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It seems that I missed some postings between those of Outhouse that I replied to and my response. I expect it was because I went out while composing my response. Responding to someone not specified in his post, outhouse wrote --- But where YOU really fail is not understanding the written text. Take ...

… I will address here about 1 Thessalonians 4:16 are –-- Did Paul invent and construct the Greek compound term ἀρχαγγέλου --- archangel? In addition, beyond vaguely general concepts, as far as I am aware no clearly equivalent term is to be found in the Hebrew in any literature written prior to Paul...

Christians met to worship and pray with Jews until the end of the first century Then when we get to synagogue, I already explained it to you that it was not like a temple or church, they were simply community centers, SO YOU DID NOT get a bunch of people in a building worshipping together. You have...

Having slept on the problem I think perhaps I have asked the wrong questions. Perhaps I should not be so quick to talk of dependency of the Didache on Luke. Perhaps I should consider the Didache having access to the Q material independently of both Luke and Matthew. If (ἐπηρεαζόντων) ones-slandering...

Has anyone read a critique of Alan Garrows view that the Didache is in fact part of the texts which are called Q? I think Garrow states that because Luke has the positive Golden Rule and the Didache has the negative form of it, Luke is therefore dependant on the Didache. As Ben C Smith pointed out t...

You never have taken a university class on the origins of the NT have you? Of course I have taken NT and Christianity courses during my university degree. Perhaps you should study for a university degree to learn how to present a rational case for your opinions. As I said you lack patience. Again y...

Michael BG, Don't want to seem aloof for too long after you replied to my post, but it has been a busy week at work. Let me respond this weekend, if you will. DCH I understand that it can take some time before a reply can be posted. While reading the Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift I have come ...

It is strange that Paul does not have Jesus as the Son of Man but maybe this is because Paul has moved on from that title to “Christ” while the gospels have earlier traditions regarding what Jesus taught. Paul does not show much interest in the teachings of Jesus. I think the argument goes that the...

I'm going by the scholarly consensus on the 4 authentic epistles -- Romans, Galatians, 1st and 2nd Corinthians -- not paying any attention to the deutero-Pauline epistles. According to Wikipedia there are seven letters which most scholars consider genuine, your 4 plus 1 Thessalonians, Philippians a...

The title is correct, "Jesus is not the Son of Man" but the reason why its correct is because there is no son of man in Paul. more proof the son of man concept is a later addition. It is strange that Paul does not have Jesus as the Son of Man but maybe this is because Paul has moved on fr...