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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). I don't think that's impossible, but I wonder if there is any positive evidence for it. Do you see some distinctly Jewish perspective being express...

Interesting article and thanks for sharing. The TF is a stubborn, thing, though, isn't it? The case against the TF is still circumstantial. Is there any Josephus manuscript that does not have the TF? No, every known Greek manuscript of book 18 of Josephus' Antiquities contains the Testimonium Flavi...

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Ken, Re: ἐκαλοῦντο as a passive form of καλέω In reading Ojala's dissertation, I stumbled across this: "An examination of these characters in Luke-Acts reveals that despite the many similar names, it is virtually impossible to confuse any of them with each other. This does not happen without e...

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...I'm not aware of any other James called the Just in early Christian literature. Do you know of any supporting references for the existence of plural James the Justs which you claim to find in this passage? However, Ojala's exegesis of Hegesippus’ Greek aligns with the mainstream view as follows:...

The evidence that the author of John used the gospel of Mark is really solid. Your argument about Markan sandwiches that you presented in this video with History Valley is pretty conclusive. It's almost absurd that many scholars think that John and the synoptics are independent. I also agree with t...

Many Jameses were being called ["the Just"]... The Greek text from Hegesippus, Commentary (ὑπομνήματι), book 5 (all books are lost), (ca. 165-175 CE) via Eusebius, History of the Church 2.23.3-19 (written ca. 325 CE): Διαδέχεται δὲ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν μετὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων, ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ κυρίου Ἰά...

While I would agree that John knew Mark’s account of the Passion Narrative, I also think John knew Luke as well. Mark 14.50 has the disciples forsaking Jesus and fleeing upon his arrest, as does Matt 26.56. There is no parallel flight of the disciples in Luke’s account of the arrest (Luke 22.47-53),...

I think I'm persuaded to view John as being aware of Mark. This is a good example of using Mark. Do you have any thoughts on John vs. Luke, or whether it could be that neither read the other? I’m away from home visting relatives for Independence Day, but I have addressed the Luke and John relations...