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Morton Smith is not likely the forger but he got hold of a forged document just the same. Perhaps Smith was an innocent victim in this hoax. But a hoax it was. " As of now the manuscript discovered by Smith, brought to Jerusalem to the Greek Patriarchate Library for photographing, and seen by s...

Here Russell Gmirkin's bio. Biography An independent researcher and original thinker, Russell Gmirkin has investigated some of the most important unsolved problems of modern biblical scholarship. Gmirkin has published significant articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls, but he is perhaps best known for his...

(SG implied that he would provide the evidence if he had ready access to the book but that it was too hot and far for him to get to the library -- so I gave him an online link to the book. That's when he changed his tune and said point blank he would not bother to support his assertions with eviden...

I'm old enough to remember writing from ink wells. I had a teacher that said if you don't completely close your "o" in cursive it is a "c" and if you don't dot your "i" correctly it is a "l". Doesn't matter the intent of the word. Penmanship would get an "...

Let me see if I got this right. Because Tacitus may or may not have used the appropriate spelling for anointed, that proves Jesus did not exist? Of course the spelling difference can not be attributed to scribal error or interpolation. Is that it? Even so; Christus in Latin = Christos in Greek. Both...

I came across this interesting video regarding the family three of Buddha. https://youtu.be/-ijZrPIRlhw I concluded Buddha is a myth based on Greek mythology. Buddha is not a name but rather a title for; "one who has awakened". There are no surviving writings of Buddha, no physical evidenc...

The Gospel-Acts Luke was likely a priest in the Temple, there is a book called Luke the Priest that touches that angle. When he referred to the great company of priests who came to faith in Jesus (Acts 6:7), there was an ironic tone for Theophilus, since Luke was one of that company. And I have not...

Though I am not currently accepting homework assignments from Mr. Godfrey, You are the first person on this forum I have encountered who has objected to providing evidence for his criticisms on the grounds that the enquirer is imposing a "homework assignment". Oh dear. Don't forget about ...

What denomination of Hebrew didn't think that ish here was a second god of Israel or an angel? iysh = man. You need to get over it and move on. Perhaps the better question would be, When did the Hebrews settle on a montheistic God, i.e. YHWH? :scratch: Here are just a few generic names for God in t...

Please give me reason to believe the current forum with the current participants is progress rather than a sign of the end of the world approaching. Perhaps it is time for you to read the Dead Sea Scrolls and find out for yourself what you already suspect. The Community Rule . 1QS IV :cheers: