Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

the belief that a god came down and died for people sins via human sacrificial ritual was known to eastern religions ?

is marks use of conditional wording evidence that really no sign was given and mark ended the way it did because no sign was given?

Given that Jesus says that he will "go ahead of" the disciples to Galilee in Mk. 14:28 and that the young man in the empty tomb in 16:7 says, "There you will see him, just as he told you,” in what sense " i will go ahead of you" ? is he saying "i will go ahead of you, ...

"There you will see him, just as he told you."

Thats not what mark has him say. "I will go ahead of you to galilee"

Where is this, "there you will see him" business come from? Whoever wrote this made an inference. There is no "just as he told you" in 14:28

Quote: And "I will go ahead of you to Galilee" means that his disciples will go there too, its funny that when it comes to jesus failed second coming, christians are happy to add in 2000 plus years , but the claim to go to galillee must be immediate? how does that work out? he doesnt say, ...

so injil is not the 27 books of the new testament, it is suppose to be a revealation.

Off topic question: "what he told them earlier that the food is not tainted by having been offered to an idol because the idols do not represent anything real (i.e., the pagan gods do not exist)" is not the kosher and non-kosher thing related to metaphysical? you dont eat this type of meat...

Does anyone know what current scholarship and credible academia says on how far back we can trace the books of the Hebrew bible? Is the oldest we have the dead sea scrolls?

I am reading a discussion here https://old.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/p6litv/thoughts_on_this_article_arguing_againts_the/h9h48ew/?context=3 The christian apologist says: Paul is pretty clear that the cross was seen as a stumbling block to the Jews ..... .... But was it seen as "stu...