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Dating Jesus to the time of Jannaeus is a mistake,
as I have discussed elsewhere.

Litwa has a new (2024) article. (I haven't read it yet.) M. David Litwa, ‘Thomas in Alexandria: Arguments for Locating the Gospel and Book of Thomas in Alexandria,’ Journal of Biblical Literature 143.1 (2024) 163-183. Abstract: “In this article, I argue that the Gospel of Thomas and the Book of Thom...

If I may, I don't agree that "The natural conclusion here is that the text is the Greek handwriting of someone who lived before the 20th century." Tselikas' conclusion that the handwriting is "an imitation of an older script" seems to me sound. When such an imitation occurred cou...

And, SA, as for your shotgun proposal, above Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:57 am, that WASPs
ganged up on Smith, wasn't Smith, um, a WASP?

Some old carbon ink is readable.
Ever heard of Dead Sea Scrolls?

No.
You apparently can't even bring yourself, yet, to consider, e.g., the new evidence in April Atlantic.
And you, still of and on wavering whether Clement wrote it.

There is, so far, no evidence that Smith mentioned "Secret Mark" to any monk in 1958 or 1959.

Wikipedia may not be the ultimate arbiter.

Whether cleaning house or spending a day in silence, it may be fair not to consider you a liar, cheat, and horse thief, given that you may not be a horse thief.

Do you write in archaic scripts?