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by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:57 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What is implied if Jesus' historicity was not doubted?
Replies: 17
Views: 184

Re: What is implied if Jesus' historicity was not doubted?

Thanks, GakuseiDon, for giving an example showing that some ancient people did claim cases of non-existence.
by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:52 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Pliny on the Essenes
Replies: 6
Views: 799

Re: Pliny on the Essenes

Sources on Essenes are gathered in Antike Berichte über die Essener ausgew. von Alfred Adam. Adam, Alfred, 1899-1975 Berlin, New York : de Gruyter, 1972. Edition A:2., neubearb. u. erw. Aufl. / von Christoph Burchard. Greek or Latin, with editorial matter in German Suggested additional sources in my...
by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:42 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Archeology - proof of syncretism
Replies: 1
Views: 23

Re: Archeology - proof of syncretism

Reuse of a site, by itself, does not provide "proof of syncretism." Especially if the new construction destroys the old one, in which case one possibility is a decision to obliterate the former use; another, more neutral, possibility is simply to take advantage of a good real estate locati...
by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:34 am
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: New Aztec Codices Discovered
Replies: 0
Views: 36

New Aztec Codices Discovered

New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco Posted on March 21, 2024 by Alonso Zamora "Yesterday, a team of specialists of the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico, led by the historians Baltazar Brito Guadarrama and María Castañeda de la Paz, the philo...
by StephenGoranson
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Easter, Eostre
Replies: 11
Views: 500

Re: Easter, Eostre

More on Easter and Bede in post today here:
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/202 ... -temporum/
by StephenGoranson
Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: “Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics"
Replies: 0
Views: 69

“Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics"

“Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics" Hindi Najman Abstract: Scriptural Vitality challenges the view that the Persian and Hellenistic periods constitute a time of decay, a period of “late Judaism,” languishing between an original, vibrant Judaism and the birth of Christia...
by StephenGoranson
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:28 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Easter, Eostre
Replies: 11
Views: 500

Re: Easter, Eostre

dabber: 1) You have suggested Easter was a borrowing from pagan Eos or Ishtar. One or both? 2) More generally, it may be that there are different views on what is pagan and what is Christian. One example--I am confident that you can think of others: Is it ok, or is it pagan, for a Christian to posse...
by StephenGoranson
Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:43 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Fernando Bermejo-Rubio
Replies: 120
Views: 4777

Re: Fernando Bermejo-Rubio

Hasmoneans professed belief in God. That's one reason I wonder why you regret they came to an end.
by StephenGoranson
Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:28 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Fernando Bermejo-Rubio
Replies: 120
Views: 4777

Re: Fernando Bermejo-Rubio

If understand you correctly, maryhelena, you present Hasmoneans as quite good, and ended in a tragic loss.
Do you wish to restore rule by King,
or civil war,
or temple service with animal sacrifice?
by StephenGoranson
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:07 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospel priority
Replies: 97
Views: 1980

Re: Gospel priority

Giuseppe, dating Marcion differently than your preference is not "intellectually dishonest."