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As far as Pseudo-Hegesippus' De Excidio is concerned, I have a paper in submission on that topic. Allen basically just relies on Whealey and Paget (who relies on Whealey) for arguing independence and none of the arguments really make that much sense. On the converse, I think there are some really g...

I checked in Luke the New Testament in Greek 1984 and "two shall be separated from three, and one shall be separated from two" is listed (volume 1 page 296) as the reading of (some) Ethiopic manuscripts. So whatever you make of it Gill seems to be right here.

Andrew Criddle

The reference in the 6th century writer John of Scythopolis to a collection of letters by Clement of Rome unknown to Eusebius may be relevant.

Andrew Criddle

In * Ev 8:31 They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss. ... 33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd stampeded down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. Why were the demons afraid to go back to the abyss? Didn't they return to the abyss, ...

Almost certainly pseudo-Cyril and the quotation from the Gospel of the Hebrews may be doubtful.
See Pseudo Cyril

Andrew Criddle

Since it's not 1950 and we're not in kindergarten, let's put away these ad hom arguments. They are beneath the dignity of academic professionals, and --more to the point--ad hom is a fallacious form of argument. They prove nothing. Smith saw the actual document. Agamemnon Tselikas saw photographs. ...

If Macrina existed at all, there seems little reason to doubt the historicity of the information in the epitaph by Gregory Nazianzen. The statements by Gregory of Nyssa may be another matter.

Andrew Criddle

We seem to have solid evidence of the existence of Macrina the Elder the grandmother of Basil Gregory of Nyssa and (if she existed) Macrina the younger. Given the widespread practice of naming children after their grandparents it is prima-facie plausible Basil and Gregory of Nyssa had a sister calle...

It seems prima-facie improbable that Gregory Nazianzen and Gregory of Nyssa should collaborate on the invention of a fictional Macrina the supposed sister of Basil and Gregory of Nyssa. It may well be that much of what Gregory of Nyssa says about his sister is hagiography not history but that is ano...

RandyHelzerman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:43 am

I think you may be confusing Origen and Augustine.

Yeah, Origin also thought that too. Astoundingly.

Can you give a source for Origen believing that Mark used Matthew please ?
Origen certainly held that Matthew was earlier than Mark but that is not the same thing.

Andrew Criddle