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It was not "James the just." It was Ananus, the former HP, who was the highest ranking aristocratic priest in charge of civil government at this time (about 66 CE). Since it came up in another thread, I would propose this segment of text (which contains a doublet even), and the speech that...

Peter Kirby—I have not followed all the discussions on the Ant 20 James passage but I wonder if the following explanation could be a possibility on the table. Assume Hegesippus draws from Papias on the real tradition of James the Just’s death actually occurring during the Revolt. ... Side comment t...

What about Ant 18, 289+? [289] But king Agrippa, who now lived at Rome, was more and more in the favor of Caius; and when he had once made him a supper, and was careful to exceed all others, both in expenses and in such preparations as might contribute most to his pleasure; nay, it [Agrippa's abilit...

Unfortunately I cannot help with the ascent and descent of Jesus as christ-savior. This particular section you cited is part of materials I have attributed to a later editor to an original letter of Paul, who added his own commentary. The original Paul did not know anything about Jesus, but relied o...

I was referring to "Alexander the Alabarch" of Alexandria, which I had always thought to be a representative for the Judeans of the city. The Wikipedia entry for him says that his was a custom's position, and he was very wealthy. He apparently had connections in common with Hasmonean as we...

Hmmm, It was Herod Agrippa who was a child "hostage" in Rome. Most if not all of Herod's children were shipped to Rome for their "education" but they were also pawns to be used if Herod was killed. These all lived quite different lives from one another, as temperament and ability...

OOOOhhhh-Kay ... Are you saying that Philo's Therapeutae were running an escort service for pedophiles and hebephiles? Seriously? A while back I offered my amateurish literary analysis and segregated the narrative between Philo's personal(?) notebook entries while attending their meetings, hearing t...

Early Christian Writings has Roberts-Donaldson: https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/diatessaron.html Wikisource has Hope W. Hogg: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ante-Nicene_Fathers/Volume_IX/The_Diatessaron_of_Tatian The original Ante Nicene Christian Library (ANCL), which stretched about 24 vol...

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Publisher.At some point, someone decided to go to a higher organizational level to divide the tasks in the project. He substantively distributed responsibilities and authorities to ensure the best possible effectiveness of the organization at every level. This is how the publisher emerged. The Gosp...