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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:17 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Josephus again
- Replies: 26
- Views: 578
Re: Josephus again
You are eluding the question. I can concede willingly that an original TF talked about an unnamed rebel crucified by Pilate. But what is the true origin of Christianity for you, if you don't see a relation of cause-effect between that rebel and the early Christian sect behind the epistles and the fi...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: John the Baptist, redivivus of a 2015 article
- Replies: 132
- Views: 6605
Re: John the Baptist, redivivus of a 2015 article
Not essential to the proposal, but Jesus “Damnaeus” could be a doublet or variant tradition of the same 62 CE Jesus, though that identity not recognized by Josephus or his writing staff composing Antiquities, where doublets abound of actually identical referents. That is, the text of Ant in its com...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Is *Ev more paulinist than Mark?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 198
Re: Is *Ev more paulinist than Mark?
Evidently the implication escapes your attention. If Mark is not Paulinist, then the next question is: who is more Paulinist among the other gospels?
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Josephus again
- Replies: 26
- Views: 578
Re: Josephus again
Are you saying that Canonical Luke precedes *Ev?
Are you saying that James the Just is mentioned by Josephus?
Are you saying that Jesus existed?
If you are agnostic about the historicity of Jesus, what is for you the best case for mythicism?
Are you saying that James the Just is mentioned by Josephus?
Are you saying that Jesus existed?
If you are agnostic about the historicity of Jesus, what is for you the best case for mythicism?
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Is *Ev more paulinist than Mark?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 198
Is *Ev more paulinist than Mark?
Therefore, the Gospel of Mark should be read independently of Paul so that its unique features might be first understood within its own narrative world, rather than interpreted through a Pauline lens. https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/sblpress/jbl/article-abstract/143/1/125/386882/Is-the-Go...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why Canonical Luke never says the names of the brother of Jesus
- Replies: 2
- Views: 102
Re: Why Canonical Luke never says the names of the brother of Jesus
Here we see the greatness and decadence of Canonical Luke: a gospel that is the more small-minded of all in his clumsy corruption of *Ev (he omitted the names because in *Ev the same brothers are absent), ..and yet the gospel without which we couldn't verify that *Ev preceded even Mark and Matthew (...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why Canonical Luke never says the names of the brother of Jesus
- Replies: 2
- Views: 102
Why Canonical Luke never says the names of the brother of Jesus
Simple: he didn't find these names in *Ev because not even the brothers were named there. It would be very strange that Canonical Luke was based on Matthew and opted for the deliberate omission of the names of the brothers of Jesus. Note that Acts betrayes the need of having brothers of Jesus recogn...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:11 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Abraham ibn Daud (d. 1180 CE): mythicism already then
- Replies: 6
- Views: 233
Re: Abraham ibn Daud (d. 1180 CE): mythicism already then
It is clear that you want to nail me between the two horns of the beast. I would answer "yes" to reassure you that I understand perfectly your point: in abstract logical terms the Talmudist was a historicist, he didn't deny the historicity of Jesus. I felt someway 'obliged' to answer "...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:00 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Marcion’s Gospel and the New Testament: Catalyst or Consequence?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 648
Re: Marcion’s Gospel and the New Testament: Catalyst or Consequence?
on the one hand, it provides answers to many old questions, some of them seemingly resolved a long time ago, others fiercely debated for many decades. While I don't see nothing of "noble" in these matters (probably because of the my own views on morality, as my avatar makes it clear: only...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Abraham ibn Daud (d. 1180 CE): mythicism already then
- Replies: 6
- Views: 233
Re: Abraham ibn Daud (d. 1180 CE): mythicism already then
I stand on this position well described here.
Amicus RandyHelzerman, sed magis amicus Alvar Ellegard.