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Thanks, austendw, for this proposed instantiation of diachronicity. Without endorsing every detail above, myth and religion do appear to go far back. Perhaps neilgodfrey is busy elsewhere, painting views other than his own as, in effect, due to zombification. Thanks for the civil reference to me, S...

Since on this forum I have been called something of a "fanboy" of Russell Gmirkin I should make a couple of things clear. Yes, I like and am at the moment persuaded by Gmirkin's basic thesis. And for that reason it is necessary for me to be all the more critical of his work in order to not...

Gathercole's argument is stupid and not worth paying attention to. Disputing the fundamentals of "interpolations" is just idiotic. Anyone arguing against interpolations is a moron. Unfortunately for me (because I am quite fond of the same interpolation hypotheses that you're advocating ab...

Philip Davies, a "minimalist" who argued for a Persian era origin of the biblical texts, identified the core of the problem in the orthodox models: the foundational hypotheses are grounded in circular reasoning. It is the same in NT studies that attempt to reconstruct Christian origins fro...

StephenGoranson wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2023 2:50 pm I have, in numerous posts, explained why I consider the c.273-272 Torah creation proposal to be false.

You have indeed. But you have yet to address Gmirkin's actual methods of scholarly inquiry and his reception among reputable scholars.

The reason is simple. The hypothesis is born from the fundamentals of historical methods as practised by historians in fields other than biblical studies. Biblical scholars, it is no secret to anyone, not even to themselves on the whole, do have interests that go beyond pure historical research. The...

Stephen, none of your remarks actually addresses Gmirkin's scholarship, his methods, nor his reception among reputable scholars.

I will be picking up my series on the Jewish revolts of 115-117 again soon and setting out what various scholars have seen as evidence for a movement to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem -- a movement that through a series of fiascos led to the another holocaust of the Jews in the eastern Mediterranea...

Peter Kirby wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:08 pm Oh yes, very serious. Very serious.

Can you address my comment intelligently or is anything other than mocking beneath you?

Peter Kirby wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 11:08 pm Oh yes, very serious. Very serious.

I have yet to see you fault or even address Russell's scholarship though you say it is not impressive, despite some very highly reputed scholars saying otherwise. I guess you're smarter than them.