Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

... wrong just as I could be wrong about the letter being a modern forgery. Morton Smith could indeed have forged the letter - or at least a possibility exists. I happen to think ...

Morton Smith was a hard-working researcher, but that was not one of my questions. Karen King was a hard-working researcher. ...

... those who promote such conspiracy theories suggest that in the case of Morton Smith the suspicions that arose among certain contemporaries were justified and that 'in due ...

... from that era. Perhaps the best evidence for secret mark's authenticity is that someone with such a poisonous hatred of Christianity as Milton Smith would have forged something more threatening to the official history of Christianity.

i read Smiths book Jesus the Magician recently (found it for free online). it's hilarious in places very tongue in cheek the funniest part is when the magi come to visit the infant Jesus - to pay homage as their leader, chief ...

The recorded, freely available (LMWsymposium.com) presentation by Geoffrey Smith is recent (a month old) and makes relevant claims. Is such news unwelcome here to more than one?

... low probability conspiracy theories into a meta-narrative. Surely you'd have to admit the probability diminishes when you put forward a Sabbatean (Smith was not Sabatean) gay (no evidence for Smith's homosexuality) criminal (no evidence for Smith's criminality) professor and an accomplice (no evidence ...

... reminds me of arguments on behalf of Trump's post-election efforts. Morton Smith found a book in the library with cursive writing. There are lots of these books in Greek ...

... consequence, slowly arriving. Geoffrey Smith recently showed persuasively (in LMWsymposium.com) ... not known to Origen, nor anyone else, before Morton Smith. Geoffrey Smith, and co-author Brent ... Smith was “ethical’ by leaving the book at Mar Saba begs the question whether he planted it there, ...

... of Clement’s letter to Theodore, discovered by Morton Smith at Mar Saba, there has been a great deal of controversy surrounding its ...