I suspect that Josephus was implying that God was about to put His weight behind the Roman side, with Vespasian as God's new favorite.Joseph D. L. wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:06 amMakes you wonder where God is going when he strolls on out of the Temple. Weird that Jesus ben Ananias appears, stage right and on his mark.
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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Book 6.5.3 of Wars of the Jews.
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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:02 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Book 6.5.3 of Wars of the Jews.
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Josephus also implies that God had removed Himself from the Temple. This is consistent with what he wrote about how God had abandoned Jerusalem and the Temple due to the actions of robbers and the High Priests: At the same festival also, a heifer, as she was led by the high priest to be sacrificed, ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:00 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Temptation Story in Mark is anti-marcionite
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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Temptation Story in Mark is anti-marcionite
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Re: The Temptation Story in Mark is anti-marcionite
Ebionism is a post-Marcion phenomenon... Yes, that's why I wrote "Ebion-like". I believe the Ebionites were the continuation of the beliefs of the original Christians, even if modified by time. This is because the letters that appear to either be written before the Gospels or were unaffec...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:13 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Temptation Story in Mark is anti-marcionite
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The point is the same of Hebrews 4:15: Jesus is fully human, only remember that the his humanity was without sin. You don't need to explain that his humanity was without sin, unless you are addressing people who did n't accept a human Jesus, i.e. Marcionites . A 'Jesus without sin" is consiste...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Is 'called Christ' in Ant 20:200 a Christian gloss just as 'born by woman' is a Catholic gloss in Gal 4:4?
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Re: Is 'called Christ' in Ant 20:200 a Christian gloss just as 'born by woman' is a Catholic gloss in Gal 4:4?
An angel perhaps, given a promotion? I think Ehrman believes something along those lines, though I haven't looked into that.Peter Kirby wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:39 pmI kinda don't get it. Hanging around at creation but not the Son?
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:35 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Is 'called Christ' in Ant 20:200 a Christian gloss just as 'born by woman' is a Catholic gloss in Gal 4:4?
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Re: Is 'called Christ' in Ant 20:200 a Christian gloss just as 'born by woman' is a Catholic gloss in Gal 4:4?
Christ is a son via a woman, while Christians are sons via adoption: Also I am son of a woman If that were true, surely you would have given the name of the woman. Who uses "son of a woman" to describe someone? and baptized at the birth. If that were true, surely you would have supplied t...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:56 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Is 'called Christ' in Ant 20:200 a Christian gloss just as 'born by woman' is a Catholic gloss in Gal 4:4?
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Re: Is 'called Christ' in Ant 20:200 a Christian gloss just as 'born by woman' is a Catholic gloss in Gal 4:4?
Afterall, just as 'called Christ' breaks the context (the brother of Jesus ben Damneus being the victim of Ananus), a similar breaking of the context is in action in Galatians 4:4: the argument is the Son being sent by god in the predicted time, and the 'birth from woman' is not a detail of interes...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The gospel writers saw Jesus as an angel figure, gave him a version of the name Yahweh
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Re: The gospel writers saw Jesus as an angel figure, gave him a version of the name Yahweh
The possible interpretations may be numerous and contradictory. Jesus may be the son of El Elyon, he may be the son of YHWH. Literally or spiritually. I think there is also the question of timing. If Christianity started from a Jewish context, then "son of God" probably was a term that di...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The gospel writers saw Jesus as an angel figure, gave him a version of the name Yahweh
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Re: The gospel writers saw Jesus as an angel figure, gave him a version of the name Yahweh
Yahweh was one of the sons of El Elyon; and Jesus in the Gospels was described as a Son of El Elyon, God Most High. In other words, he was described as a heavenly being. Isn't "son of God" also used in a spiritual sense in the NT? For example, in the Gospel of John: Jhn 1:45 Philip findet...