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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Gospels, Epistles, Old Testament: the order of books according to Jesus Chri st
- Replies: 26
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Re: Gospels, Epistles, Old Testament: the order of books according to Jesus Chri st
[W]hat does that mysterious ΧΣ stand for, χριστός or χρηστός? The first word means 'anointed' in Greek, the second means 'good', and it is widely assumed that Jesus Christ is the 'Anointed One' - yet even that phrase does not appear anywhere in the New Testament. John 1:41 and 4:25 both specificall...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 351
Re: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
So if I'm understanding you correctly, you think before there was any idea of a Jesus on earth, there was first a Middle Platonic like intermediary power that at some point was said to incarnate as Jesus on earth? If so, there does seem to be evidence of early Christians linking Jesus with other fi...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 351
Re: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
I have shown that mediating deities were common throughout ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman culture. Humans needed some type of mediator and model to show them how to connect with god/s or the divine. It's no surprise that Jesus became a preexistent being associated with Wisdom and the Logos or...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 351
Re: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
We Are Being Transformed: Deification in Paul’s Soteriology (Walter de Gruyter, 2012), M. David Litwa: Paul does preach his own “technology of the self” enabling self-transcendence. In his version, however, the divine is not naturally within , but comes from outside and begins to control the passio...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 351
Re: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
Now on the Platonic logos/demiurge: We Are Being Transformed: Deification in Paul’s Soteriology (Walter de Gruyter, 2012), M. David Litwa: Perhaps the most famous image of the tripartite soul functioning in a dualistic way is the image of the charioteer. In brief, the “spirited” and “desiring part”...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 351
Re: Jesus as mediator and model: connections with Middle Platonism, demigods/heroes, and mystery cult saviors
I have shown that mediating deities were common throughout ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman culture. Humans needed some type of mediator and model to show them how to connect with god/s or the divine. It's no surprise that Jesus became a preexistent being associated with Wisdom and the Logos or...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Real story of Jesus
- Replies: 8
- Views: 315
Re: Real story of Jesus
Petronius actually existed as a historical figure. The narrative regarding Petronius in the novel Quo Vadis is the author's invention. And likewise Abraham Lincoln of Indiana (born and mangered in Kentucky) actually existed as a historical figure. The narrative regarding "Abraham Lincoln: Vamp...