Try to read again the same Gmirkin's words quoted above:
(my bold)
Note how he speaks "in Jerusalem" as if the place reference was an innocent detail. Sorry for Gmirkin, but alas: it is not an innocent place reference.
And to clarify, the two witnesses of ca. 70 CE were apparently Jewish-Christian prophetic figures perhaps among the besieged in Jerusalem. It seems evident to me that their prophesied fate, to be slain, resurrected, and ascend to heaven, was modeled on well known oral traditions around the figure of Jesus crucified in Jerusalem (traditions that were later incorporated into the gospels).
(my bold)
Note how he speaks "in Jerusalem" as if the place reference was an innocent detail. Sorry for Gmirkin, but alas: it is not an innocent place reference.
Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Wed Nov 13, 2024 11:05 pm