Gospel of the Ebionites sequence of four fragments arranged in the order of Vielhauer & Strecker from the beginning of the gospel are as follows: The three quotations by Epiphanius in "Panarion" 30.13.6, 4, and 7, respectively, form the opening of the gospel narrative, including the mission of John the Baptist, his appearance and diet, and the baptism of Jesus by John. The beginning of the gospel (13.6) has parallels to the Gospel of Luke but in abbreviated form. The text shows a familiarity with the infancy narrative of Luke 1:5 despite lacking a birth narrative of its own. Quoting from the text regarding
The Gospel According to the Meninblack album sold around 50,000 copies, peaking at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart; it spent five weeks in the listings. Parts of the distinctive opening instrumental "Waltzinblack" were later used as the theme music for Keith Floyd's BBC TV series, "Floyd on Food". The Stranglers developed a tradition of opening their live performances with recorded excerpts of "Waltzinblack". In a 2015 interview on British TV, Burnel stated that the band experimented with heroin in order to help their creative process and this album was the result. All tracks composed and arranged by The Stranglers The Gospel According to the