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by Peter Kirby
Wed May 15, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Does ransom theory indicate Jesus was heavenly?
Replies: 4
Views: 121

Re: Does ransom theory indicate Jesus was heavenly?

One frequently co-occuring component of the ransom myth is that the Son of God was killed without awareness of his true identity, which does fit quite nicely into the idea of appearing as a man among men. wrong. In the Ascension of Isaiah the passwords given through the lower heavens are designed t...
by Peter Kirby
Wed May 15, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
Replies: 168
Views: 29738

Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

RandyHelzerman wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 8:06 pm But I don't believe for one minute that Quesnell's original photos are blurry.
There are three photos of each page, so nine total. Some are less blurry, some more so.

But what do I know? I've only seen images of all nine.
by Peter Kirby
Wed May 15, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
Replies: 168
Views: 29738

Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

The image shown above (seen on the right below) looks less crazy when it isn't blown up so much & the pixels can blend. https://earlywritings.com/forum/download/file.php?id=2643 Previously: "The low-res image is *really* low res. You can see the giant pixels." Giant pixels are not so g...
by Peter Kirby
Wed May 15, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
Replies: 168
Views: 29738

Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

It's a good thing that we aren't stuck with only these particular digital images and trying to 'reconstruct the original color of those blue pixels' through speculation. We aren't even stuck with digital images, if you get a copy of The Fourth R . Going back to analog or to the lower-resolution digi...
by Peter Kirby
Wed May 15, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Do all Roads Lead to Eusebius: Antiquities 20.200
Replies: 16
Views: 981

Re: Do all Roads Lead to Eusebius: Antiquities 20.200

Would you happen to have a publicly available git repo of your notes or bibliography list? Would you be interested in starting one? I have a decent amount of notes on this topic and I'm interested in starting a repo myself, but I'd rather contribute to an existing effort if one is already available...
by Peter Kirby
Wed May 15, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Does ransom theory indicate Jesus was heavenly?
Replies: 4
Views: 121

Re: Does ransom theory indicate Jesus was heavenly?

One frequently co-occuring component of the ransom myth is that the Son of God was killed without awareness of his true identity, which does fit quite nicely into the idea of appearing as a man among men.
by Peter Kirby
Wed May 15, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
Replies: 168
Views: 29738

Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

If there's something specific you're seeing here, you haven't explained. Hmmm...I've got to get better at remembering not to forget to put down what I'm thinking.... Well, as I understand it, the ambiguity is in determining whether the word ends in -αι or in -ας. The leftmost picture turns all of t...
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 14, 2024 9:11 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
Replies: 168
Views: 29738

Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

Forget about what he said, remember what I said :-) the blue rectangles are covering up exactly the pixels we need to decide this case. To illustrate, i've put the original clip next to (on the left) a copy where the blue pixels are replaced by the background color, and on the right, a copy where t...
by Peter Kirby
Tue May 14, 2024 7:38 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
Replies: 168
Views: 29738

Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

Forget about what he said, remember what I said :-) the blue rectangles are covering up exactly the pixels we need to decide this case. To illustrate, i've put the original clip next to (on the left) a copy where the blue pixels are replaced by the background color, and on the right, a copy where t...
by Peter Kirby
Mon May 13, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Matthew 23:7 as evidence of the euhemerization of the evil archontes
Replies: 3
Views: 160

Re: Matthew 23:7 as evidence of the euhemerization of the evil archontes

Sour Milk Sea wrote: Mon May 13, 2024 6:00 pm I'm sorry, really trying to parse this here.
Hi! Welcome to the forum.