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... look how Paul phrases it "What I mean is this: One of you (In the Church at Corinth) says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”... Clearly there are worshipers in the Corinthian church who've either got the gospel messa...

The Ultimate source of the motif of a bird ascending at the funeral pyre is [Cassius Dio's account of] the Funeral of Augustus 42 2 When the body had been placed on the pyre in the Campus Martius, all the priests marched round it first; and then the knights, not only those belonging to the equestri...

The earlier "Signs Source" mentions no "John" but rather the apostles Andrew and Phillip. Do you have a reference or citation for that signs source'? Cross-referencing to John 1 the other disciple of John the Baptist in addition to Andrew becomes Phillip. I'm not sure what you m...

Lots of speculation, little reasoning from what I see. Speculation by Crossan? That quotation is someones summary about Crossan's propositions or deductions. Do you know more about what Crossan says in his books? or has said elsewhere? It's interesting though and I agree there was definitely a pass...

In God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now (2007), John Dominic Crossan ... points out that "there was a human being in the first century who was called 'Divine,' 'Son of God,' 'God,' and 'God from God'; - whose titles were 'Lord,' 'Redeemer,' 'Liberator,' and 'Saviour of the World'.&...

Of course I make no claim of single true Judaism, and ONLY propose the difference between religious Hellenist who would divorce cultural Judaism while perverting the Jewish religion for their own needs. difference ... between ... who/what?? or, are you referring to difference among 'Hellenists' ?

. In God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now (2007), John Dominic Crossan ... points out that "there was a human being in the first century who was called 'Divine,' 'Son of God,' 'God,' and 'God from God'; - whose titles were 'Lord,' 'Redeemer,' 'Liberator,' and 'Saviour of the World'...

John Dominic Crossan believes part of the Gospel of John was constructed at the beginning of the 2nd century AD/CE, and another part was constructed later, closer to the middle of the 2nd century CE. Following Rudolf Bultmann, he believes there is an earlier 'Signs Source' for John (just as Crossan ...

Time and place [of the Book of Revelation -- aka the Apocalypse] The Seer himself testifies that the visions he is about to narrate were seen by him whilst in Patmos. " I John . . . was in the island which is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus " (1:9). Patmos...

. The Catholic Encylcopedia is interesting on the Book of Revelation -- aka the Apocalypse - Authenticity The author of the Apocalypse calls himself John. "John to the seven churches which are in Asia" (Apocalypse 1:4). And again, "I, John, your brother and your partner in tribulatio...