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... are you suggesting that Meshchersky's source theory is mistaken and the Slavonic version of Josephus' Jewish War (which Meshchersky calls the Separated Edition) is older than the Chronograph. No, I agree that the Chronograph was older. I wonder if there is any positive evidence for it. The only...

I'd like to ask whether the Separated Edition of the Slavonic Josephus might have been written by Old Russian Jews (instead of Old Russian Christians).

And I think the only reason Papias calls John "the Elder" (even though he describes all the people he lists as being "elders") is because there was another "disciple of the Lord" named John (which Eusebius notes as well in EH 3.39.5). But since there was only one "...

My guess remains that Cephas was Peter, but I can't prove it and am not certain about it. But if the biggest problem with this idea comes down to bad grammar in Lk. 24:34, all I can say is that there are scholars who argue for and against the Bezae reading and I don't know who is right. The more I ...

I agree.

I think it would have taken more than the proposed scribal mistake to link these two. Plus, Arimathea, being a Semitic place name, would have to have been confused with a Greek personal name, which may be additionally unlikely. And that Joseph was mentioned in all four gospels, so maybe hard to for...

Who is the deliverer ? The Judaeus . If the deliverer was Judaeus that would be interesting. But it was just Judas, a very common name, so I think I can have my doubts. And I have very big doubts about Marcion being sooner than gLuke. I understand it seems all too convenient about that prophecy bei...

too much divine coincidence, that on 12 apostles the name of the betrayer was just Judaeus . If that is not gentilizing propaganda against the Judaizers, then what is it? Maybe it's a non-divine coincidence? Judas was like the 4th most popular male name among Palestinian Jews during the time of Jes...

StephenGoranson wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2024 4:16 am Again, there is no reason to say Ariston lived so early as to have met Jesus.

I think Ariston was probably Joseph of Arimathea. A scribe might have confused the Hebrew letters samekh and mem.

Giuseppe wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 8:51 pm ...the "betrayal of Judas" is pure fiction heri hodie cras et semper. None doubt on that.

Why is there no doubt about that?