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Finally Neil, when you write that the earliest sarcophagus is from the 2nd century, which sarcophagus was that? I have recently examined the sarcophagi in the HISTORUM discussion forum, and have linked to the discussion above. I was probably thinking of the argument by Graydon Snyder in "Ante ...

In the Acts of Paul, Paul is wandering around in the wilderness and stumbles upon a talking lion who Paul promptly baptizes. At the conclusion of the story Paul is thrown to lions in the Colleseum and lo and behold he is protected by the very same lion. One good turn deserves another. Aesop - the Li...

And how does that dating explore the literary themes between the Paul/Thecla stories vs. the pastorals with respect to the larger Roman society? The larger Roman society was the Christian "Other" - we may as well call them "pagan". They were used to their Homer, their Plato and ...

Perhaps you could specify which 'Gnostic Gospels' & which 'Acts' you are referring to? All of them. http://www.mountainman.com.au/essenes/Author_Gnostic_Gospels_and_Acts_Index.htm If your argument isn't over the dating of the 'canonical' writings, where do you date the Paul and Thecla stories w...

what do you mean by "NT Apocrypha" http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/apocrypha.html ... and "OT Apocrypha"? The claim is not for all of the OT stuff: http://wesley.nnu.edu/sermons-essays-books/noncanonical-literature/noncanonical-literature-ot-apocrypha NOTE: Here is a list ...

A recent article by Jeffrey B Gibson (Harry S. Truman-City Colleges of Chicago, Humanities) just uploaded to Academia.edu contains further research on "The Disciples' Prayer". I am always interested in reading Jeffrey's articles. https://www.academia.edu/7755693/Revision_8b_of_The_Disciple...

May I ask… :twisted: Where did the Roman imperial cult go? :consternation: The role of "Pontifex Maximus" was abandoned by the Christian Emperors and assumed by Damasus, rightful Bishop of Rome, in the later 4th century. One might answer this question .... "Where did the Roman imperi...

[ There was the Ptolemaic model which was constructed after centuries of astronomical observation and represented - essentially - a proto scientific statement. Sure there may have been variations in this model, but the fact that Mercury and Venus passed in front of the sun and Mars and Jupiter and ...

The dating of the "Historia Augusta" remains controversial, but one possibility is that it was assembled by a team of educated scribes during the rule of Constantine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustan_History The Augustan History (Latin: Historia Augusta) is a late Roman collection of ...

4. There Was No Ancient Religion Called "Paganism." Theologians simply take it for granted that it is historically accurate and acceptable to lump all ancient religions besides their own under the rubric "paganism." This is closely related to Axion #2, the basic idea being that ...