Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

Beware, if understood properly, he's a "lib'ral"! DCH I would be normally categorized as liberal in the US, since I am antiwar and believe strongly in social programs and am critical of big business' power. Since one of the main reasons I am classed as liberal is because I am antiwar, the...

May I ask if you have read where Dominic Crossan, a leading NT scholar, talks about how he came to his doubts first about the major supernatural events of the New Testament, ie. the virgin birth, the physical resurrection, the Ascension, or Jesus' divine unique sonship? He wrote a book called It's a...

These are questionable/uncertain candidates for inclusion (I am willing to be persuaded that one or more of these three should be included on the site): Questions of Bartholomew Gospel of Bartholomew Resurrection of Jesus Christ (by Bartholomew) Not sure why they are uncertain, since the first two ...

So long as the Early Writings list is going to include possibly Christian influenced Jewish books like the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, the Gospel of Eve, and the Odes of Solomon , then there's also 5 and 6 Esdras (90 - 218 AD): [/b] The scholarly interpretation of the eagle being the Roman E...

Trump was for the Iraq War, no matter what he says now. He publicly supported it. Thanks for encouraging me to look into this. In the interview, which took place on Sept. 11, 2002, Stern asked Trump directly if he was for invading Iraq. "Yeah, I guess so," Trump responded. "I wish th...

Thanks. What would say about the others I listed like the gospel of Bartholomew and what date range would you give to the gnostic apocalypse of Peter and the apocalypse of stephen?

Lucian (~150 CE) seems to call Jesus a crucified "sage", but that Christians were gullible idiots. Gak, Well in the US of A, they did allow themselves to be hoodwinked into voting for Donald Trump on the flimsy premise that deep down, good ol' Donald is a "born again" Christian,...

I sent a few emails to Jacob Prasch to ask him more about what he is asserting in his article. Since he never actually quotes his sources, it is unclear what his sources actually say. I also asked him to clarify some of he stuff he said about Daniel-- he talks about the Yalkut-- I can't even find t...

The Acts missing are: The Acts of Paul and Thecla (late 1st to 2nd c. AD ) It is attested no later than Tertullian, De baptismo 17:5 (c 190), who tells a presbyter from Asia wrote the History of Paul and Thecla, and was deposed by John the Apostle after confessing the forgery. https://en.wikipedia.o...

As for the Epistles that aren't in the Early Christian Writing list, the Wikipedia apocryphal list also includes: The Apocryphon of James, which it dates to 100 - 313 AD.[/size ] It shows no dependence on canonical texts, and was probably written in the first half of the 2nd century.[1] It has Gnost...