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- Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:25 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Myth of widespread messianic expectations early first C
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Re: Myth of widespread messianic expectations early first C
Neil: I know what you mean. This alleged truism of history has a real Sunday School apologetics ring to it. I remember reading somewhere that between 100 BCE and Bar Kochba there were "at least one hundred claimants" to messiahship. But where does this come from? Novenson might have looked...