Thanks Jair. I'm trying to really finish up by book now. I probably won't go into much more detail here at the moment, but can summarize things I've already posted here. I'll say that my recreation of Mark I think is very well supported and coherent now. John was baptized by Jesus and driven into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. James was the betrayer of Jesus. There was no mention of a family of Jesus. There was no identification of a hometown of Jesus, though Capernaum was his base of operations. He was not called a "son of David" and made no Triumphal entry. After his death the story continued on into the Acts narrative where he revealed himself to Paul, and the narrative continued on until Paul arrived safely in Rome on the eve of the Great Revolt. The original Acts story and the original Markan story are mirror images with abundant parallels. I think the Pauline story came first, then "Mark" was written as a prequel, mirroring the Pauline story. The original Pauline story began with Paul's persecution of the worshipers of a heavenly Jesus.
Statistics: Posted by rgprice — Sat Nov 30, 2024 6:25 am