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Note the parallel in James 5:12 But above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yes be yes; and your no, no; lest you fall into condemnation. I'm not certain whether or not this strengthens the case for authenticity. And...

When considering the list of twelve disciples in Mark I am not convinced that behind that list are twelve names. Mk 3:14-19 [14] And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach [15] and have authority to cast out demons: [16] Simon whom he surnamed Peter; [17] James the of Zeb'...

[33]"Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, `You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' [34] But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, [35] or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusal...

According to Catholic Encyclopedia (James the Less), There is, at any rate, very good ground (Galatians 1:19, 2:9, 2:12) for believing that the Apostle James, the son of Alpheus is the same person as James, the brother of the Lord, the well-known Bishop of Jerusalem of the Acts. If James is the son...

But the recognition that Jews and Samaritans at one time held the ten commandments to be the only Torah from heaven is critical to understanding the fictitious debate in Matthew 19. Jesus is throwing his hat into the 'only the ten commandments came from heaven' side by saying 'Moses shouldn't have ...

I did understand that Koster is saying that both Matthew and Luke do not have lots of the Marcan text. You are correct to point out that Koster must be arguing not that Matthew and Luke edited these words out, but they had a source which didn’t include them which is older than Mark. That is all cor...

Matthew has Jesus promise the 12 disciples that they will sit on thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel in the new world. If there was ever a valid moment to apply the Criterion of Embarrassment, is there any saying more worthy? Seems very unlikely to me that the 12 disciples are a later inventio...

You have asserted that the Pentateuch was written by Ezra So the pagans and Jews of antiquity. Not an assertion. A tradition. So now you are asserting that somewhere there is a tradition that Ezra wrote the Pentateuch and this is a basis for a rational discussion without stating where the tradition...

I think you misunderstand the situation. Farmer pressed it most, but everyone can agree that there ARE "Minor agreements" of Matthew with Luke AGAINST Mark. You must be talking about something else. Not to mention that Q (whether you deny Q or not is irrelevant) as DEFINED BY STREETER in ...

And of course for the idiotai at this forum, my position presumes that our gospels were not the original texts. Even though you are still insulting people and I expect that includes me I will try again to engage you in rational debate. I wonder if you have a degree as I read on someone’s blog that ...