Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

Replacing Mark with Judges?

nazireon--why that spelling?

Herod Antipas built-up (already-existing) Sepphoris as his Galilee capital, then later moved his capital to Tiberias. Not so unusual to move from place to place, like Nazareth and Capernaum.

"...turns it into Nazareth," I doubt.

Whew, Joseph, you escaped being "credentialed"--close call?

maryhelena wrote above, in part:
"I'm interested in the Jewish historian Josephus, claiming descent from the Hasmoneans, who wrote lots of stuff about history...."

Did Josephus mention any of your [modern-view] 100-year spans?

maryhelena above, Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:28 pm, in part: "I did not respond to that post as I think it's for Jewish historians to make a judgement on their own history...." But you have made precisely such judgements, hundreds of times. I agree with David, above Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:36 am, that ...

Miriam Peskowitz does have a good point: that Josephus presented Judaism, especially the Pharisee variety which was no threat to Rome, as an ancient and honorable religion and tradition. That, however, does not erase the evident fact that he switched from fighting Rome to urging accommodation with, ...

I have suggested that 100 years after the death of the last Hasmonean was not a major historical turning-point.
You change the subject.

Except, I, in those last two posts, did not mention resurrection, but addressed your history proposals.

And a claiming a "sense" about history and story and future is not different from what a carnival fortune-teller might say.