Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

As James Dunn writes in "Theology of Paul the Apostle", p.183: He [Paul] mentions that Jesus was "born of a woman" (Gal. 4.4), a typical Jewish circumlocution for a human person . [4] _____ [4] Job 14.1; 15.14; 25.4; IQS 11.20-21; IQH 13.14; 18.12-13. 16; Matt. 11.11. Job 14:1 ,...

I just think the statement that "ginomai [or its forms] is never used for birth or born 97 [ other ] times in the New Testament [ gennao is ] " needs a bit more explanation It's a statement of fact, so I don't think it does need "a bit more explanation." Not by me, anyway. But w...

Galatians 4:4 uses γενόμενον/genomenon twice γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενον ὑπὸ νόμον .... made . of . a woman ... made . under the law Throughout the rest of the New Testament ginomai /γίνομαι is never used for birth or born: gennao is, 97 times apparently. ( ginomai /γίνομαι has occasionally be...

By the way, it is funny how the author of this letter starts by talking about the fact that he does not know how to treat Christians, implying that NOBODY around him knows how to do it either. Was there no one before him in his position? How should Pliny the Younger have treated the Christians of h...

Symbolic of the sacrifice of the lamb at passover, according to Justin Martyr: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/justinmartyr-dialoguetrypho.html God does not permit the lamb of the passover to be sacrificed in any other place than where His name was named; knowing that the days will come, ...

Paul wrote that “I know a man”, and “he was caught-up into paradise”, and “he heard” the revelations. That is how Paul chose to frame the story. With the literal telling of the story as Paul wrote it --- and how many/most/all of his audience among the Corinthians might have read it --- Paul would h...

It would make for a great sci-fi movie:

Close up of newspaper headlines: "After 2000 years of waiting, he returns!" And it shows a picture of Nero

Therefore, Nero Redivivus would probably derive not from Christ, but from the star prophecy. I'm not following your logic there, I'm afraid. You are connecting the Nero Redivivus legend to the OT star prophecy but I can't see the link. Stars, astrology, signs in the sky were important to most ancie...

yakovzutolmai wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 11:01 amIt doesn't take a lot of brain power to recognize the parallels between the false Nero phenomenon and the star prophecy.

What is the "false Nero phenomenon"? I've never heard of it, but it sounds interesting. (I'm assuming it isn't the Nero Redivivus legend?)

@ GakuseiDon Concerning "history" of the Jameses, I'd welcome your thoughts on my re-reading of Hegesippus. I'm sorry, I don't really have the knowledge to add anything productive thre. From my perspective, the James in Paul's letter was probably meant to be Jesus's flesh-and-blood brothe...