Christian Texts and History • What Did the Marcionites Mean By...
I think it was a term related to the nationalistic impulse within Judaism. To "Judaize" meant to fight on behalf of the Jewish state.Statistics: Posted by Secret Alias — Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:08 pm
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Where is/are there indications Marcionites referred to Judaising?Statistics: Posted by MrMacSon — Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:11 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Did Josephus say that Jesus was called...
(Same with Origen's knowledge of the James story known to us from Hegesippus, AKA the James-who-was-thrown-down-from-the-temple-story).I might be ready to put aside this hypothesis after seeing the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: My recreation of the opening of the First...
I've long thought that there is something strange about the Transfiguration scene in Mark. It sort of comes out of nowhere and doesn't fit with the rest of the elements of the Gospel. Looking at the...
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Classical Texts and History • Re: Herakles Seal, discovered in Israel
A better image:Without looking online elsewhere or re-reading the article it came from, I see at first glance:Clockwise from Far Left:1) the Winged Beetle/Monster (Ethan identified)2) a Basilisk...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Can We At Least Agree that the Marcionites...
But no one looks at the canon this way. It's always:1. the "New Testament canon" was established with 1 John. 2. 1 John was accepted by "everyone." (not true)therefore3. Irenaeus is citing a version...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Thoughts on Martijn's book?
Are there any existing threads discussing Martijn's new book, Gospels, Epistles, Old Testament? I've mostly completed it and I find it both fascinating and frustrating. A lot of good primary research,...
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Academic Discussion • Re: Why the Hellenistic era for ALL "Old...
Saying instead that we should consider the narratives about King Josiah equivalently to narratives of the Trojan war:Do classicists or archaeologists in other fields have this same conundrum? Yes, but...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Deir Ali inscription proves that...
Here's someone trying to explain this piece of shit term. https://books.google.com/books?id=uNXBE ... 22&f=false This thing goes on and and on. "Ma and pa taught me the word is Christian." Who...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Marcionites Shared a Lot of Beliefs...
Justin was the oldest Church Father. And Justin held a lot of similar beliefs with Marcion.Yes. In his First Apology, his main criticism of Marcion was:And there is Marcion, a man of Pontus, who is...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Origen Identifies Jesus as One of the Men at...
Καὶ βέλτιόν γε ἦν ὑπεκστῆναι τὸ παιδίον Ἰησοῦν τὴν Ἡρώδου ἐπιβουλὴν καὶ ἀποδημῆσαι μετὰ τῶν τρεφόντων αὐτὸ "εἰς Αἴγυπτον" "ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς" τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύοντος, ἢ τὴν περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πρόνοιαν κωλύειν...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Unrecognized Transmigration Concepts in Origen
Most of Origen's Contra Celsus 1.46:For the law and the prophets are full of marvels similar to those recorded of Jesus at His baptism, viz., regarding the dove and the voice from heaven. And I think...
View ArticleClassical Texts and History • Re: Pillars of Hercules
It seems the Leviathan is either a fish or a snake? Job 41:1 תמשך לויתן בחכה ἅπτεις ἰχθύδιον? ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ "Can you bind the fish with a hook" ?Homer Odyssey 4.365She met me as I wandered alone apart...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Everybody knew what the nomina sacra were
So for your OP to be valid we have to logically assume that an underground (not necessarily secret) Christian education system was operative between the century of Christian origins (or the century...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Origen Tells a Personal Anecdote that...
What makes this particularly about/like Adamantius?Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:05 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Making sense of the Pauline Epistles
How are those anti-Marcionite?Genuine question or an invitation to argument?"(2) Assume Good Faith."Marcionites are said to have forbade alcohol."Are said to have" - citation? That's very weak to me...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • James in the Early Christian Ebionaen Canon
Epiphanius accepted our Epistle of James. ...the catholic epistles of James, Peter, John and Jude... The Ebionite work he refers to must be something different. I know he refers to our Epistle of...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Earlier dating of Revelation
Wondered your opinion of an earlier dating of Revelation, based on the 7 Kings 17:10-11 corresponding to roman emperors. That'd put it as written in 68/69 under Galba and Otho. As opposed to...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Jesus' home in Capernaum?
Here is a nice map according to Mark : https://ourhomecommunity.wordpress.com/ ... fographic/It makes so much more sense that Jesus hometown is Capernaum. Everything in the first part of the story...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Basic reason why the name of Pilate was...
I would rather not share this view. Do you agree with Raschke on this point?I think that it is too much obvious, that having a Pilate releasing Barabbas works also, inter alia, as a good pro-Roman...
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