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Pettinato, Archives of Ebla , p. 277: "Gen. 10:8-1 1 reports that the first warrior on earth was named Nimrod. For this name no satisfactory explanation has been found, but current opinion tends to favor a Mesopotamian origin of the personal name. The study of the patterns of Eblaite and Ugarit...

Note: I always look for little Clues in the Text and there is one here: Luke 13: 16 (RSV, emph. added.): [16] And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?" So we have "...a daughter of Abraham" paired...

I left one out. Luke 13: 11 - 16 (RSV): [11] And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. [12] And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity." [13] An...

To declare that gospel writers were secretly referring to the death (by which means is uncertain) of the last Hasmonean claimant, without evidence, is mere unsupported opinion, not history research. From a False Premise, anything follows. You know that SG. So it is here. There is plenty of Evidence...

Peter Kirby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:18 am If there's an intellectual graveyard, then there is also a history of it, and all theology is also part of history.

So I invite maryhelena to sing a Duet with me entitled, "Who were the Hasmoneans?"

CW

The core of the gospel Jesus story. - a Roman execution of a King of the Jews - the fundamental historical Christian claim... a claim that will symbolically be played out in some churches tomorrow, by thousands of believers in the historicity of the gospel Jesus figure.... *** A sacrifice of a huma...

JoeWallack wrote ( and neatly boxed): And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her. AND I'll never forget good ol what'sherface. The missing name Marker where there really should be one. Ahhh, but I believe we do know he...

Yes, of course. However, I ask that you at least appear to try to understand.
Sincerely.

I don't follow your proposed reasoning, CW. Do tell. I write this not to satisfy some puerile desire on someone's part for a faux dialogue - I've certainly better things to do - but for others who might want to find an entry point for understanding my view of the Roman Construction of the NT. Josep...

Matthew 19: 13 – 23 (RSV): [13] Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people; [14] but Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." [15] And he laid his hand...