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- Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:41 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: my Testimonium article
- Replies: 88
- Views: 101018
Re: my Testimonium article
If there was originally no reference to the brother of Jesus then you would expect either a man (accusative) whose name was James (nominative) or simply James (accusative) Correct. Earl Doherty (and, by quotation, my essay) acknowledges that, under this hypothesis, there would have been a change in...
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:36 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Testimonium Taciteum
- Replies: 41
- Views: 47195
Re: my Testimonium article
From my reading of Fergus Millar's first article, Carrier's got nothing to support his views. If you regard the question as inconclusive, then I believe it has to be dropped as an argument against the authenticity of the passage. You require the conclusion that to call Pilate a procurator was a mis...
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:55 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Empty Tomb in Mark's gospel not written by original author
- Replies: 15
- Views: 21506
Re: Empty Tomb in Mark's gospel not written by original auth
"Note: Dominic Crossan, in 'the Historical Jesus', pages 415-416, also suspects the original gospel ended at 15:39." My understanding is that J.D. Crossan would put the ending of GMark 1:1-x:x at 16:8. It is the hypothesized 'pre Markan passion narrative' also sometimes (ie, by Crossan) ca...
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:34 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: “High/Early Christology”: A Crack in the Foundations?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 26048
Re: “High/Early Christology”: A Crack in the Foundations?
Paul did not think Jesus was God. Hurtado is wrong about that. I think he draws a false dichotomy between human and "divine" Christologies and gives to short a shrift to angelic Christologies. I agree. Citing Hurtado here is certainly not without its problems. What about "Wisdom"...
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:10 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Testimonium Taciteum
- Replies: 41
- Views: 47195
Re: Testimonium Taciteum
I'll admit to feeling out of my depth here. I have e-mailed Richard Carrier for any possible clarification that he can make here.
- Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:53 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: of arguments from ignorance and Jesus
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7594
of arguments from ignorance and Jesus
Fernando Bermejo-Rubio makes three arguments: http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/2013/12/rub378009.shtml and the first is, I claim, an example of the fallacy known as an argument from ignorance: http://peterkirby.com/the-logic-of-debate-and-the-historicity-of-jesus.html and betrays lack of understandi...
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 7:39 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Testimonium Taciteum
- Replies: 41
- Views: 47195
Re: my Testimonium article
At the risk of opening my mouth and removing all doubt, I ask if it is foolish to consider this relevant.spin wrote:First we note the silence on the "procurator" error that does not reflect what we know Tacitus knows.
https://www.academia.edu/2211986/On_the ... nd_Prefect
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 3:51 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why There Is Not And Never Will Be Consensus
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21160
Re: Why There Is Not And Never Will Be Consensus
Thanks, Andrew. That is indeed a helpful distinction to make. It makes clear both the possibility of more results (such as the no-history answer you mention) as well as the fact that some of the results involve a broader area than others.
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 6:11 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why There Is Not And Never Will Be Consensus
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21160
Re: Why There Is Not And Never Will Be Consensus
I'm impressed with how thoroughly unloved this blog post became. My worst yet.
http://peterkirby.com/mission-impossible.html
Pro-mythical stuff gets ~50 shares, pro-historicity stuff gets ~50 shares, this stuff gets... 2!
http://peterkirby.com/mission-impossible.html
Pro-mythical stuff gets ~50 shares, pro-historicity stuff gets ~50 shares, this stuff gets... 2!
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 5:27 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why There Is Not And Never Will Be Consensus
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21160
Re: Why There Is Not And Never Will Be Consensus
They said the same thing about the four-minute mile. Fair enough, but even with an exceptional individual who is able to write what should become a consensus account of Christian origins on account of its proper treatment of the historical evidence, a sequence of historical events that are not at t...