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Over here I referred to an article that cites the Pauly-Wissowa article on crux (vol. IV.2, 1901). The contributor, H.F. Hitzig, on column 1731 gives some citations about various features of crucifixions. http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1178&hilit=pauly#p25749 Hitzig cites...

Revelation 13:8: "And all the inhabitants of the earth shall worship him [sc. the Beast], (everyone) whose name has not been written in the book of life of the lamb slain from (ἀπὸ) the foundation of the world." I always assumed this means that Jesus' crucifixion was foreordained, before c...

A short news item about a 1500-yr old amulet found in the agora of Paphos on Cyprus says that one divinity mentioned on the amulet has a name rendered in English as Iahweh, "the bearer of the secret name." There is also mention of the "lion of Re." I have no clue about this. The ...

You may want to think about why the other gospels are fairly close to Mark's account as far as Mark 16:8, but after that, diverge widely. This chap has some lucid perspectives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YZ_aWPswkk I noticed a few errors in the video, but it's accurate about the similarities,...

The original end of Mark gives no glimpses of Jesus at all. In Matthew, after they leave the angel and the tomb, Jesus appears before the women. They grab his feet; he says he'll meet everyone in Galilee, and later this is narrated (28:16-20). In Luke, nothing about this meeting between Jesus and th...

I was expecting this sort of reply from you, John T. You neglect that I did not refer to any other part of the NT. I wrote only about the Gospel of Matthew. What is gMatt up to, and what sort of resurrection does this document present? Your construct, "the first Christians," needs a lot of...

Matt. 28:1-6 says that the women went to the tomb on the first day of the week. "Suddenly" there was an earthquake as the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled back the stone and sat on it. The guards fell down as dead men. The angel then told the women that Jesus was not in the...

Matt. 28:1-6 says that the women went to the tomb on the first day of the week. "Suddenly" there was an earthquake as the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled back the stone and sat on it. The guards fell down as dead men. The angel then told the women that Jesus was not in the ...

Can you sum up his argument in the pay-wall part of the post, without violating any agreements? Hopefully I won't get in trouble for this. I'd paraphrase these points, but they're kind of already paraphrased. It would be hard to condense this anymore than it already is without losing substance. I w...

If that durned Paul had just said clearly: "as Jesus taught in the Sermon upon the Mount, which was passed on to me by his first disciple, Peter..." we'd be in much better shape. Unfortunately, he doesn't do that, though. Yes, why can't any of the gospel writers emulate Xenophon in the Me...