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by Sinouhe
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What is implied if Jesus' historicity was not doubted?
Replies: 17
Views: 317

Re: Any pre-325 CE writings where Jesus' historicity was doubted?

No Jewish or Persian text has questioned the existence of Esther, who was presented as the wife of the great Emperor Xerxes. Yet there is no debate about Esther's non-historicity. If you can invent an emperor's wife without any historian questioning her existence, then you can easily invent a Galile...
by Sinouhe
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospel priority
Replies: 99
Views: 2074

Re: Gospel priority

I assume that Ken is saying that Luke interpreted Mark as an adoptionist text Yes, you're probably right. Sorry, I wrote a reply but it seems to have disappeared into cyberspace. I'm not arguing that Mark intended to imply that Jesus became the Son of God by adoption. I'm arguing that Matthew and L...
by Sinouhe
Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospel priority
Replies: 99
Views: 2074

Re: Gospel priority

Giuseppe wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:54 pm I assume that Ken is saying that Luke interpreted Mark as an adoptionist text
Yes, you're probably right.
by Sinouhe
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospel priority
Replies: 99
Views: 2074

Re: Gospel priority

(1) No, the birth story may have been added to material taken from Mark in order to show that Jesus did not become the Son of God at his baptism (cf. Mark 1.11), but rather he was conceived and born the Son of God. Just my thought, but it's very doubtful that Jesus became the Son of God only after ...
by Sinouhe
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:42 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospel priority
Replies: 99
Views: 2074

Re: Gospel priority

Ken, did you read Eric Eve's latest book "Relating the Gospels"?
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I think he did a good job advocating for the Farrer theory.
by Sinouhe
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Source of Mark's Naked Youth Narrative?
Replies: 18
Views: 420

Re: The Source of Mark's Naked Youth Narrative?

You're preaching to the converted. For sure, one of the main objectives of Mark was to explain the destruction of the temple due to the iniquities of Israel. But that's not the sole objective of Mark. Yes, but my point is that for any given periscope of the Gospels so many people come up with extra...
by Sinouhe
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Source of Mark's Naked Youth Narrative?
Replies: 18
Views: 420

Re: The Source of Mark's Naked Youth Narrative?

rgprice wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:28 pm Is there any better summary of the Gospel of Mark?
You're preaching to the converted. For sure, one of the main objectives of Mark was to explain the destruction of the temple due to the iniquities of Israel.
But that's not the sole objective of Mark.
by Sinouhe
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:10 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Source of Mark's Naked Youth Narrative?
Replies: 18
Views: 420

Re: The Source of Mark's Naked Youth Narrative?

One might wonder if a gospel writer or two might have reflected upon Amos 2 when contemplating the destruction of the Temple (or after the annihilation of Jerusalem by Hadrian; especially re Amos 2.10c: ie., no longer having "possession of the land of the Amorite") Exactly. When you look ...
by Sinouhe
Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:13 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospel priority
Replies: 99
Views: 2074

Re: Gospel priority

In my view : The pauline epistles are first and are based mainly on the OT and on second temple beliefs and expectations Mark is mainly based on Paul, the OT and on second temple beliefs and expectations Matthew is mainly based on Mark and the OT Im not sure if John used Luke or if Luke used John. B...
by Sinouhe
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:38 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Are there deniers of the historicity of the Teacher of Righteousness?
Replies: 4
Views: 156

Re: Are there deniers of the historicity of the Teacher of Righteousness?

Yes, there have been deniers. But my article, "Qumran-Related History: Contemporaries Jannaeus, Absalom, and Judah the Essene," chapter 10, pages 310-325, in Pushing Sacred Boundaries in Early Judaism and the Ancient Mediterranean: Essays in Honor of Jodi Magness. Editors: Dennis Mizzi, M...