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- Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:45 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Galatians 2 and the behaviour of Peter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12721
Re: Galatians 2 and the behaviour of Peter
You’re reading Galatians thru gospel-colored glasses Well yes, but only to draw attention to the apparent disconnect that you attribute to Mark's "creative writing". So when did mark write, for what purpose, and how did his creative essay manage to usurp Paul's gospel in all the establish...
- Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:31 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Galatians 2 and the behaviour of Peter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12721
Re: Galatians 2 and the behaviour of Peter
Paul’s stories in Galatians with Peter/Cephas, James and John were primarily intended to demonstrate --- for the benefit of his Galatians --- that these men were NOT concerned about circumcision for Gentile believers. If one does not grasp that concept, then IMO, trying to understand the letter to ...
- Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:26 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Galatians 2 and the behaviour of Peter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12721
Galatians 2 and the behaviour of Peter
Peter was called by Jesus to give up everything and follow him, which he did. He witnessed all of Jesus' public ministry, the transfiguration, miraculous feedings and healings, Jesus' arrest & resurrection... Peter was the rock on which Jesus built his church. It seems a bit unlikely in Galatian...
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 2:12 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Jews not guilty of Jesus' death
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4128
Re: Jews not guilty of Jesus' death
and of course I meant absolved
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:50 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Jews not guilty of Jesus' death
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4128
Jews not guilty of Jesus' death
I recently became aware that the Catholic Church had obsolved "the Jews" of responsibility for Jesus' death. Can anyone provide entry-level details / explanation of this?
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 4:44 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: "eyewitnesses and ministers of the word"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9760
"eyewitnesses and ministers of the word"
If Luke is even remotely proximal to the time and place of the events he describes, would he describe the life of Jesus as "the word"?
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 3:53 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Of Q and Markan Priority
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7226
Re: Of Q and Markan Priority
I don't remember where I saw it, but if you have never seen Streeter's reasoning challenged, you have not read enough yet. I've read some unpublished doctoral dissertations, so I won't claim you have not read all the scholarly standards. However, the Consensus on many issues is just convention neve...
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 3:47 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Earliest association of author to a specific Gospel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4941
Re: Earliest association of author to a specific Gospel
Thanks Ben. Matthew was just an example chosen to phrase my question, and possibly a poor choice at that. When is the earliest quotation from one of the gospels that identifies itself as being from a particular gospel, or lacking such a reference, when is the earliest documentary evidence that assoc...
- Sat Aug 15, 2015 3:32 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Dating of genuine Pauline epistles
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18794
Dating of genuine Pauline epistles
On what basis are the "genuine" Pauline epistles dated to 50-60 CE? Is it essentially achieved via a correlation of the internal evidence with Luke-Acts?
- Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:45 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Earliest association of author to a specific Gospel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4941
Earliest association of author to a specific Gospel
Irenaeus gives us the names of the four Gospel authors, as he understands them. When do we first become aware of Matthew's association with the gospel we now know as Matthew? I mean, when do we no longer just know that Matthew wrote a gospel, and become aware that Matthew wrote Matthew's gospel spec...