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So, as far as I know-- correct me if I am mistaken-- the proposal that a "Jesus the Good" religion preceded a "Jesus the Christ" religion lacks any evidence. For all ---- It is relatively widely accepted among scholars and amateur investigators that Paul’s letters are the earlie...

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Helena Blavatsky was all over it ... new terms such as Chréstianoï and Chréstodoulos “a follower or servant of Chrestos”—were coined out of the old material. This is shown by Philo Judæus, a monotheist, assuredly, using already the same term for monotheistic purposes. For he speaks of θεόχρηστος (t...

Helena Blavatsky was all over it ... new terms such as Chréstianoï and Chréstodoulos “a follower or servant of Chrestos”—were coined out of the old material. This is shown by Philo Judæus, a monotheist, assuredly, using already the same term for monotheistic purposes. For he speaks of θεόχρηστος (t...

Peter, thank you for all your digging and work and organizing of this material on the nomina sacra, the possible names, itacism, and related topics in this thread and elsewhere. Good stuff and very useful.

I've never actually read any biblical literature whatsoever except for that JesusWordsOnly book I mentioned earlier, and of course the Bible itself. I've only been researching the Bible for about a month ... Personally, I would start with this book https://www.amazon.com/Pauls-Letter-Collection-Tra...

The theory that Markus Vinzent, Jason BeDuhn and Mark Bilby are proposing (and they are currently publishing on) is that the Marcionite versions of the Pauline letters were edited and 'catholicized' [to form the canonical versions we know today (and which have predominated for ~1800 yrs)]. Where do...

The theory that Markus Vinzent, Jason BeDuhn and Mark Bilby are proposing (and they are currently publishing on) is that the Marcionite versions of the Pauline letters were edited and 'catholicized' [to form the canonical versions we know today (and which have predominated for ~1800 yrs)]. Where do...

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