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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...

I think it is worth pointing out, again, that Euhemerus ' account, which reaches us 3rd hand via Eusebius, "may have taken the form of a philosophical fictionalized travelogue , universally accepted today as a philosophical Romance , incorporating imagined archaic inscriptions, which his litera...

Just curious, but how could Josephus son of Matthias (Flavius Josephus) come to bury Jesus, when he wasn't born until around 30 CE? At the time of Jesus' death (say 29-30 CE) Josephus would not have been much more than what Popeye would call an "infink." Even if Jesus died in 36 CE (Kokkin...

Harvey recognizes the natural interpretation I am mentioning here and as a footnote to the words: Si autem quidam secundum Hebraeam linguam diverse dictiones positas in Scripturis opponant, quale est Sabaoth, et Eloe, et Adonai, et alia qusecunque sunt talia, ex his ostendere elaborantes diversas v...

There may be a smidgeon of doubt about the inspiration of the Law of Moses expressed by the author of the following passages from Galatians: 3:17a This is what I mean: Given [the existence of] a covenant previously ratified by God [with Abraham on the basis of his faith that God will deliver on his ...

I should also cite the repetition of the same passage again in Homily 18 chapter 20. Notice that 'skilful money changers' appears for a third time in conjunction with this passage: ... “But one might with good reason maintain that it was with reference to those who thought Him to be such that the s...

FWIW, It appears the 1st edition of the book, Leon Morris, The New Testament and the Jewish Lectionaries (London: The Tyndale Press, 1964, 78 pages), is available online here: http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/tp/lectionaries_morris.pdf I also came across an interesting web page: NEW TESTAMENT S...

DCH, what are your opinions on the following: 1. The historicity of James the Just Mmmm. There was so much confusion about persons and events in the earliest period before the crystallization of gentile Christianity that I am not sure we can really trust any of these traditions. While I believe tha...

The only one that comes to mind is the reference to a letter circulating in the name of James in the Pseudo-Clementines. But are there other negative references to James in the Christian apocryphal literature? How is the character of James in the Pseudo-Clementine Homilies a negative portrayal?* No...

That is a common, but incorrect, assumption. "Paul" states that the promise of inheritance of Canaan made to Abraham and his offspring was based on Abraham's faith, with this covenant predating the covenant of the Law of Moses by over 400 years. He says that the latter covenant does not in...