Quest of the mythical Jesus available online
Quest of the mythical Jesus available online
https://www.academia.edu/43141837/THE_Q ... he_Present
Interesting.
I know now this blog of a Jesus Agnostic:
https://dmspence.com
Interesting.
I know now this blog of a Jesus Agnostic:
https://dmspence.com
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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Hi there! Thanks for sharing this!
I'm sure there is a lot in there you may find interesting. For instance, Albert Einstein wrote the foreword to a mythicist book by Homer W. Smith. Honestly, the most interesting bit for me in researching for this book was seeing the development (and then collapse) of mythicism in the USSR (via Arthur Drews' work).
I'm sure there is a lot in there you may find interesting. For instance, Albert Einstein wrote the foreword to a mythicist book by Homer W. Smith. Honestly, the most interesting bit for me in researching for this book was seeing the development (and then collapse) of mythicism in the USSR (via Arthur Drews' work).
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Hi Chris,
I find a lot of interesting references to obscure mythicists I didn't know before.
Possibly the only fault of the book is the absence of any mention of the French mythicist Jean Magne (according to which Jesus is the Serpent historicized).
I find a lot of interesting references to obscure mythicists I didn't know before.
Possibly the only fault of the book is the absence of any mention of the French mythicist Jean Magne (according to which Jesus is the Serpent historicized).
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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Could you provide me a reference to Jean Magne's work? I will definitely discuss it if you can send me anything.
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About Jean Magne:Chris Hansen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:10 pm Could you provide me a reference to Jean Magne's work? I will definitely discuss it if you can send me anything.
https://vridar.org/2018/10/01/enticed-b ... mythicist/
http://www.egodeath.com/JeanMagne-Logiq ... aments.htm
Note that Jacob Neusner wrote positively about his book.
In addition, I see that in your book another great French mythicist, Robert Stahl, is missing, also. He is author of The Document 70, unfortunately not more in circulation, where he argues fully for priority of proto-John.
https://www.persee.fr/doc/rhpr_0035-240 ... 286_0000_4
Stahl is famous also for this important article about Barabbas, found by me (and by Jean Magne, too) highly persuasive, a real milestone in the interpretation of the Barabbas episode:
https://vridar.org/wp-content/uploads/2 ... r_engl.pdf
And for this book where he also argues for a mythical Jesus:
http://www.mythicistpapers.com/2012/10/ ... s-r-stahl/
I think that, by adding references to them in your book, it becomes really the best book about the past mythicists.
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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Thanks, I will make sure to add all of this to my work once I read through it. Thank you for bringing my attention to it!
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So I can't figure out if Stahl was a mythicist or not. Rene Salm says that he wasn't. Stahl seems to think that Jesus was a composite of historical figures.
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René Salm has read only few photocopies of his book, for his same admission, but I have his entire book on the Mandeans, and he says expressly how Jesus was invented when he talks about the Christian origins. So he is a mythicist.Chris Hansen wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:45 pm So I can't figure out if Stahl was a mythicist or not. Rene Salm says that he wasn't. Stahl seems to think that Jesus was a composite of historical figures.
Stahl has translated in French the Drews's Christ Myth.
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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Thanks for that! I will see if I can obtain a copy of Stahl's book and give it a read in the next month or so. If you would like a credit in the book for your help bringing my attention to these, I'd be more than happy to credit you!
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no problem for that, thanks. I'm not looking for notoriety, although I'd be flattered by the presence of my name in the bookChris Hansen wrote: ↑Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:03 am Thanks for that! I will see if I can obtain a copy of Stahl's book and give it a read in the next month or so. If you would like a credit in the book for your help bringing my attention to these, I'd be more than happy to credit you!
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.