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I wrote that the *characters* of Jesus and Paul in the letter and in acts were Jewish. I agree. But note what I said: Both Jesus and Paul were Jews I'd say that they have overwhelming been portrayed as Jews. But Paul was doing something contrary to standard Second Temple Jewish practice , especiall...

Firstly, thanks for this MMS. I'm still working through this. Secondly, as for Paul "being a Jew", I'm not so sure. It is very interesting that Paul talks about seeking to destroy the "assembly of God" as a credential of his Jewish identity. Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of ...

I'd say that they have overwhelming been portrayed as Jews. Paul *self describes* as a Jew in Philippians, and we know it wasn't a geographic or cultural identity either, because he further states that he was a Pharisee. Acts re-iterates the point. I mean, I suppose if Acts is fiction , and Jesus d...

Both Jesus and Paul were Jews I'd say that they have overwhelming been portrayed as Jews. But Paul was doing something contrary to standard Second Temple Jewish practice, especially through the middle-end of Galatians 2 through 3, at least (see below). Jesus was mostly portrayed as doing more super...

Paulinism and Polycarp: 430 ... Paulinism, which held the just middle and so firmly adhered to the original foundation of the New Testament, did not hesitate to emphasize the spiritual authority set by God. At the same time, Polycarp (around 150 AD), knowing his external position, had something othe...

The so-called second Letter of Clement: 411 A particular treatise specifically addressed the denial of the resurrection of the flesh. The significance of the physical, both for the person of Jesus himself and for the realization of the kingdom of God in the physical world, was elaborated and firmly ...

403 ... a rise of monotheistic consciousness with the Gnostic flow and its speculation appears in all the writings .. .from 120 to 135 ... 405 The Paulinism touched by Gnosis and rooted in monotheism polemically confronts Christian Judaism, particularly the lingering influence in Ephesus, in the le...

Dr. Gustav Volkmar, 'The Religion of Jesus and its first development according to the current state of science', to Mr. Privy Councillor, Dr. Punsen, at Heidelberg, 1857 387 [p.194 of the pdf https://vridar.info/xorigins/Volkmar/Volkmar-ReligionOfJesus.pdf] ... in the Gospel of Matthew, the great ma...

Jerome seems to have thought that Philo could have had some contact with early Christianity (apparently thinking of the references to the Therapeutae and interpreting them as such). https://web.archive.org/web/20070224051313/http://www.textexcavation.com/gospelorigins.html#jerome [ From On Famous M...

fwiw, in chronological order by year: Williams, “Uses of Gender Imagery in Ancient Gnostic Texts,” in Gender and Religion: On the Complexity of Symbols ; edited by Caroline Walker Bynum, Stevan Harrell, and Paula Richman; Boston: Beacon, 1986. Virginia Burrus, The Making of a Heretic: Gender, Author...