Christian Texts and History • Re: Biggest reason to doubt that Paul existed
Without counting the infinite occurrences of "little ones" in the various parables and episodes. Often to mean gentilizers.Statistics: Posted by Giuseppe — Wed Dec 18, 2024 6:49 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Antitheses-Like References in Stromata 3
Opposition and the Shaping of Polemical Terminology: Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and the Afterlife of Celsus’s CritiqueThe development of polemical vocabulary in the early Christian discourse on...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • On the Didachē
Kimberly Stratton seems to have been perduaded by *Ev's priority by Markus Vinzent and has argued that, if Marcion was the first to use the term "Christian", then he could be preceded in such sense...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: "Samaritan Commandments inscription"?
Please do ask. Thanks, SA.Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Thu Dec 19, 2024 6:47 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • What are the Arguments for Narrowing Celsus's...
I am interested in have a serious discussion of this. In other words, why "must" it be 175 - 180 CE (the end of Marcus Aurelius) as opposed to 192 - 195 CE (the end of Commodus/beginning of Severus)?...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: On the Didachē
Marcion was the first to use the term "Christian"Doubt.Do you mean Christian as an outsider identification or the insiders adopting the term for self identity?Statistics: Posted by perseusomega9 — Thu...
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Christian Texts and History • Re: On the Neil Godfrey's criticism against...
At the Battle of Pharsalus, Caesar's army was way outnumbered by Pompey's. Caesar won unexpectedly, against the odds. What is the probability that Caesar actually won the battle? Isn't it 100%?With...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: What are the Arguments for Narrowing...
I think I figured out what bothers me about Goranson. When I read scholarship I generally divide things into positions which are respectable and those which are unworkable. Goranson's tone is...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: 'Interpreting Pauline soteriology as...
In past posts I've compared Paul's soteriology to deification in the ancient Egyptian mortuary cult and the Dionysus mysteries.Becoming Divine: An Introduction to Deification in Western Culture (Wipf...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa...
This is explained in CD ("God had said, ‘Their wine is venom of snakes, the cruel poison of vipers’ (Deut 32:33). vac The ‘snakes’ are the kings of the Gentiles ["peoples"], vac and ‘their wine’ is...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Does your interpretation of probability...
I'd like to introduce the notion of probability space, since it allows for consideration of the necessary boundaries required to handle terminus ad quem and a quo issues which are essential to the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Does everyone here think that Luke used...
Regarding Mattheanisms like "weeping and gnashing of teeth", I think Greek Matthew could have read in Luke "weeping and gnashing of teeth", he liked it and then he repeated it.I found a parallel of...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: "Samaritan Commandments inscription"?
Apparently he's in Seattle. Let's see if he will stick around long enough to see me.Take him out to Starbu ... uh yeah, on strike, never mind. Elon, who has also just promoted his unofficial King...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: The Septuagint
Oh great, you can read the full text as it is! The PDF is paywalled, but that hardly matters as I already have it and can pass it along if needed. It's incredibly comprehensive (and the full online...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Biggest reason to doubt that Paul existed
One of the reasons why I think Paul existed is that he aroused reactions, some of which are described in: Opposition to Paul in Jewish ChristianityStatement Of Responsibility A:Gerd Luedemann ;...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Was Detering wrong about Galatians being...
It seems just that the article "Die Gegner des Paulus im Galaterbrief" (introduced by the reference to the years 2005-2006) has been written after the commentary on Galatians (written in 2003).The...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: 'The Letters of Paul in their Roman...
About the Introduction:The pattern is the same: the differences between the true Plato and the "Platonic" letters, the differences between the Life of Apollonius and the "Apollonius" letters, the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: 12 Reasons the Paulines are not Marcionite
I appreciate your candid response and understand your frustration with the complexities surrounding early Christian historiography and the perceived biases inherent in ancient sources. This is a...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Did Irenaeus use Justin's treatise against...
In First Apology Justin writes:And, thirdly, because after Christ's ascension into heaven the devils put forward certain men who said that they themselves were gods; and they were not only not...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Roman empire psy-ops?
If I understand correctly, some have proposed--in differing, and not necessarily agreeing ways--that the Roman empire created Christianity as a means of diffusing rebellion.But the Roman empire was...
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