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Thanks for the latest article reference. Thankfully JSTOR has a free limited account which allows me to read this.

maybe XCy to distinguish it from XC for clarification.

As strong? Not sure but: IC; Ihsous, Issa, Isu (one of these later two being Markionite, I should really start taking better notes) XC: Christus, Chrhstos (more than just iotacism) My hunch is these were implemented deliberately during what Trobisch calls the publication of the First Edition to sta...

Aren't they a little of both though?

I don't know what his latest one is, but this is a must read
https://www.amazon.com/First-New-Testam ... 0199897972

Trobisch proposes just that in his book. Hell, you'd think the critical apparati would but no, they sub the word in.

True, but that leaves the possibility it mentions Pilate's ultimate disposition after Gaius. Still not a book about Pilate it would seem, plus it should b cited as his reasoning if this is the case.

"we must now proceed to make our palinode to Gaius."

This reads to me that there was more to follow, granted I had to look up what palinode means, but it suggests a poetic reversal of position previously taken.

Perhaps this: "We have now related in a concise and summary manner the cause of the hatred of Gaius to the whole nation of the Jews; we must now proceed to make our palinode to Gaius."

I don't have Carrier's book so I'm not sure all what he's citing

The question is: what is the best guess based on the data available? Are there any other options for IC XC that are as strong as "Jesus Christ"? I honestly don't know. I'll plead my ignorance at this point. But I'll leave it there, since it is off-topic. It sounds like an important topic ...