Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

I mentioned above (Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:03 am): "....(There is extensive literature comparing and contrasting what Josephus wrote about Essenes with what Refutation has. E.g., did the two share a source or was there an intermediate between the two? By the way, one scholar who changed his opinion...

"....precisely....and nothing else."

Such dogma.

John the Baptist and Qumran have some similarities and have some differences.
If you, Giuseppe, wish to deny that statement, there may be some more appropriate
way.
[added later:]
A range of views on John the Baptist are available in this 2021 conference:
http://enochseminar.org/online-2021

Whether John the Baptist had been at or with Qumran at some time is a debated question. If so, he may have left it. In other words, saying "John the Baptist = Qumran" may be misleading or overstated.

imo, no.

Rabbinic writings also address his parentage, so, in such cases, a person, not a group.

One of the differences between Refutation of All Heresies and the known (or accepted) works of Origen is that the former has a long passage (9. 18-28) about Essenes, but Origen's extant works make no mention of them. (There is extensive literature comparing and contrasting what Josephus wrote about ...

That biography, I would guess, is the result of excellent research.
Minor, minor curious note. In my browser the thread title read
"Massive New Biography of Spin..."

Stephan H., earlier today in the "reported:..." thread, you began with "Eisegesis...."
Is that what you are doing here?
Why not also consider the arguments (by many) that the Letter dates to some time after Eusebius?

If pOxy 5575 dates to second century and is the oldest known portion of what was at some time called Gospel of Thomas, then the previous proposal of Martijn Linssen that gThomas was first written in Coptic imo has become even more implausible. Also, the Abstract ML posted online-- "This paper w...