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The best interpolation hypothesis IMO remains the idea that a certain "James" was mentioned without providing an identifier. That is: if we go with an interpolation hypothesis, that is the one that would seem the most likely and easiest to defend. List's argument is, quote, 1) AJ 20.200 o...

I am wondering if anyone has compiled a list of Marcionite readings that differ from Luke, but agree with Mark and/or Matthew; or presented the text of the Evangelion with the Mark/Matthew agreements against Luke particularly marked. Klinghardt's The Oldest Gospel and the Formation of the Canonical...

John Granger Cook (2017) 'Resurrection in Paganism and the Question of an Empty Tomb in 1 Corinthians 15,' New Testament Studies , 63 (1); pp.56-75 Abstract On the basis of the semantics of ἀνίστημι and ἐγείρω and the nature of resurrected bodies in ancient Judaism and ancient paganism, one can con...

Klingardt's reconstruction of *Ev in his 2020 English version (of his 2015 German two-volume book) is [also] in Greek eta This: Bilby is clear about what is conflated in his versions of Klinghardt and of Nicolotti: https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/johd.70 "Our normalized ...

Bilby says that BeDuhn has achieved a happy "via media" between more limited reconstructions (he mentions Roth and von Harnack at around 4,000 words) and more expansive (over 10,000 words in Nicolotti, Klinghardt, Hahn, and Zahn). I'm not sure that word counts is a standard, but the point...

The following is emphasised differently by me, ie. I've removed Charles' and added my own MrMacSon -- A good suggestion. Some time ago, I speculated on something like this awhile back: Tacitus, Histories, Book 3: "All other nations were equally restless. A sudden outbreak had been excited in Po...

Secret Alias wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:04 am I also find it incredible that Acts pretends Paul was a former Pharisee. Like hearing Hugh Hefner was celibate. Paul thought the destruction of the temple was clearing the way for the true religion.

Yeah, that is incredible.

Paul wrote for the gentiles. Significant key apsects of what Paul wrote was to diss 'Judaism': at a time when 'Judaism' was a lot more diverse than is commonly recognised. I kind of/mostly agree with this: No. That's what the orthodox say. Doesn't make any sense. The Marcionites said he wrote for t...

Hebrews pre-70 1 / priority of John 1,2 could be an interesting alternative in that scenario. And the priority of the Book of Revelation 1 Hebrews (+/- John or Revelation) need not be pre-70, either (but it wouldn't matter if they were) 2 the book attributed to 'John' might be preceded by the epist...

You gotta love Andrei Orlov. One issue I see, though, is that Hekhalot literature as written texts are rather late (near the end of the Roman hegonomy over the east) Sure, but Peter Schäfer and Orlov both situate the genesis of the concept of 'Two Powers in Heaven' in the pre-Christian era: in the ...