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I'm in a bit of a rush but here's one reference to the phenomena. https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7328&p=117976&hilit=justin+arabia+irenaeus#p117976 As you know I repeat the same bit of information 100 times here at the forum. I appreciate you sharing this literary e...

2 Corinthians 11 is about God helping and sustaining Paul in his Christian ministry despite Paul's weakness. It is unlikely Paul would include here a misadventure from his pre-Christian days. Andrew Criddle Thanks, Andrew Criddle, I'm persuaded. It has become apparent to me that the basket escape n...

Richard Carrier disagrees with my thesis that Damascus was in Arabia : GRYAN JANUARY 10, 2022, 6:24 PM [ON JANUARY 7, 2022] You [Richard Carrier] wrote : “while Acts even says Paul was from Tarsus in Asia Minor, he himself seems to imply he was from Damascus in Syria (in Galatians 1:17 he says he “...

I'll use the stilling of the storm as an example: Mark 4: 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and th...

The similarities are certainly clear. No doubt. But how to interpret them? What conclusions to draw? That's where I hesitate more than I once did. (I think of another text that I think is almost certainly a forgery, from that famous Clementine letter -- the forger had the images of a youth, naked, ...

Title: The Text of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and its Use in Marcionite Practice Introduction: The text of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 has been a subject of scholarly discussion and debate, particularly in relation to its interpretation and its use within Marcionite communities. This essay aims to explore th...

Oh, on other thing: why do you consider 'son of the carpenter' awkward? Might this phrasing seem awkward, given my Markan expectations? It might seem awkward to you if you begin with the assumption that Mark 6.3 is the context in which to interpret Matt 13.55. But suppose Matt presumes and audience...

Oh, on other thing: why do you consider 'son of the carpenter' awkward? Suppose I'm familiar with Mark's version: Mark 6:3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary? οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τέκτων ὁ υἱὸς τῆς Μαρίας And then I see Matt's version which keeps his word order up to, but not including "τῆ...

Your post [Matthean posteriority: From "son of Mary", to "son of Joseph", to "son of the carpenter"] provides a thoughtful analysis of the differences between the passages from Mark, Luke, and Matthew. Your interpretation regarding the Matthean posteriority hypothesis i...

Mark 6:3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary? οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τέκτων ὁ υἱὸς τῆς Μαρίας Luke 4:22 Isn’t this the son of Joseph? Οὐχὶ υἱός ἐστιν Ἰωσὴφ οὗτος Matt 13:55 Is this not the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary? οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱός οὐχ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ λέγεται Μ...