Christian Texts and History • Was orthodox redaction of the Pauline epistles...
According to Earl Doherty, it seems that any orthodox redaction of the Pauline epistles was minimal, on account of the fact that they frequently don't take the opportunity to insert gospel...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Was orthodox redaction of the Pauline...
Take the Eucharist episode. The coincidence that the only Gospel-like episode found in Paul (apart death and resurrection) is relative to the "reality" of the body and blood of Jesus (a reality...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: 2 suppositions of R. Gmirkin on Pentateuch
It was a *project* commissioned by Ptolemy (?) and the research was done by teams of scribes at the Library of Alexandria. After which Torah came into widespread use among the common people (Yonatan...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Meaning of 1 Corinthians 15:3-11
The scriptures reveal the words and will of God, and by seeing, coming to understand, and perceiving the words of God in the scriptures, Paul and company claim to be witnesses of GodPaul asked this in...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Anti-Marcionite Prologues of Mark and Jerome
Various Latin manuscripts contain what are generally known as the Anti-Marcionite prologues to Mark Luke and John. The prologues exist in short and long form. The prologues to Mark were raised by...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Secret Mark Rome and Alexandria
I've started a new thread as I threatened viewtopic.php?t=13679On the general point: I may well have been over-confident in my attempts to reconstruct these early traditions. However, I am a little...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • The sequencing Nazareth/Capharnaum speaks more...
(3) I'm guessing this refers to the sequencing of Capernaum and Nazareth. I have previously discussed this issue on this forum and don't intend to repeat it here. I think it may be the best argument...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Anti-marcionite statements in Marcion's Gospel
From another thread, I'd like to highlight a quote from the writings of Daniel A. Smith, 'The Sayings Gospel Q in Marcion's Edition of Luke', ETL 94/3 (2018) 481-503 p. 482-423... on the traditional...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Anti-marcionite statements in Marcion's Gospel
Would anyone here like to propose why those apparent anti-Marcionite statements are in Marcion's Gospel? Why does Marcion's Jesus have flesh and bones?There's several possibilities. It could be a...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The sequencing Nazareth/Capharnaum speaks...
Hi yes that editorial sequence makes sense, although complicated to follow.Statistics: Posted by dabber — Wed Apr 30, 2025 3:43 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: In 3 cases on 4 Justin quotes the Catholic...
Because Justin talks about Marcion as a teacher instructing again and again his followers:And there is Marcion, a man of Pontus, who is even at this day alive, and teaching his disciples to believe in...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Mark and Marcion Have the Same Value in Syriac
Same value as Moses.Statistics: Posted by Secret Alias — Thu May 01, 2025 1:54 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Who is embarrassed by a "sword"?...
Yeah, totally embarrassed...Lk 22 (NRSV): "36 He said to them, ‘But now, the one who has a purse must take it, and likewise a bag. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy...
View ArticleGospel of Mark Studies • Re: Who were Simon of Cyrene, Alexander and Rufus?...
A non-historical solution to this puzzle, however, must answer all six questions in an equally convincing way, and therein lies the great difficulty.I'll dissent from the language of necessity (must)....
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Where and why did Mark shorten *Ev?
I use the term 'shorten' but I am not sure that Mark was shorter than *Ev.The list of the things in *Ev removed by Mark is the following:the reference to 15° year of Tiberiusthe Beatitudesthe sinful...
View ArticleGospel of Mark Studies • Peter Verses Moses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcjiXYzMJ281:16 As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers. 17 And Jesus said to...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Goulder's list of 17 Mattheanisms and the...
I think this would be much easier to explain on the Farrer theory: the Mattheanisms were first in Matthew, Luke took them over from Matthew, and the Evangelion has fewer because it doesn't use all of...
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General Religious Discussion • Re: Pope's funeral
Some Lutherans here also still use traditional outfits, though less colorful. This here is unisex, btw.:https://www.nordkirche.de/fileadmin/_pr ... 30834d.jpgI was brought up in the Episcopal church....
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Acts story of Stephen
Does Matthews note that the final prayer of Stephen is essentially the final prayer that Hegesippus puts into the mouth of James the Just? It probably does ... but these two stories do seem...
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: Daniel Schwartz on the TF, an excerpt
However, it is likely that Josephus did write something about Jesus, for his readers would know Christianity came from Judea and expect him to say something about it, and that likelihood is supported...
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