Christian Texts and History • Re: Fernando Bermejo-Rubio
I have suggested that 100 years after the death of the last Hasmonean was not a major historical turning-point.You change the subject.I did not respond to that post as I think it's for Jewish...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: κολοβοδάκτυλος
I can't believe that no one has suggested this before. This is a brilliant spot, and it's disappointing that hardly anyone (so far) has bothered to read this post.However, even if correct, this...
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Christian Texts and History • Re: The "Christianos Graffito"...
Reminds me a bit of this sign painted on a wall in Pompeii:Image of a gladiatorial scene:Image of another gladiator scene:Since they didn't have TV or radio for their sports statistics and game...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Was Josephus a Turncoat?
No way. I don't know if I've ever exactly thought of Josephus as a "turncoat," but I've always been aware that he is commonly viewed that way. But what makes his version of Judaism any less authentic...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: Was Josephus a Turncoat?
And while he was given an apartment in Rome, Josephus was also given land in Judea and lived there and had a family, like the OT tells Jews to do. That sounds like a better way of life than fighting...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Sacrifice of Jesus to "purchase"...
The big problem with the "Gnostic" concepts of Jesus is that, at least from what I have seen, most "Gnostic" concepts of Jesus, and the Marcionite concept specifically, is they rely heavily on the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Letter to Theodore (an anti-Carpocratian text)
The following is from http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~browns/LGM.html (though the notes have been moved relative to each other; paragraphed here; and italicised as the other version cited...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Letter to Theodore (an anti-Carpocratian text)
Excerpt fromPaananen, T.S.(2012) 'From Stalemate to Deadlock: Clement’s Letter to Theodore in Recent Scholarship,' Currents in biblical research, vol. 11, no. 1, pp.87-125 ....
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Philo's Hell
Ken M. Penner's "Philo's Eschatology, Personal and Cosmic", p.17:If punishment is not something Philo expected for the impious after death, what did he expect instead? In the discussion above on the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: "Q" comes form Marcion
Aside from the use of the terms "Marcion" and "Q" here, the OP could make good points.Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:04 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Meaning of Nazareth?
The Hebrew Judges 13.5.A nazarite to ĕ·lō·hîm [God] shall be the child from the wombThe LXX version of Judges 13.5.the sanctified nazireon shall be the God-[the]child from the wombEven though Benton's...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Gospel priority
I am still gob-smacked, GD, by your claim, Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:08 pm, that " Offense is not intended..." by your image avatar.I was there when I adopted the image, so I know I didn't mean offense. Some...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Sabar's New Morton Smith Article
Here's the stuffed head of his "homo hunt":In the late 1970s, Smith had a brief relationship with an openly gay Columbia student. That's it. And then this immediately follows:But not until after...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Letter to Theodore (an anti-Carpocratian text)
The Strange Significance of the Name Carpocrates in Early Christian PolemicJBL 142/4 (2023) 717-733Michael PopeGrant Adamsonabstract"In this philological study we establish and reckon with the fact...
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: Why the Hellenistic era for ALL "Old...
It feels like there is a misunderstanding and maybe it wouldn't hurt to read the posts (not inbox messages since I didn't write any) that I wrote.Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Tue Mar 12, 2024...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Does the ʺearthly kingdomʺ hypothesis imply...
Dear Giusepe, thank you for looking at my work.Regarding Gmirkin, I have much respect for his work on the formation of some OT material, but I am not aware of anything he might have said about...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Wide ranging study on Christian forgery?
Let's start with the Ten Commandments. It wasn't written by the author identified as the author. It all started from then.Statistics: Posted by Secret Alias — Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:58 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Freddie Mercury never Came Out as a Gay Man,...
So everything Secret Alias has written testifying to Morton Smith being a slandered heterosexual is now proven rubbish? Oh dear. Color me surprised. And what a hill to die on ...Whether or not Smith...
View ArticleClassical Texts and History • Re: Spackling over the Crumbly Bits
It really speaks to modern man's need to control that the past is not allowed to pass away peacefully and with dignity. Such restoration projects do not preserve art, which is ephemeral and fleeting,...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: Was Josephus a Turncoat?
If the question is did the historical Josephus "turn" on the Jewish revolutionary movement he was a part of during the Jewish War of 66 - 70 CE? Of course. No question.Seems that "Of course" should be...
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