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Regarding the Shiloh = Vespasian idea, in ARN 4.5, R. ben Zakkai applies the word addir (אַדִּיר) in Is. 10:34 to Vespasian. And like Josephus, he too was captured and then released when Vespasian become emperor. Our Scripture says that this Temple will be destroyed only by a king, as Scripture says...

Good food for thought, Ken. Thanks.

Do we live on different planets? Are you really telling me that the idea that 1. Christians preserved the manuscripts of Josephus 2. Christians liked Jesus 3. Christians were always looking for witnesses to Jesus's greatness 4. To make them like Josephus more they added references to Jesus What par...

What gives you the impression that Paul was "the leading authority" in early Christianity? What gives most people the idea that standing in front of a moving car is hazardous? Was he a leading authority? Sure. But the leading authority? No, because that is contradicted by what Paul and Ac...

The idea that in 80 CE a Jewish turncoat decided to advocate the divine sanctioning of the Flavian dynasty isn't hard to believe. The idea that this turncoat, while advocating for the Flavians, decided to openly contradict his widely read lauding of the divine sanctioning of the Flavian dynasty wit...

If he taught to "many" Jews and Gentiles, sure. If Jesus taught to "so many" Jews and Gentiles as you say, and had such a strong historical impact in 80 CE how could someone who never actually met Jesus become the leading authority on his teachings? Obviously his notoriety wasn'...

If Jesus's name = Shiloh you could make an argument that he was "secretly" held to be Shiloh in 80 CE and Josephus was one of those "secret" admirers. If Jesus was recognized to be a world ruler in 80 CE. Maybe you have a case. Vespasian was world ruler and his name had the same...

Secret Alias wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:48 pm

Where' is "nobody" in this?

Jesus had notoriety?

If he taught to "many" Jews and Gentiles, sure.

The idea that "it makes more sense" that Josephus would recognize YOUR Jesus as Shiloh rather than the contemporary world ruler whose name LITERALLY is the equivalent of Shiloh is mentally challenged. It's idiotic. And Ken, for all his other short-comings is a fucking expert on the TF. I'...

It makes more sense that Josephus wrote this about a nobody, a complete zero in near contemporary history than an actual world ruler whose name had the numeric value of Shilo. Sure that makes a ton of sense. This is what's wrong with you. You can't get around your own prejudices. I edited it that p...