Christian Texts and History • Re: Also the Ebionites hated John the Baptist:...
This particular doctrine of syzygies is found in the Clementine Homilies but not the Clementine Recognitions and may be late c 300 CE.Andrew CriddleStatistics: Posted by andrewcriddle — Tue Oct 01,...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Origen 1, Scholars 0
The point of this thread is that there is *no need to assume* that Origen was confused when attributing this to Josephus (or to assume that Josephus must have had more than we currently find there in...
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Christian Texts and History • Re: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa...
I see a difference between abominations in Jer. 7:9-10 "all these abominations [תּוֹעֵבָה]" and abominations in Jer. 7:30 "set their abominations [שִׁקּוּץ]". These are two different Hebrew words,...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • The Jehoashes
Wikipedia lists Jehoash of Israel, andJehoash of Judahand says each is not to be confused with the otherThe Wikipedia entry for Jehoash of Israel says Jehoash means "Yahweh has given"Jehoash of Judah...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: Zechariah Ben Jehoiada
In apocryphal literatureAfter the death of Zechariah Ben Jehoiada, according to the ancient apocryphal Lives of the Prophets, the priests of the Temple could no more, as before, see the apparitions of...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: The Jehoashes
In an academic article which examines how Philo and Josephus construct the image of Israelite-Judean fidelity, both using pistis in common as a foundational national-ethic or characteristic of...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • New Testament created by Justin's students in...
I've considered many different scenarios, but I find myself now concluding that the most likely explanation for the development of the New Testament is that a foundational collection was produced by...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: New Testament created by Justin's students...
"....Quite frankly, the fact that is has taken "biblical scholars" so long to come as far as they have is an embarrassment. The New Testament is clearly a work of fraud, through and through. The...
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Christian Texts and History • Pilate
In the ancient sands, a tale unfoldsA stone unearthed, a story told.Pilate's name, etched in timeBut shadows whisper, "Is it a crime?"Cast a cold eye on life, on deathHeretics pass by, with bated...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Pilate
It is not clear, so far, what you, maryhelena, are claiming about Pilate nor that inscription.Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Thu Oct 03, 2024 7:20 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Origen conceptualizes proto-mythicism?
Apology for Origen123. ORIGEN [46.].368 Let no one suspect us of saying thatwe think that no historical narrative in Scripture happened, because we have conjectured that some of them did not happen;or...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: New research finds 33 historical...
Francis Utley's assessment was a satire, and all it shows is that if one's assessment criteria are broad enough, *anyone* will have a high score. Likewise, if one's criteria are narrow enough,...
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: April DeConick: Communal Memory and the The Gospel...
I am not an expert on the Coptic Gospel of Thomas.Some of the sayings were in Greek, earlier.Is it possible that some collection was presented as known sayings but to be, by some, understood, via...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Whatever happened to ... the "Journal...
That article on Paul and Apollonius was published without my permission. The writing is mine but not permission to publish it.On 9/24/23 I wrote R. Price submitting a paper I DID want published,...
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Christian Texts and History • Re: On the Christology in Mark's Gospel
There are two ways to overcome the inconsistency found in Mark (cf. the post above):1) the solution proposed by Winn: the Jewish-Christians thought that YHWH himself dies and rises. Basically, this...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Why Does the Official Use of the Acta...
The Pagan Acts of Pilate are probably related to the hostile accounts of the life of Jesus referred to by LactantiusThe desire of inventing, therefore, and craftiness were absent from these men, since...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Valentinus/Valentinianism and Paul
Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-215 AD) reported that Valentinus (~100-180 AD) was taught by Theudas, a disciple of the apostle Paul (Strom. 7.106.4).Epiphanius (mid-late 4th C. AD), however, reported...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • The text the 'Prayer of the Apostle Paul'
The 'Prayer of the Apostle Paul,' found in the inner flyleaf of Codex 1 of the Nag Hammadi codices, is said to be a Valentinian prayer which invokes Paul's authority.Although the main text is written...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Valentinus/Valentinianism and Paul
FromIsmo O. Dunderberg, “Paul and Valentinian morality,” in Valentinianism: New Studies, 2020, Brill,The Prayer of the Apostle Paul (NHC I,1) provides us with an example of Paul in the Valentinian...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Prayer of Paul
FromIsmo O. Dunderberg, “Paul and Valentinian morality,” in Valentinianism: New Studies, 2020, Brill,The Prayer of the Apostle Paul (NHC I,1) provides us with an example of Paul in the Valentinian...
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