Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

I don't think you understand the impact the temple had on monotheism for gentiles in the Diaspora. There were two temples too, one in Jerusalem, one in Egypt. That one gets forgotten about because the NT ignored it and people make the mistake of trying to read Josephus Antiquities from the beginnin...

What about Jesus being accused in John of being a Samaritan and having a demon, yet he only denies having a demon and lets the Samaritan charge stand. It would seem to support the idea of appearing first in Galilee. Also Paul as a Benjaminite is essentially a Galilean/Samaritan, right, in some sense...

Probably because Leftism comes from believing in the authority of the libtard Jesus found in the synoptic gospels, so if you think he's a myth, you're free to think realistically. Why is it that every race but whites can have racial organizations? NAACP, La Raza, etc. Mexican Restaurants can hire al...

I think the simpler explanation is in earlier versions of these texts, where we now read about a "son of man" the text just said "I". This theory can also work in 2 situations. (1) If originally Jesus was not considered to be God, then when he was deified the reading was changed ...

It is because in John, Acts, and Paul, salvation is not salvation from hell but from death, i.e. salvation is the resurrection: Jesus died to establish the resurrection. This is why in no speech in Acts do you hear "believe in Jesus or burn in hell" but rather "believe in Jesus who Go...

That all more or less seems plausible to me, Tod. I'm big on the idea that pro-Torah Jewish Christianity, such as that expressed in the material that is special to Matthew (particularly the Hebrew versions), is more representative of the original version of Christianity than Pauline writings. I use...