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A lifelong obsession, but never looked at the vocabulary.

First off this is a very incorrect way to read Tertullian's Adversus Marcionem. Only Book 5 is reasonably reliable for reading the Marcionite text of Paul. When he quotes Paul in books 1 through 4 he is nearly always using the Catholic text. And even in Book 5, when he is going through a book in Pau...

Tribe of Benjamin is Israel (Samaritan) rather than Judah (Jewish). Ben has wondered if son of Joseph is not meant to be the patriarch Joseph, son of Jacob called Israel, by Rachel and brother of Benjamin, father of Manasseh and Ephraim. This is the Johannine lineage of Jesus, as opposed the Matthea...

The association of Luke-Acts with the pastoral writer (at least 1 Timothy) and the pastoral layer in Paul is not a new or wild concept. 2 Peter however was almost certainly written in the early 3rd century, as nobody had heard of it before then. Perhaps you meant the editorial layer of 1 Peter, whic...

mlinssen, You have not defined the audience, just listed a few differences (we all see those) in the narrative without really tying them to any theological camp or system. And no explanation of where they came from. The question was who was this directed, and why would the theology make a difference...

These gospels were competing for the Greek mainland, which is Asian Minor(western Turkey) and Greece. How can you tell? This I admit takes some explaining. It applies mostly to Matthew, which is the earlier of the two. It more comes down to Matthew written in opposition the Marcionites, and the evi...

I don't think you can say Luke and Matthew originated from the same table. They have very different theologies and very different vocabulary (e.g., Lukan favorite words). I have worked my entire life for global multinationals and IT consulting firms. I have rewritten mine and others' work dozens of...

I don't think you can say Luke and Matthew originated from the same table. They have very different theologies and very different vocabulary (e.g., Lukan favorite words). Here is a passage that is almost certainly post first edition of Matthew (verses 3:7-10), found also in Luke (verses 3:10-10), wh...

LOL, identifying Paul with historical figures is exactly where I I start laughing at the conspiracy theorists. Was this in response to my comment? If so -- I should make it clear I have never suggested Paul should be identified with any historical figure. I meant nothing more than that the name was...

Matthew probably was revised. For example, I very much doubt the gardener was part of the first version answering Jewish critics who postulated the disciples moved Jesus' body. This objection likely grew long after the gospels were popularized. But it's also possible Luke borrowed the words from Mat...