Christian Texts and History • Re: The Attitude of Marcus Aurelius to the...
The Interpolated Meditations of Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius Antoninus' reference to "christian obstinacy" (circa 167 CE) is located at Meditations, 11:3. Here is George Long's English...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Mark.How Much Ironic...
I really enjoyed your exposition on the gospel of Mark, Joe. Regarding Jesus' trip to Tyre, have you read Roger Parvus' theory that Paul was Simon Magus? It's up on Vridar and it's the best...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Irenaeus references to Gnostic texts?
This wikipedia page indicates that Irenaeus references The Gospel of Judas, the secret Gospel of John and The Gospel of Truth. But it doesn't clearly indicate those references. Does anyone know...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Irenaeus references to Gnostic texts?
Gospel of JudasIrenaeus' reference to the Gospel of Judas is Against Heresies (Book I, Chapter 31)Some scholars have noted a number of problems with the reference.Doctrines of the Cainites. Others...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Excurses - Reconstruction TF Verses Paul
Must.resist.unacademic.response. Not..resisting..well.I told you bout the unholy see yeah.Ya know it's as corrupt as can be, yeah.Well here's another clue for you allall.The young man was Paul.JW:NRSV...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: A stress test for a good Christ Myth Theory
Why not the guy known for such things?because, alas, he was not the only guy known for such things.And the Baptist Passage in Josephus shows all the air of having no connection at all between Pilate...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: On the Neil Godfrey's criticism against...
My caustic irony in calling Godfrey a Strong Agnostic on Jesus is that, by denying a priori a probabilistic approach, his objective ignorance about the right answer to the question "Did Jesus exist?"...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: What's the best mythicist hypothesis?...
GA Wells' mythicist theory: Paul's Jesus was a man who was crucified in the remote past but all details forgotten except those received via revelation; the Gospel Jesus was perhaps an itinerant...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Definitions of "interpolation" and...
Here I suggest that some posters (I so far avoid making a list, to keep this impersonal) may possibly use one or another of these two terms differently than some other posters (again, no list). I am...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Theory of G. A. Wells
Jesus was a man [or god (wearing flesh) on earth] . . . all details forgotten except those received via revelation...Some name a BCE historical man. René Salm writes, "There was in fact a Jesus known...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Definitions of "interpolation"...
Some do define this as the TF:Ginetai de kata touton ton chronon Iêsous sophos anêr, eige andra auton legein chrê: ên gar paradoxôn ergôn poiêtês, didaskalos anthrôpôn tôn hêdonêi talêthê dechomenôn,...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • A version of John with no named disciples
I've been wracking my brain trying to understand the Gospel of John. It is so convoluted and has clearly been revised and altered multiple times it makes understanding is quite difficult. One of the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: David Trobisch - Paul maybe is fabricated
He's full of shit. 1 Clement is 90% later addition and somewhere at the core there might be a pre-100 CE text. But that's like finding a needle in a haystack.Ouch! Just poked myself with a...
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Luke-Acts: Theophilus - Josephus
Thank you, Peter, wonderful stidy and help.Currently, you have Theophilus (the high priest c. AD 40-41) once on the Josephus side.Here is the Luke-Acts side:Luke 1:3 (AV)It seemed good to me also,...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Does Suetonius refer to someone generally...
In Tiberius 2.2 talking about the Claudii, one of the family appointed his messenger Glycias as dictator. This is a parenthesis, not taken anywhere. It is sufficient in the narrative to say he was a...
View ArticleAcademic Discussion • Re: Dating the Gospel of Mark
Hi Peter,Do you have any compelling reason against an early Mark’s Gospel?E.g. AD 40s.Thanks!StevenStatistics: Posted by Steven Avery — Thu Nov 28, 2024 5:34 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Testimonium Elasticum Flavianum or 3 for 1.
In the second version with TF without "He was the messiah" Jesus must be deduced from two passages. But here you have to read the entire Ant.As there has been a lot of conflicting analysis over the...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: Sodom & Gemorrah: Meteor Strike?
On Israel, near Talpiot, Jerusalem, we burned a sulphur ball that came from the site noted by Ron Wyatt, and it really stunk up the house!Statistics: Posted by Steven Avery — Fri Nov 29, 2024 4:44 am
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: Was wondering if someone could look at the...
I did some of my own research, and it seems that the academic consensus is in support of the claim made by Dan McClellan. However, I would just like to be sure.Welcome to the forum! Good...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa...
- the Teacher of Righteousness was raised 390+20 after Nebuchadnezzar conquered Judea which was around the year 177 BCE (587-410)There is some debate though over whether or not the 390 years in the...
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