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Read the list of things he was working on a decade before his death. Why bother if he's not interested in the truth? If he made up a fake gospel why keep investigating? Morton Smith' cared. He's not arguing on behalf of dogma. He's testing. Investigating. Probing. If you could just "fake"...

Jack Bull asks about the neglect of Marcionite studies: Why have they -- why are colleagues (secular and biblical) -- not engaging with us properly ... about Marcionite studies? [/i] Jason BeDuhn gives the following answer: 24:45 "Intellectual inertia. And just to be very frank very poor quali...

Now that I think about it - James Bond and Ian Flemming - are a pretty good example of what has happened with the gospel Jesus story. The created literary figure of James Bond has had many actors play the part in movies. As the gospel Jesus historicsts have supplied many versions of their, assumed,...

So long as some interpreters continue to drive a wedge between Jesus and John, his fellow Jewish contemporary who influenced him most, we will struggle to combat the legacy of Christian antisemitism that denigrated Judaism – including John the Baptist – in the interest of elevating Jesus. Jesus’ hi...

And just to keep history in mind in view of the OP ... Alexander Jannaeus did not bring down the Hasmonean dynasty.... That tragedy fell to Hyrancus and Antigonus. Keep Posting on this, maryhelena. Mebbe someday, someone here will realize that there was a History in the area before...before... JESU...

Anyway, I think he was too late to be the Qumran-view Wicked Priest, because a) paleographic estimates b) C14 date ranges c) analysis of contemporaries d) personal characteristics, or lack and because e) Alexander Jannaeus was already the Wicked Priest. And I think you have no historical evidence f...

StephenGoranson wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:03 am "fondness" and "Wicked Priest"--hmm.

That's life, Stephen, transformation....

The civil war between his father and his uncle split the populace, so a claim that the masses supported him is iffy. Now when Antony had received Antigonus, as his captive, he determined to keep him against his triumph. But when he heard that the nation grew seditious; and that, out of their hatred...

I'm not the first person to connect the Hasmonean King and High Priest, Antigonus, with the gospel Jesus crucifixion story. The earliest person to do so, as far as I'm aware, might be Rabbi Wise. The following quotes have been used within various posts to this forum. Since the OP is dealing with my ...

StephenGoranson wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:52 am Apparently, maryhelena thinks whatever she thinks is the "story" is what matters.

The stories don't belong to me, Stephen.