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a connection as well to Paul in Josephus? "There was a man who was a Jew, but had been driven away from his own country by an accusation laid against him for transgressing their laws, and by the fear he was under of punishment for the same; but in all respects a wicked man. He, then living at R...

rg i done your homework for you ha M. Parrott translator in original NHL in English (Robinson) The notion of three divine men in the heavenly hierarchy appears to be based on Genesis 1-3 (Immortal Man = God; Son of Man = Adam [81,12]; Son of Son of Man, Savior = Seth). Because of the presence of Set...

Yep thanks Andrew that's the dating schema for Eugnostos I read The argument employed by Robinson to show that the Johannine Prologue depends on the Trimorphic Protennoia hinges on the manner in which motifs concentrated in the Prologue appear widely dispersed in the more detailed and elaborate myth...

* Yes, Tuomas Rasimus has noted the points you make in 'Ophite Gnosticism, Sethianism and the Nag Hammadi Library' - . This article discusses the definition of Ophite Gnosticicsm, its relationship to Sethian Gnosticism, and argues that * Eugnostos; Soph. Jes. Chr.; Orig. World; Hyp. Arch., , and Ap...

Alongside this proposed early gnosticism with sharp gnostic dualism there's also pantheistic elements and texts (Eugnostos the blessed and others) These origins you're talking about have to include a spectrum of gnostic-like thought and it's apparent opposite - pantheism In the pantheist scheme the ...

Can Peter prove that a such "coincidence" is a mere coincidence? Thanks in advance for that Giuseppe, some evidence for that coincidence is found the gospel narrative itself where both John and Jesus are killed from apparently the very same movement. The usual reservations apply (over who...

The years 46-48 were also marked by a severe famine. This is mentioned in Acts 11:28 some eighteen years later. Indeed, Jesus providing food to people in the gospels maybe there was a famine going on The same thing happened in the Irish potato famine, the British government and churches sat on thei...

So Marcionism came later but from some earlier just as dualistic source? this seems like the place to ask a question In Luke and Matthew is found "At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and reveal...

what about if the crucifixion was later under Tiberius Alexander always been intrigued by that remote possibility cause of Josephus's claims that would be the 3 years 46 - 48. but it seem to me these passover dates on Friday or Wednesday are pretty common and so are just interesting but not really c...

The Odes can be read as saying the resurrection has already happened "I received the face and likeness of a new person, and I walked in Him and was saved." "Your hand leveled the Way for those who believe in You. And It chose them from the graves, and separated them from the dead ones...