Christian Texts and History • Re: Against Marcion Studies
continued. Chapter 151. 1 Thessalonians 2:15 – "They Killed the Lord Jesus and the Prophets"Tertullian’s Statement: Tertullian emphasizes that the Jews who killed the prophets were also responsible...
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The evidence that the author of John used the gospel of Mark is really solid. Your argument about Markan sandwiches that you presented in this video with History Valley is pretty conclusive. It's...
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What you seem to be giving insufficient credit to is how extremely conservative (by your own standards of open mindedness on these options) prior scholarship has been in terms of giving high credence...
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Strauss (4th edition, 1840)https://archive.org/details/lifeofjesus ... 0/mode/2upA single exception occurs in the statement about Lysanias, whom Luke makes cotemporary with Antipas and Philip as...
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Even the Gospel tradition is not exempt by a Jewish-Christian hostility to the theologia crucis:The Peter's opposition to the crucifixion of Jesus in *Ev and Mark, opposition that (united to his...
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Speaking of AI I linked to your post where you said Morton Smith wrote in one of your papers that you should take a course in logic. What if Morton Smith did what Goranson said he said here...
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Burkitt (1907) [who cites Schmiedel]https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/e-bo ... urkitt.pdfAlmost equally cogent is the evidence about Lysanias of Abilene. The story of the public ministry of John the...
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Yeah that's from Carrier's post where he confuses me refuting the "Pre-Christian Jesus" idea from mythicists for the belief in the pre-existence of Jesus, which I have never attempted to discuss in my...
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Before I continue I'd like to correct (or clarify) some opinions I had.1. I said in this thread that Herod Agrippa was in Caesarea Philippi. That was just a guess because it wasn't important to me...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Against Marcion Studies
When it comes to the scholarly use of Adversus Marcionem, it’s important to acknowledge that we can't be certain Tertullian is giving us any reliable information about the Marcionite gospel. Any...
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If we dismiss texts simply because they might be forgeries, we’d be left with very little to work with. Instead, all of these texts should be studied with an asterisk—acknowledging their potential for...
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In The Testament of Naphtali the resemblance between Joseph and Naphtali was caused "according to the prayers of Rachel". They had already a biological resemblance because Joseph and Naphtali were...
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If this were an early 2nd century tradition of adopting a disciple as a spiritual "son" in Alexandria that was later co-opted by a different kind of orthodoxy, then the 3rd century survival of the...
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Almost like internet mavericks can be - dare one think, usually are? - toxic.Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:08 pm
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Henri Seyrig: L’Inscription du Tetrarque Lysanias a...
Written when the 19th century controversy over the historicity of Lysanias of Abilene had receded into insignificance, given the 1912 publication of the full text of another inscription during the...
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Julien Aliquot (Les Ituréens et la présence arabe au Liban du IIe siècle a.C. au IVe siècle p.C., 1999-2003) says that Seyrig's interpretation is "generally accepted" (p. 254) and uses it himself in...
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A note. A statement like Tertullian's "Likewise, when extolling the centurion's faith, how incredible a thing it is, that He should confess that He had "found so great a faith not even in Israel." to...
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