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Sinouhe wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:39 am There is also a parable of Luke which probably comes from a first century Egyptian novel.

What novel is that?

It is striking that all the major early Christian figures were from Greco-Roman backgrounds, and that the Gospels themselves betray a misunderstanding of Judaism, Jerusalem, and Temple activity. IMO this (and many other points of evidence) suggest an Alexandrian origin of Christianity, where one cou...

Here is a link [ https://ocbs.org/the-authenticity-of-the-early-buddhist-texts-2/ ] to what I was referring to, viz., "The Authenticity of the Early Buddhist Texts", by Bhikkhus Sujato and Brahmali. This is incredible, I'm reading the sections about the biographical information of the Bud...

Great! I'll check it out right away.

ABuddhist wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 2:22 pm One of the most prominent moderators is a Buddhist monk who wrote an interesting reconstruction of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni.

Can you share a link to this moderator's reconstruction? Sounds very interesting.

Did ancient people find the adoption of pseudo-Judaean customs and stories exotic? Or did the foreignness of the religion become a hard barrier? Did early Christians even adopt much Judaean customs (the Pliny letter makes it seem like most Christians were simply worshipping Christ as a god and that'...

Is there a forum similar to this in activity/depth but with a focus on Buddhism?

63. If one goes down into the water and comes back up without having received anything, saying ‘I’m a XRηSTIANOS’, he has taken the name on loan. Yet if he receives the Sacred Spirit, he has the gift of the name ... 101. The Chrism is made lord over the Baptism. For from the Chrism we are called XR...

One point to bear in mind: the description of Christian worship we find in Pliny's letter may actually represent a later development: https://vridar.org/2016/02/17/fresh-doubts-on-authenticity-of-plinys-letter-about-the-christians/ Would the forgery and the Christianity described therein come from ...

Speculative reconstruction of an older "Pentecost" story: [All] were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongu...

Now it can be argued that there was an older gospel that our canonical Mark was based on. That's possible. But was this gospel a straight up 'biography'? I don't know. An example perhaps is found in Cohen's treatment of the relationship between Josephus's Jewish War and Antiquities and the 'Life' o...