Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

You might have an easier time arguing that someone wanted us to think that rather than this was the state of affairs (i.e. as an editorial feature to imply the New Testament was a closed set of writings of a unified Church cf. Trobisch First Edition of the New Testament). I think trying to argue tha...

When you get to the core of Christianity it's Jewish (not surprisingly) but orthodox Christianity pretends that it was focused on 'the Gentiles' so there's this disconnect. So what do scholars do? I don't know but somehow they try to reconcile a series of claims in texts which are acknowledged in an...

You know, non-Jewish. 'Blanche' in French, 'Mzungu' in ki-Swahili. The hegemony which ruled the part of the world 'it/them' inhabited for most of the last 2000 years and imposed its will and somehow pretends that Christianity's embrace of 'it/them' is coincidental.

There's a French book that I have that connects Judah's confession as a 'spiritual' confession even a 'perfect' one which I think connects to the description of the Gospel of Judas in Irenaeus.

Clearly Peter's argument here requires us to abandon any of the stupid 'white' suppositions about pagan myths and the like being at the heart of the gospel narrative (via allegory). I recommend all those unfamiliar with the depth of 'historical allegory' in tradition Judaism spend some time familiar...

The identification of Judas as 'the confessor of God' goes back beyond Didymus through the Alexandrian Christian back to Philo and ultimately the author of the Book of Revelations. Rev. 2: 9, " I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and are not" It is by many supposed that re...

I think that the act of sacrificing is somehow filtered through Deuteronomy 21:22-23 because of the frequent and earlier references: “And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree; His body shall not remain all night up on the tree, but ...

It might be relevant that Azazel (= scapegoat) becomes the name of demon. First the reference in Leviticus 16:8: And Aaron shall place lots upon the two he goats: one lot "For the Lord," and the other lot, "For Azazel." Now the forum seems to divided between those who believe our...

I don't see a connection with Simon Cyrene but rather with the context of the broader narrative.

But there is something interesting here.