Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

A subset category would be the appropriation of an event. Take the famous 'rain miracle' which saved one of Marcus Aurelius' legions in 172. It is depicted on his column; (the epitome of) Cassius Dio tells the story, attributing it, as one explanation, to the Egyptian 'magos' Arnouphis (presumably t...

The (late C2) Abercius inscription, well laid out on your TextExcavation site, states that he met a 'basilissa' in Rome, presumed to be code for the church. The (late C4) 'Life' reads this literally, claiming he met the empress Faustina and exorcized her daughter, being rewarded with a bath house an...

If ' "the sons of Zebedee" [is] its own separate concept ', might not that simply be a standard cult association of Jews from Asia Minor ? Valerius Maximus records the expulsion of Judeans from Rome in 139 B.C. who presented their God as Juppiter Sabazius, and had erected private altars ( ...