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by oleg
Sun Nov 06, 2016 5:03 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: More Proof that Tertullian Was Copying Irenaeus
Replies: 103
Views: 45936

Re: More Proof that Tertullian Was Copying Irenaeus

I'm not wanting to derail this thread (and wondered about starting another thread, which I will do if this does) but, besides being interested in Stephan's thesis that Tertuallian used Irenaeus (which is interesting, per se) I'm interested in the question of where Irenaeus - a key figure in the dev...
by oleg
Fri Nov 04, 2016 10:28 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: More Proof that Tertullian Was Copying Irenaeus
Replies: 103
Views: 45936

Re: More Proof that Tertullian Was Copying Irenaeus

Just a few points: 1. when you say "more (proof)", it would be good to have a link to the previous "proof"; 2. when you cite material, it would be good if you cite the exact references involved; 3. why do you think Irenaeus of Lyon was a "Roman writer" when his work wa...
by oleg
Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:10 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Gospels Were Not Published Until c.150
Replies: 256
Views: 97872

Re: The Gospels Were Not Published Until c.150

I AM right about the historical evidence: not one Christian writer on record before Justin Martyr had his hands on any Gospels Then, which writer, prior to "Irenaeus" (whose existence is known because of which secular document?) claims to have read "Paul's" epistles? How did &qu...
by oleg
Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:32 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Did Jesus Exist? Price-Ehrman Debate: Full Audio
Replies: 31
Views: 18135

Re: Did Jesus Exist? Price-Ehrman Debate: Full Audio

OK - I'll say it again. An argument for a specific historical position cannot be negated, countered, by an argument that is based upon theological/philosophical arguments. An argument for a specific historical position requires a counter argument, rebuttal, based upon an alternative historical argu...
by oleg
Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:09 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Another text, another story
Replies: 35
Views: 21569

Re: Another text, another story

The main argument for the second idea is that in the Hebrew bible the fig tree would allegedly symbolize Israel, what I would judge as wrong. There are only two verses in which good or early figs (and not the tree) symbolize good Isrealites. In the Hebrew bible the fig tree is (together with the vi...
by oleg
Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:47 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: 1 Cor 15:3-11 once again
Replies: 200
Views: 148130

Re: 1 Cor 15:3-11 once again

For followers of this problematic passage, [1Corinthians 15:3-11], which I think is an interpolation, I have thrown together another analysis with at least one novel addition on Reddit, At the reddit site: This is precisely how one would hook an interpolation into the context... by picking up on wo...
by oleg
Fri Jun 03, 2016 11:42 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: John the Baptist is Historical
Replies: 24
Views: 14286

Re: John the Baptist is Historical

Load of horse crap. Because you perceive the date incorrectly, does not make the data inconclusive. Thank you for confirming the urgency of my forthcoming visit to the opthalmologist. If you have some data to offer, to refute my contention, Stephan, then, please provide the links to your references...
by oleg
Thu Jun 02, 2016 1:01 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: John the Baptist is Historical
Replies: 24
Views: 14286

Re: John the Baptist is Historical

I would have loved to display numerous unrelated sources about John the Baptizer. There is an earliest source written in Aramaic that includes verses in the Gospel of John. There are thus comparative four verses all somewhat alike. More commonly we see the three Synoptics sort of similar, going bac...
by oleg
Mon May 09, 2016 1:26 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
Replies: 397
Views: 237292

Re: Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

http://www.abebooks.com/Atlantis-Lessons-Lost-Continent-Danelek-Allan/15983041402/bd Atlantis: Lessons from the Lost Continent, by J. Allen Danelek, 288 pages, Llewellyn Publications 2008, Section 2: Plato Reconsidered, page 41: just because a story is fictional doesn’t mean it has no factual conten...
by oleg
Sun May 08, 2016 3:35 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Greek-- is this guy right?
Replies: 4
Views: 3683

Re: Greek-- is this guy right?

Lucian: Hermotimus, καθεὶς τὴν χεῖρα ἐς τὴν κάλπιν ἀνασπᾷ τῶν κλήρων ἕνα καὶ μετ᾽ http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text;jsessionid=5EFE2BE56A6E9B27451C57B049B0E13B?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0521%3Asection%3D40 At these contests, "Pankration", each man dipped his hand, not his arm, or...