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This might be the most appropriate place to bring in Euhemerus' POV about the reason why people "deified" mortals. He suggests that it was on account of the benefactions they had bestowed on mankind, either their own subjects or in a more general manner to others. Good kings benefitted the...

It seems the translator was engaging in typical Victorian bombastic hyperbole. One of the then-popular translations of goēs (γόης), a word that was used for a "street magician," was English "juggler." The full definition in Liddell & Scott is "one who howls out enchantme...

But Christians claim the resurrection of Jesus was unique. Even Paul says it was 'the first', which means he did not think there were any parallels. Don't you mean Jesus' resurrection was the "first fruits" of the resurrections to come? But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, th...

II. EGYPT 4. A few words must be said about Egyptian mathematics before discussing the astronomical material. ... Egyptian arithmetic can be characterized as being predominantly of an “additive” character, that is, its main tendency is to reduce all operations to repeated additions. And, because the...

Well, I was happy to find that the entire contents of Neugebauer's major article The History of Ancient Astronomy: Problems And Methods , as revised in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 58, can be downloaded as digitized PDF files here: Sect 1-11, No. 340, Feb 1946, 17-43...

modern academic study of ancient astronomy ( Otto E. Neugebauer mainly) Thanks DCH. I recognise that Otto Neugebauer is the principle mainstream accepted authority on ancient views on precession. However, he has a method of enquiry and judgment that in my view fails to see the depth of ancient insi...

There seem to be two issues according to Acts: a/ Should Christians of Gentile background follow Torah ? b/ Should Christians of Jewish background follow Torah ? According to Acts it is generally known that Paul answers no to question a/ but this will be tolerated by rhe Jewish Christians in Jerusa...

andrewcriddle wrote:

DCHindley wrote:I think Ehrman was not aware of the Kindle edition, which may account for Stephan's [sic] comment about the quality of Ehrman's research.

DCH

Andrew Criddle

NB I think you meant Steven's comment not Stephan's comment.

Quite right. Steven Carr ...

DCH

The problem is even more astounding when you realize that Hurtado actually believes that early Christians experienced "visions of Jesus in Heaven" because Jesus really was in heaven and revealing himself in all his glory to the saints , and early Christian "creative interpretation of...