Christian Texts and History • Where does Yeznik report that Marcion placed...
It seems that the quote can be taken from here:J. M. Schmid, "Eznik von Kolb, Wider die Sekten" (Leipzig, 1900, p. 176).Is there an English quote?Thank you in advance.Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe —...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Where does Yeznik report that Marcion...
Never heard of it.Statistics: Posted by Secret Alias — Fri Mar 14, 2025 1:28 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa...
The tax issue seems serious in 1QpHab, as does the underlying Hab. 1:15-16:The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Where Mark precedes Matthew: the importance of...
In Mark 1:22 the astonishment is less motivated; Mark 1:23 directly follows verse 21, and its account reflects that of the Oldest Gospel, which emphasizes the greatness of the Lord rather than his...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Dr Sarah | The Misconception of R.G. Price's...
Price goes along with a very common misconception among people who know little or nothing about ancient history; the idea that we could expect Jesus to have been mentioned in numerous surviving...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Dr Sarah | The Misconception of R.G....
Dr Sarah highlights the terminal weakness in RG Price's approach to the question of a historical Jesus: Price seems to be arguing against Christian scholars that a historical Gospel Jesus didn't...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Oy Once There Was A Wicked Wicked Mantra And...
JW:In celebration of Purim and the related irony of having the Jewish enemies suffer the exact same punishment they wished on the Jews I resurrect an excellent Thread by the Legendary Ben...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: What are the Arguments for Narrowing...
To return to the question posed by the OP, but with a twist...The standard approaches, giving varying weight and interpretation to the ambiguous historical references in the True Doctrine - the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: D.R. Schwartz on Testimonium Flavianum
Schwartz seems to argue for a rebel Jesus:Among the many responses that problem (the clash of conscience and obedience to Scripture) elicited, in the post-Holocaust years, one prominent trend in...
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Christian Texts and History • Exploring Matthean Posteriority Through Case...
Over the years, I (gryan) have explored various case studies that support the Matthean Posteriority Hypothesis, which posits that Matthew was written after and dependent on both Mark and Luke. Below...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • John MacDonald reviews the Livesey's book
The historical analogy of the authors of Paul’s literary fiction epistles with Seneca’s is a powerful argument provided by Livesey and so nudges us to update our historical probabilities in favor of...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: John MacDonald reviews the Livesey's book
From the same:Mark has taken a story from PaulIf you review the review, its author doesn't engage critically with the book. That's a shame.Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Wed Apr 16, 2025 8:39 am
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: more debate on alphabet origins
..."One of the symbols is even a “very nice ayin [a letter in Semitic languages], which has a dot in the center which represents the pupil of the eye,” he noted." Yeah? Why don't you note that the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Revelation
At 5:00 AM I went to the airport. On the spot I bought sandwiches and 2 coffees which I brought to my wife. I went to the bathroom. I turned on the water. I looked in the mirror. I said out loud. Old...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Revelation
Can you give the links to what precisely, by David Pallmann and B. Ward Powers, has persuaded you about this last 'revelation' ? And where is Mark placed in all this?Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe —...
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: Was Antiquities 18 a source of Origen knowing a...
Here is an inventory of some additional claims and the current status of them.(5) Claim: Origen expected Josephus to write that Jesus' death was responsible for the destruction of the Temple.Status:...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Examples of a Later Editor Correcting Origen?
I've argued that Origen is sympathetic to some "heretical" ideas, in the thread "Origen's interesting ideas."viewtopic.php?t=11997One example is that Origen seems to support the three-fold...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Holy Thursday
Hi guys, some easter Thursday thoughtsits supposed to have been the last supper today. But in John's version he skips over the meal straight to foot washing the disciples feet. In a parallel universe...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The historicity of Marcion
I have often granted that hypothetically these literary sources may be legitimate copies of manuscripts composed (often) a thousand years earlier. Equally they may not be legitimate copies. This...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Why the centurion of Capernaum was called the...
Because the conversion of Sergius Paulus gave to Saul the name of Paul.If the centurion was called YHWH (hence: the demiurge), then it would be expected that his conversion by Jesus deserved to the...
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