Quasimodo wrote:Much of what Yeshua preached was very old Greek philosophy. Judea had been a Greek colony for hundreds of years before the time of Yeshua. The first version of the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have them do unto you) is from Pittacus, 640–568 BC.
Jesus's material was first class, but not original.
It is my understanding that what Yeshua taught is understood by every human, at least somewhere in their mind. People have a tendency to shuffle it aside however. Sometimes it is shuffled all the way into a hidden closet. That might be why Pittacus is not a household name.
Now I admit that this understanding of mine is a faith thing. I have no objective proof.I could pointout that the golden rule is sort of a family relationship fundamental. I also can imagine that there are human exceptions but they would be unusual.