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DCHindley's memory and research ability clearly surpasses mine in every way. So, it is with great hesitation that I would challenge DCHindley on anything he says, such as this: " This setting [stoning of James] is not that of a James the Just, brother of Jesus called Christ, but one of a gener...

Eusebius quotes Hegesippus about the death of James the Just. The Scribes and Pharisees made James stand on the Pinnacle of the Temple, and shouted at him: "O Just One, whose word we all ought to obey, since the people are led astray after Jesus, who was crucified, tell us what is the Gate to ...

Jewish Wars 6.5.3 http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/text/josephus/war6.html Thus were the miserable people persuaded by these deceivers, and such as belied God himself; while they did not attend nor give credit to the signs that were so evident, and did so plainly foretell their future desolation,...

Kris, These allusions to an account in one or more of the "Jewish" gospels mentioned by church fathers, seem to be based on Jwr 6:288-300, where Josephus laments that many signs of the city's destruction were observed but ignored by the masses and the rebel "tyrants," although th...

Stephan,

Have you ever considered taking all those countless ideas that you make into super-long posts by quoting obscure church fathers without much in the way of comment, simmering them down with some seasoning, and making a tasty paprikash? It'll go down better.

DCH

I need to clarify my understanding of the text of Jeremiah. According to wikipedia... ... Jeremiah exists in two versions, a Greek translation, called the Septuagint, dating from the last few centuries before Christ and found in the earliest Christian manuscripts, and the Masoretic Hebrew text of t...

Well, Now that I have made myself aware that R G Price is not the same as R M Price, and that his interest is in macroeconomics and tax policy, the article seems to be a modernized update to the proposals regarding development of early Christianity made by early Marxists (not Communists) like Karl M...

And where'd he get those pictures?

I felt like I was looking at a publication from the JWs or Adventists.

DCH

I would suspect that speculation whether Jesus ascended to heaven may depend upon texts such as these: (RSV Joh 3:13) 13 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven , the Son of man. (RSV Rom 10:6-7) 6 But the righteousness based on faith says, Do not say in your heart, "Wh...

In a recent poll, 13% of Americans don't believe Australians exist. "The distance to, basically, the opposite side of the planet," says renowned wag Cad Bounder, "would be impossible to traverse by means of the feet. Besides, not only is Australia supposed to be on the opposite side o...