Christian Texts and History • Re: james eusebius and alexandria
In Jerome's version of Eusebius' Chronicle we have for the seventh year of Nero i.e. 61 CE Albinus succeeds Festus in the magistracy of Judaea. James, the brother of the Lord, whom everyone used to...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Dr David Litwa on 'the Marcionite Gospel,'...
David Litwa describes Marcion as a theologian and, like all biblical scholars, he makes a fundamental error in doing so.Marcion is a leader responsible for the success of a missionary organization...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Proposition: There are Three Major Classes...
Quoting yourself, LC, as expert witness is circular.The quote contained additional and specific references 4th century primary sources - codices quoted are: NTC (Sinaiticus and Vaticanus); NTA (Nag...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Most Manuscripts are not Primary Sources
Again, you talk methodology, then abandon it. E.g., copies of texts are not "primary sources" as you claimClassical historical methodology (which I talk about) defines "primary sources" as artefacts...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Dr David Litwa on canonical gospel...
Litwa, elsewhere, has said these texts were constantly changing in their early days, accruing accretions, and doing so in waves. He says they were variably but increasingly being edited in conjunction...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Mentions of Bar Kokhba in first four centuries?
What mentions are there of Bar Kokhba in the first four centuries? I know of a few mentions of him by Eusebius, but that's about it. Eusebius says that Justin mentioned him, but I'm not sure where....
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Mentions of Bar Kokhba in first four...
There are actual letters attributed to Bar Kokhba (aka Simon Bar/Ben Koziba/Kozba)https://www.livius.org/sources/content/ ... ar-kochba/https://cojs.org/the_bar_kokhba_letters ......
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Using ChatGPT
Biblical vs Classical Sourceshttps://chatgpt.com/share/f3c5e5b5-37f7 ... f?oai-dm=1I don't think "biblical historical method" is a widely recognized thing.Biblical Historical Method:In the biblical...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Using Claude
I’ve found similar discrepancies w/ Claude3. It has ‘adolescent’ tendencies, lapses and …occasionally misses the mark completely. Check and double-check. Still a great tool, just don’t smash your...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Clement Acknowledging Mark Wrote His Gospel by...
Speaking about the Parable of the Rich Man in Mark, Clement writes: Οὕτως οὖν ὁ κύριος καὶ τὴν τῶν ἐκτὸς χρείαν εἰσάγει, κελεύων ἀποθέσθαι οὐ τὰ βιωτικά, ἀλλὰ τὰ τούτοις κακῶς χρώμενα· which is...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Clement Acknowledging Mark Wrote His Gospel...
Interesting point, thanks for the findStatistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Tue Jun 04, 2024 3:26 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Two Witnesses to the Crucifixion of Jesus...
The fourth gospel at John 19:17 contradicts Mark, saying that Jesus carried his own cross. Underneath this contradiction are two different memories of the same event...I disagree with you here,...
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: Hierarchical Clustering of Early Christian Writings
..............................................What is the relationship of Group 3 to Group 2? Did Group 2 start later? There is at least one piece of evidence that Group 2 started later. The text...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Disagreement about the whole idea of...
split from here, where people might have wanted to discuss Litwa, etc.:viewtopic.php?t=12193Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Tue Jun 04, 2024 6:05 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • What if the original titulus crucis was...
I am inclined to think so because Klinghardt argues for "king of the Jews" being replaced by Mark in the place of the original "Christ" in the Pilate's question addressed to Jesus in *Ev, as part of...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: What if the original titulus crucis was...
1 Corinthians 1:23 is found in the Apostolikon:But we proclaim Christ having been crucified, to the Jews an offense, to the Gentiles foolishness,Hence, given the premises:A) the first gospel story had...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Did the Gospel originally fulfill a...
The first rule of the Marcan secrecy club is that you don't talk about the Marcan secrecy club.Statistics: Posted by RandyHelzerman — Wed Jun 05, 2024 6:54 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Mentions of Bar Kokhba in first four...
For references to Bar Kokhba by a pagan historian see Cassius Dio.Andrew CriddleStatistics: Posted by andrewcriddle — Wed Jun 05, 2024 8:38 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: james eusebius and alexandria
Hegesippus?Hegesippus seems to have dated the death of James later, just before the Jewish War. I would speculate that Clement of Alexandria (who we know read Josephus) wrote in his Hypotyposes an...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Using ChatGPT
It's an example of hallucinations by LLMs.I can accept that as being true.A more commonly accepted term is historical-critical method, and it's named this way to emphasize that it's the same concepts...
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