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Damascus was part of the territory of Philip, Do you have evidence for that? Cordially, Bernard Is this the same Philip that this source states died in 34 A.D? With incredible timing, Philip the Tetrarch died in the winter of 33/34 AD, mere months after Jesus had died (and risen) and not long since...

to spin, You don't need to mention it after having chosen your conjecture of a representative of Aretas IV who was not in control of Damascus laying in wait for Paul at a few gates Who said the ethnarch personally would have to lay in waiting at the city gates of Damascus? "Personally" is...

a clandestine operation to kidnap someone Where did I talk about that? You don't need to mention it after having chosen your conjecture of a representative of Aretas IV who was not in control of Damascus laying in wait for Paul at a few gates. Because while some of that is true, it involves people ...

Oh for crying out loud, mountainman. You don't mean historicity in any significant sense. The notion wasn't available to the vastest majority of the ancient population and was only a vague glimmer in a few historians' heads. You are talking about a challenge to the assumed existence or reality in th...

This ethnarch was in Damascus, not without. And he guarded the whole city, not just a few gates. You know what your conclusion is and you change the data to get there. I did not say the ethnarch was without Damascus. Preventing Paul to escape Damascus only necessitated watching the city gates. The ...

Just because there are conflicting hypothesis does not mean that Aretas never had control to any degree of Damascus. It means that at least three of them are wrong. By way of analogy, currently there are many conflicting hypothesis on how life originated on earth ranging from Clay Hypothesis to the...

re that coin claimed to be 37AD, based on Pompei date: 37AD is exactly 100 years after 63BC. Could this explain a mistaken interpretation by those that say a coin was found that dates to 37AD? Or just coincidence? If there is actually a 101 date, then again we have another possible coincidence sinc...

Are you questioning the Josephan dating for the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of it's temple to the Romans? I'm not sure... It's just that it seems a little *too convenient* that the destruction of the temple happens at that magical septuagint number of 70 AD. Don't you think it's a little ...

re that coin claimed to be 37AD, based on Pompei date: 37AD is exactly 100 years after 63BC. Could this explain a mistaken interpretation by those that say a coin was found that dates to 37AD? Or just coincidence? If there is actually a 101 date, then again we have another possible coincidence sinc...

How does one φρουρεω a whole city, "the city of the Damascenes" (την Δαμακηνων πολιν), Bernard? I answer that already to Stephan. See here http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=131&start=160#p1554 You conjectured that soldiers didn't have "to surround the city. J...