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Teeple dates the gospels late, fitting better with Greek originals. The Gospels could not have been any earlier than around 95 and that is too early by a few years unless some Scribes were given a homework assignment the day after Domitian suffered Damnatio Memoriae . The disembodied, ethereal Holy...

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I contend that the NT is dripping with Hasmonean Glories, written in an aggressive style in opposition to the Roman Culture, contra Atwill, f'rinstance. That it appears hidden is a testimony to Transvaluation through the centuries but, "To Me...", it goes much beyond mere unrelated data p...

Yeah...I guess. Very tired. Sorry, everyone... CW BTW, Mr.MacSon: Before I saw ficino's good questions, I was gonna disagree with you on one of your points: I believe that Queen Salome was in no shape or form Pro-Pharisee. In order to save the life of herself and her children, she asked Jannaeus wha...

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AS Joseph Heller said, "Something Happened".
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Sorry it all went Kaflooie...

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MH, surely you're not saying that the "origin and purpose" of the story we have in the gospels was to further a Hasmonean recovery of political and/or priestly power (and money) in the later 1st cent. CE. The gospel story (and Acts) doesn't serve the aims of Jewish priestly claimants. Jus...

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