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For the purpose of close comparison and study, I have overlaid canonical Galatians 4:21-31, the so-called allegory of Sarah and Hagar, onto Marcion's version of it, as represented in Tertullian's Adversus Marcionem 5.4.8 . Other witnesses to Marcion's text are not considered, for now. I think this i...

Irish1975, I'd separate the two claims, the one that Augustine was not the author of the material from the claim that Anselm was the author. Well and good, since I already separated them for you! The former is reasonably well argued Is it though? the latter is best described as speculation. This te...

Something here smells. Detering was an intelligent scholar. The Confessions is a minutely-detailed memoir of a time and place that Anselm, 7 centuries later and in England rather than Africa/Italy, could not have invented from his imagination. (Example: the whole chapter about the Manichean teacher ...

The man’s publications are beneath my contempt. That’s why I don’t waste my time on him. His publications are trash, having no academic legitimacy, and no impact on anyone who matters, but only his online goons and trolls. The 2nd edition of his book is altogether meaningless to me. And the “Sheffie...

Carrier vs O'Neill, UFC fight.

Guys. It's the only way to settle this.

In the NT, the "in Christ" phrase is used only by Paul and 1 Peter 1 Peter 3:16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you will be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ . συνείδησιν ἔχοντες ἀγαθήν ἵνα ἐν ᾧ καταλαλεῖσθε καταισχυνθῶσιν οἱ ἐπηρεάζοντες ὑμῶν τὴν ἀγαθὴν ἐ...

This contrasts with modern discussion, which often has concentrated on whether Marcion initiated the idea of a ‘New Testament,’ namely the combination of new authoritative writings of different genres into a single, separate, corpus; that he did so has routinely been seen as the converse of his sup...

I am curious whether anyone can cite a text in refutation of Lieu’s negative claim. I can't. I think Lieu's claim makes sense. The dividing point was over the Creator God, not the texts (until Marcionism was declared a heresy). There are several layers of this topic to consider. Clearly enough, the...

Secret Alias wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:27 pm The study of Marcion immediately becomes a manifestation of the outer limits of knowledge in the humanities. It's one step removed from an attempt to build models of alien languages.

And that’s a bad thing?

Judith Lieu and Jason BeDuhn, writing substantial works on Marcion at approximately the same time (about a decade ago), arrive at opposite conclusions about whether Marcion published and/or promoted a “bible” or “canon” or “new testament.” They come at the question differently, but I don’t see how t...