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How about references that Paul uses? Does he quote anything that could not be before the 1st century?Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:07 pm Yes, I was thinking about Herodian, too; but I do not have any observations there yet.
These 500 are in a passage (1 Co 15:3-11) which is most likely an interpolation: http://historical-jesus.info/9.htmlWould 500 men be the size of a normal Roman military auxillary unit through the Roman Empire as well, say, through to the late 4th century?
Bernard Muller wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:41 pmThese 500 are in a passage (1 Co 15:3-11) which is most likely an interpolation: http://historical-jesus.info/9.htmlWould 500 men be the size of a normal Roman military auxillary unit through the Roman Empire as well, say, through to the late 4th century?
Cordially, Bernard
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Not that I know of at the moment, no.Jax wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:34 pmHow about references that Paul uses? Does he quote anything that could not be before the 1st century?Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:07 pm Yes, I was thinking about Herodian, too; but I do not have any observations there yet.
But why did the interpolator go with 500 brothers? Where did they get that number? It shows up nowhere else.Bernard Muller wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 5:17 pm to Jax,
I think that passage was added up after gLuke & Acts were known (which I dated around 81-93 CE) but not gMatthew (with the two reappearances) & gJohn. That's the best fit for the sequence of reappearances in 1 Co 15:3-8.
Cordially, Bernard
I think that you must agree that, even if I am dead wrong, this gives us an opportunity to view the material from a fresh and different angle as my response to Bernard's statement about a possible interpolation in 1 Corinthians 15 illustrates.Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 5:04 pmNot that I know of at the moment, no.Jax wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:34 pmHow about references that Paul uses? Does he quote anything that could not be before the 1st century?Ben C. Smith wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 4:07 pm Yes, I was thinking about Herodian, too; but I do not have any observations there yet.