Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

davidmartin, I don't understand parts of your post above.
You think odes are key.
But, for example,
"....doesn't support an uber Judaic backstory so the Qumran style boot disk is worthless garbage...."
?

Given that Oxyrhynchus fragments of Thomas are in Greek, why deny that Coptic Thomas was a translation?

Again, of course, manuscripts and sources properly should be assessed and weighed. Isn't that a given assumed by most historians and text critics, and seen as common sense by large swaths of the general populace? I see it as more a spectrum than two buckets. When I caution about the "two bucket...

Yes, some try to fake history. For example, you.

Good luck, anonymous "ebion," in your quest to find--whether old and/or new--Christianity.
Meanwhile, some will consider all available evidence.

It is still the case that not all works that eventually were called NT apocrypha
were all written post Constantine nor
were all written by pagans.
Should I further report evidence against these claims
or should I accept "false flag"--and dual evidence levels--paranoia?

Anyone is free to ignore Qumran texts, though new data is welcomed by open-minded historians. What I asked about is the claim (twice) that Qumran texts have been "tampered with." If by "tamper" was meant (OED) "To meddle or interfere with (a thing) so as to misuse, alter, co...

Acts mentioned Lydda (Lod).
Josephus mentioned Lydda.
Not much.

The link above did not work for me but if interested today
go to
Anglo Israel Archaeological Society
then online lectures
for a link that works

Above: "Isn't it time to skeptically question......?" Various non-canonical works are quoted by various writers, not always disapprovingly. Non canonical works are not all pro-paganism. Non-canonical works existed before the fourth century. For example, from Oxyrhinchus. For example, in so...