Christian Texts and History • Re: Simonians
Litwa has an online course about Simon https://bc-6561.freshlearn.com/Simon $30.USDStatistics: Posted by MrMacSon — Tue May 28, 2024 6:00 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: M. Smith/ G.Scholem on Anagogy
I want to come back to this, because it's exceedingly important to my work. I'm not sure if I'd forgotten to highlight this claim and confirm it, or if I missed it in passing. As I read it, mbuckley3...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • The only two Sign Prophets in Josephus who were...
Jesus ben Ananias.The Samaritan Impostor slain by Pilate.Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Tue May 28, 2024 8:39 pm
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Christian Texts and History • Re: On Literary Coincidences
Heinrich Zimmer = Yoda?Statistics: Posted by billd89 — Tue May 28, 2024 8:51 pm
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: New Free Greek New Testament Bibliographic Index -...
Hi RobertThank you for posting this it looks interesting.Andrew CriddleStatistics: Posted by andrewcriddle — Wed May 29, 2024 7:35 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Difference between "Christ Jesus" and...
"Christ Jesus" means that 'Jesus' is only the temporary name given to a pre-existent being."Jesus Christ" means that 'Jesus' is the Jewish 'Christ', i.e. the usual denomination of checked origin in...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Surviving Marcionisms in Christianity
Not being allowed to cover your head while praying in a church.That should be men not being allowed to cover their heads while praying in a church. Women are traditionally encouraged to do so. Andrew...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: On the use of 'Christ' for Jesus before and...
The original mythical Jesus was insignificant to his same believers, even if still a deity (i.e. a Jewish angel or archangel): not different from some minor god of the Pagan pantheon. Gregory Riley...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Identification of Jesus as...
There is little, if anything, in the Pauline letters to suggest that Jesus was "the Messiah". What we have is the frequent use of bar ΧΥ, which could be interpreted to mean either "Good" or...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The only two Sign Prophets in Josephus who...
Not sure that Jesus ben Ananias was against the temple, but was absolutely sure it would come to ruin. I'd hazard a guess that he felt that things were going in the wrong direction, politically, in...
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View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Proposition: There are Three Major Classes...
The Gospel of Thomas is attested by Oxyrhynchus fragments dated earlier than Constantine.Origen, earlier than Constantine, was aware of the Gospel of Thomas.Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Thu...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • The author of the first Gospel corrected...
Pilate is the only known Roman governor who was obliged to abdicate in virtue of the pression exercised by a local senate at the Imperial court. If this detail derived the attention of the author of...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The author of the first Gospel corrected...
The Argument from the extreme Improbability of a Coincidence confirms that the my conclusion is right:1) that Pilate in Josephus was pressed by the local lobby is a mere coincidence;2) that Pilate was...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Surviving Marcionisms in Christianity
The altar to the Unknown God.Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Fri May 31, 2024 9:27 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Probability?
First it was ‘History’ — not speculation, hypothesis nor even theory, but rather a foregone conclusion which we should all accept as Truth.Now it’s mathematical, a simple calculation: 25%!When I...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Is Marcion Paul himself subjected to Mark?
The historical Paul was a messianist, according to Van Manen.Messianism is a post-70 phenomenon, according to Bruno Bauer.Therefore Paul worked after the 70, i.e. more close temporally to the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Another thread: did Clement write it?
Why not? If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck why isn't it a duck?Statistics: Posted by Secret Alias — Sat Jun 01, 2024 1:00 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: New mythicist blog
Can you be more specific about who is writing as "a bloated corpse that is ready to be put to rest"? I assume that you mean Earl Doherty but I may be wrong.Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Sat Jun 01,...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Plato as the Source of the Ideal...
There still might be some truth to it. It represents our earliest detailed commentary on Clement's Stromata. Consider this unrecognized reference to the Carpocratians. οἶδα ἐγὼ αἱρέσει τινὶ ἐντυχών,...
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