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little ditty in the parables of Enoch I don't think Enoch is usually referred to as writing ditties, except perhaps by people who have some dismissive agenda. My comments on Enoch are at http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3043#p3043 Yes, and my dismissive agenda was immediately demonstr...

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 ...

And 30 minutes after eating Chinese food, I'm hungry again!

This is about as sophisticated as this little ditty in the parables of Enoch: (OTP 1EN 43:1) OTP 1 Enoch 43:1 And I saw other lightnings and the stars of heaven, and I saw how He called them all by their names and they hearkened unto Him. 2 And I saw how they are weighed in a righteous balance accor...

Why are we all discussing this book? Bart Ehrman claimed on the 12th of March 2014 that the book is not out yet and thinks it amazing that anybody can have written a review of it before it is out. And we all know the quality of Bart's research.... It's been out in a Kindle format since January and ...

Why are we all discussing this book? Bart Ehrman claimed on the 12th of March 2014 that the book is not out yet and thinks it amazing that anybody can have written a review of it before it is out. And we all know the quality of Bart's research.... It's been out in a Kindle format since January and ...

Hmmm, So, divine providence gets equated to drool or snot. In the words of TV entertainer Carol Burnett: "Yuck, ewe, icky-poo!" DCH Curious that Clement and Basilides have similar interests in a rather innocuous passage in the Pentateuch. Seems to imply a common belief in a supernatural Je...

The question came up recently if the word Πέτρος (Petros, Peter) existed as a personal name prior to the gospels. I don't think anyone had a quick answer. Here is Ulrich Luz, in his Matthew 8-20 commentary (Hermeneia, 2001), page 358: "Peter" (Πέτρος) did not exist as a pre-Christian Gree...

The Sacred History of Euhemerus is recounted, second hand from Diodorus Siclus (ca 30-60 BCE), in Eusebius' Praeparatio evangelica : [6.1.1] The foregoing [story of Atlantis] is told by Diodorus in the Third Book of his history [ Bibliotheca historica (Βιβλιοθήκη ἱστορική, "Historical Library&q...

DCHindley, thanks for your comments. But I'm not sure how they interact with the OP topic, i.e. whether the Gospels fall into the category of "Euhemerized" stories about a god. What is your view on that? It just seemed to be necessary to define terms. In short, "euhemerism" is a...