who follow Hanputa will be saved [11]. Maimonides seems to use the term Tsabi to refer only to those who did not follow Hanputa [12]. For those who did follow Hanputa he created the term Chochmei Umot Ha Olam [13]. The Torah equivalent of Tsabi'un who follow Hanputa are called Hatoshavim [14], while in Greek records they are called Sebeis or Sebomenoi [15]. Although Mani was an apostate from Hanputa, his commentators still called him Hanif even after he left it behind [16], and their usage of the term was intended to be degoratory.
- ↑ Syriac Etymological Dictionary, though generally translated, sloppily, as simply "apostasy" because of similarities in etymology. The agent ܚܢܦܐ "Hanpa" occurs in the Peshitta e.g. 1 Corinthians 10:27 in the sense that it can not mean apostate.
- ↑ Noahism is a Rabbinical concept but this Karaite accepts its usage in reference the concept of monotheism for Hatoshavim and Hagarim among Karaites. Thus Karaites "Noahism" would be based upon the laws which the Tanakh mentions in relation to Hatoshavim and Hagarim. Meanwhile, Rabbinical opinion in Beth Hillel Halakhah generally categorizes the laws into prohibitions concerning what can be summed up as sexual immorality, tearing creatures, homocide, theft, bad theology (blasphemy), obsessing (idolizing), and lawlessness.
- ↑ This understanding reflects this author's own spiritual religious paradigm.
- ↑ Thabit ibn Qurra called his religion Hanputa
- ↑ The Ancient Just were mainly Greek philosophers but also many others who Church Fathers could not accept would be condemned to eternal damnation simply for having been born before Christ's triumph. Hence the docrine of the Harrowing of Hell was developed to deal with this otherwise injustice.
- ↑ The writings of Julian the Apostate highlight the competition.
- ↑ Pre-millenial rapture theology Dr. Thomas Ice, Pre-Trib Perspective, March 2004, Vol.8, No.11.
- ↑ As Julian the Apostate was known in Arabic from the Syriac Hanpa.
- ↑ Tsabiun first appear in Elam as the audience Elxai preaces to. Some have equated them with the Sampsaeans. They followed the path of the Budasaf, awaited Mitrea, and ranged from Egypt to China. It seems evident from the demographic data that they were the audience that Prophet Mani was quite successful in swaying.
- ↑ Ibn al-Qayyim, Ahkaam Ahl al-Dhimmah vol 1 pages 92-98
- ↑ 2:62, 5:69 both make it clear that only those who believe in the divine and the next life
- ↑ Maimonides Guide for the Perplexed
- ↑ Maimonides Laws of Kings and their Wars, Chapter 8 para 11
- ↑ The Tanakh mentions Hatoshavim as a lower class of Torah observer but alongside Hagarim. Since Hagarim are equated with Maimonides Chassidei Umot Ha Olam, the next class down from this logically therefore equates to Hatoshavim. Prato and Fratini have suggested an etymological connection between the roots *tsab and *shav.
- ↑ see for example "Jews and Godfearers at Aphrodisias"
- ↑ Zum Problem der Sabier und Ḥanīfen
For an easy-reading summary of references to Hanputa in Arabic traditions please see http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/kasem/quran_origin2.htm