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by andrewcriddle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Can Anyone Find Another Example of Regnal Years Being Expressed in the Manner of Luke?
Replies: 3
Views: 113

Re: Can Anyone Find Another Example of Regnal Years Being Expressed in the Manner of Luke?

τῆς ἡγεμονίας is used for years of his reign by Dio Cassius Ὁ δὲ Σεουῆρος ἐπὶ τῆς δεκετηρίδος τῆς ἀρχῆς , αὐτοῦ ἐδωρήσατο τῷ τε ὁμίλῳ παντὶ τῷ σιτοδοτουμένῳ καὶ τοῖς στρατιώταις τοῖς δορυφόροις ἰσαρίθμους τοῖς τῆς ἡγεμονίας ἔτεσι χρυσοῦς. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his coming to po...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:01 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Socrates never existed: analogies with Jesus
Replies: 12
Views: 281

Re: Socrates never existed: analogies with Jesus

One may have to distinguish between a minimal historical Socrates who almost certainly existed, and the Socrates important in the history of Philosophy, the figure behind the writings of Plato and Xenophon. This Socrates, Socrates the philosopher, is quite possibly largely fictitious.

Andrew Criddle
by andrewcriddle
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:44 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Making sense of the Pauline Epistles
Replies: 50
Views: 2773

Re: Making sense of the Pauline Epistles

Although scholars today do not generally associate Marcion with a Gnostic movement, it seems fair to presume that this was not the prevailing opinion of the proto-Orthodox. It may be a matter of terminology. The proto-Orthodox saw Marcion as part of a broader heretical tradition large parts of whic...
by andrewcriddle
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:44 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: A "Messianic" Use of Chrestos in Against Celsus
Replies: 30
Views: 567

Re: A "Messianic" Use of Chrestos in Against Celsus

Anyone can see David is not in the epistles or pastorals It as actually possible to simplifiy this - The gospels and Acts are Davidic and the rest isn't, bar Revelation of course Anyone can see the Jesus of the gospels has a long shot of being the Messiah if he is really masterful at it. It's at le...
by andrewcriddle
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:12 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: ...
Replies: 109
Views: 3912

Re: Why the Hellenistic era for ALL "Old Testament" books should be taken seriously

I think we may have to clarify what exactly a Hellenistic origin for the Pentateuch means. I agree that the present canonical form of the MT of the Pentateuch is Hellenistic, not just in trivial points but in that the detailed chronology of the MT which is important in final form exegesis is Hellen...
by andrewcriddle
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:56 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Early Christian Ebionaen Canon
Replies: 126
Views: 837639

Re: Early Christian Ebionaen Canon

Epiphanius accepted our Epistle of James.
...the catholic epistles of James, Peter, John and Jude...
The Ebionite work he refers to must be something different.

Andrew Criddle
by andrewcriddle
Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:29 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Origen Identifies Jesus as One of the Men at Sodom?
Replies: 3
Views: 103

Re: Origen Identifies Jesus as One of the Men at Sodom?

FWIW Justin claims that Christ was one of the three men who appeared to Abraham to Judge Sodom.

Andrew Criddle
by andrewcriddle
Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:02 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: ...
Replies: 109
Views: 3912

Re: Why the Hellenistic era for ALL "Old Testament" books should be taken seriously

Here is a crux of the matter. I raised it in another discussion in relation to the Flood narrative in Genesis. Imagine a redactor, R, familiar with source A. R discovers a second source, B, about the same event. R has a certain ideological viewpoint that A has illustrated in some fashion. B does no...
by andrewcriddle
Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:20 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: ...
Replies: 109
Views: 3912

Re: Why the Hellenistic era for ALL "Old Testament" books should be taken seriously

One General issue is that the works in the Old Testament that would often be regarded as early Hellenistic like Chronicles are revising an earlier pre-Hellenistic text (Samuel-Kings) in the light of later ideology. (Yes this does treat Samuel-Kings as pre-Hellenistic but it does IMO seem considerab...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:20 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: ...
Replies: 109
Views: 3912

Re: Why the Hellenistic era for ALL "Old Testament" books should be taken seriously

One General issue is that the works in the Old Testament that would often be regarded as early Hellenistic like Chronicles are revising an earlier pre-Hellenistic text (Samuel-Kings) in the light of later ideology. (Yes this does treat Samuel-Kings as pre-Hellenistic but it does IMO seem considerabl...