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A problem I see with these reconstructed timelines and priority lists is they are thinking too linearly; too two dimensionally. That is not to dismiss them off hand or say that they are not interesting (and who knows? Maybe they are right? Mark really was first and was first century), but it is a re...

It really speaks to modern man's need to control that the past is not allowed to pass away peacefully and with dignity. Such restoration projects do not preserve art, which is ephemeral and fleeting, but instead it perverts it into something that is lesser than the sum of its parts, empties out its ...

Hi Guys, as you may know I've recently joined the forum. I'm a bit confused what the general consensus view is on gospel priority. I think a vocal minority is in the Marcion priority camp. I say vocal minority because there are over 1500 registered members to this forum however there is a contingen...

@Giuseppe I was just thinking about this today. If Pilate and Barabbas was symbolic criticisms of a certain belief of Christ, could not this also apply to Herod also? I was thinking about his campaign to kill the infants would be a Marcionite idea of YHWH and the firstborn of Egypt. Just a thought....

A few years ago I did a write up on Gospel of Peter. It is probably the best thing I ever contributed to this forum. Anyway, one feature I noted was the increasing importance of John the Baptist by way of Elijah references. Basically the more important John the Baptist was the more the likelyhood he...

I recommend checking out Xoroaster's old series on Revelation. Xoroaster really is the one who woke me out of my dogmatic slumber. His methodology was just too creative and intuitive not to adopt for myself. I will say I don't agree with everything he said, especially where Rev 11, 12, and 13 are in...

@Giuseppe I was just thinking about this today. If Pilate and Barabbas was symbolic criticisms of a certain belief of Christ, could not this also apply to Herod also? I was thinking about his campaign to kill the infants would be a Marcionite idea of YHWH and the firstborn of Egypt. Just a thought. ...

Glad to see you posting again. Your posts are some of the more interesting ones on this forum. If you haven't already, check out some of the posts I've made somewhat recently. You might find them interesting. Especially this one: https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=160472#p160472 Thank ...

Going through Boswell's website, I notice that he had the option to add comments which I had never noticed. I randomly clicked on one to see what he would write to some in response to his posts, when I came across this: Interesting material, I arrived here looking for information about one of the im...

I must confess I know absolutely nothing regarding the nomina sacra. I don't read Greek and I don't have an interest in piecing together what abbreviations meant. It doesn't really help me. Regarding the first line in Mark, well be that as it may I think that the original line had to run something s...