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Goulder in St. Paul versus St. Peter: A Tale of Two Missions while arguing for competing Pauline and Petrine missions in Corinth identifies such uses of wisdom in the Corinthian letters as jewish 'Petrine' christianity.

I don't have any of my books handy atm, but are those 'matthean' passages exclusively "Q" or "M" or both?

Granted, I suppose I should elaborate more on known economic models in antiquity, especially on options for exiles outside of their former borders, but i suspect we'd still be arguing mostly because you don't want it to be true.

Can you show me where the Essenes supposedly lived outside of the border of Judea

The whole point of them being bandits is that would be the only way to make a 'living' in that wilderness.

I'm reading Michael Wise's The First Messiah where he's attempting an identification and reconstruction of the situation dealing with the TEacher of Righteousness (ToR) from the DSS. Based on some of the hymns and sections of other peshers he believes the ToR and his community lived in the wilds of ...

Steven Avery wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:30 pm Yes, generally 40-50AD for Gospels, 50-65 AD for the rest of the New Testament. This is why the Theophilus element is so significant for setting the table.

lol, late dating

Do you routinely source your info from apologetical websites?

It still commands my attention that Pontius Pilate finds such a firm place as he does in the early Christian creeds and creedal statements ; I have suggested before that perhaps his presence therein was meant as a way of eliminating various alternate timelines for the crucifixion. I am certain abou...