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People who claim Luke's census took place in 6 AD try to make "Quirinius" of Luke = "Cyrenius" of Josephus. So you're claiming that Quirinius in Luke is not the same person as Cyrenius in Josephus? Say it ain't so! Is he really trying to do that? This is just so funny. Every anc...

Josephus "Antiquities" and "Wars" give the rebellion that year by Judas of Galilee. I gave exact locations within the text. Next time avail yourself of the sources. No, he doesn't. Next time, try reading the book. There was no census in 4 BC in Antiquities or Wars. I've read the...

What do you mean by "a change of spelling"? People who claim Luke's census took place in 6 AD try to make "Quirinius" of Luke = "Cyrenius" of Josephus. The problem with this is that, usually, there's no need to do this with any other character mentioned by Josephus. Th...

You seem to use it to mean those who sample populations, such as quality control inspectors. We real folks call these people "quality control" inspectors, not auditors. Sample testing is a standard method for testing transactions and internal controls. For you to pretend to know auditing ...

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For the first question, I gave you four historical sources that give evidence of a census, taxation and anti-taxation rebellion by the Zealots in 4 BC and again in 6 AD. I don't understand the motivation for asking if there is evidence? . No, you didn't. There aren't four historical sources that sa...

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neilgodfrey wrote:

Mental flatliner wrote:[ . . . ]Now you've put us in our places how about explaining how you isolated most of Luke's sources . . . . ??

I'm interested in learning how Mental flatliner accomplished this, too.

You're coming into the middle of a conversation, you read the thread and get caught up.

Was there a census under Quirinius around 4BC that required people return to their own city' which seems to be related to the tribe they belong to, to register for the census? So I'm curious as to the evidence for the JOURNEY aspect of the census. Is there any? I know Case for Christ mentions an Eg...

I really hope that the basis for this date of "ten years later" is based on more than confusion over Quirinius. That's a really weak case to try to make. Why is that a weak case to make? Every time I've seen the case made, it was nothing but an attempt to force a change of spelling into L...

Of course I know what an anachronism is. Why do you say that the "Hebrew spells it wrong"? Can you give me any source to back up your claim that Babylon should be 'bbln' and not 'bbl' in Hebrew? Can you give me any verse in the OT where you think that Babylon is mentioned? If you knew wha...