Christian Texts and History • Son of Mary, and the Switch from Paternal to...
An interview with Elaine Pagels in the New York Times* prompts this post.Jesus, in Mark, is called son of Mary. Later, genealogies and Joseph and Panthera-proposals discussions ensue.But in "who is...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Funniest (Unintentionally So) Line in...
I suppose that Ambrose had in mind, for one use, giving Origen's work to those who were swayed by Celsus, or who might be.Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Sun Dec 22, 2024 9:07 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Ektroma --- Paul and His Pals Miriam...
The world having been in labor painsRomans 8:19,22For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. ... We know that the whole creation (πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις) has been...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: On Crossan's proposition that Mark ended at...
Anyway, if anyone has feedback on my essay that would be great, especially links to prior explorations, including prior discussions on earlywritings.Hi Sean, it may be interesting for you that our...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Most Manuscripts are not Primary Sources
But my problem here is that this is not the definition of a primary source. A primary source is defined as something from the time period being studied.Does that mean just the printed medium, or does...
View ArticleClassical Texts and History • Re: Philostratus' 'Life of Apollonius of Tyana'
'The Treatise of Eusebius Against the Life of Apollonius by Philostratus' by Eusebiusaka, I think,'The Treatise of Eusebius against Hierocles' (in turn, aka Contra...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Evidence Celsus was an Alexandrian/Egyptian
1.46 ἅτινα διαβάλλων Κέλσος φησὶν αὐτὸν παρ' Αἰγυπτίοις μεμαθηκότα πεποιηκέναι "Which things Celsus, slandering, says he learned among the Egyptians and did them."Statistics: Posted by Secret Alias —...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Signs That Origen Was Reusing an Older (Lost)...
1.56 Celsus, the Jew in his work, and everyone else failed to notice, that the prophecies speak of two advents of Christ (Ἔλαθε δὲ τὸν Κέλσον καὶ τὸν παρ' αὐτῷ Ἰουδαῖον καὶ πάντας)Who is the "everyone...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Roman empire psy-ops?
Pete, I think you are overstating the case. Considering that early church fathers were heavily influenced by Philo's interpretation of Plato, and by the 4th century they were already experimenting...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Signs That Origen Was Reusing an Older...
1.56 Celsus, the Jew in his work, and everyone else failed to notice, that the prophecies speak of two advents of Christ (Ἔλαθε δὲ τὸν Κέλσον καὶ τὸν παρ' αὐτῷ Ἰουδαῖον καὶ πάντας)Who is the "everyone...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Paul's Celtic Galatians --- Revisited (and H....
Here is a combined, lightly edited version of two of my posts from almost 10 years ago, shortly after I joined this Forum. The first part focuses on the Celtic nature of Paul's Galatians. And the...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Evidence Celsus was an Alexandrian/Egyptian
In context: Celsus claimed that Jesus learned tricks from Egyptians,as opposed to miracles.Celsus slandered Jesus in this way, according to OrigenNo claim that Celsus was an Egyptian.No claim that...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • I Think the "Jew of Celsus" is a Real...
It alleged to be written by someone living at the time of Jesus. 2.9 being suggested by Celsus to have occurred through sorcery, but by the Jews of that time.(ὑπονοηθέντων ὑπὸ μὲν Κέλσου γοητείᾳ...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: I Think the "Jew of Celsus" is a...
Out of context, again.Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Mon Dec 23, 2024 12:16 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: 12 Reasons the Paulines are not Marcionite
but not the Marcion of Tertullian's responseI've been thinking about this for thirty years. My conclusions are simple. 1. the Marcionite gospel wasn't Luke. 2. Tertullian says its Luke. 3. How to...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Paul's Celtic Galatians --- Revisited (and...
Paul’s letter was sent to Galatians --- these were Celtic peoples that had migrated from the regions of Gaul and Thrace two or three centuries earlier. Ancient witnesses including Strabo, Geography,...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Is 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 compelling for...
The tone of the passages is quite different as is the placement of the narrator's position. Paul puts himself with the Israelites in Romans which makes the general comment explanatory, while the...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: "Samaritan Commandments inscription"?
Thanks. I did not know that was the first line.(The Samaritan Torah, compared to MT, omits Korah from Genesis 36:16.)What I don't understand is how that wasn't mentioned in the published accounts of...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: on Shapira "Deuteronomy" by Matthew...
Thanks, Matthew Hamilton is a superb writer and thinker, especially on forgery issues.After reading the Oskar K. Rabinowicz article on JSTOR:https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSea ... inowicz%22 and...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Isaiah 53 in the DSS
“The Servant of the Lord in the Qumran Scrolls,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 132 (December 1953), pp. 8–15, argues that Daniel 9:24–27 was in fact a reinterpretation of...
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