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- Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Forget the Myth of Jesus
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2440
Re: Forget the Myth of Jesus
The question was "Why should anyone believe Acts? As I used to say with some frequency, "From the Fact the 'Jesus Stories' were written from 'Source Stories', it does not follow that the 'Source Stories' were about 'Jesus'". If you want to believe that "Jesus" took the Holy...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: What is the earliest evidence that Nazareth was called Nazareth?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 7059
Re: What is the earliest evidence that Nazareth was called Nazareth?
If there is a plausible alternate site for Nazareth, I'm not aware of it, despite considerable time in the area during digs at Sepphoris. Leibner, in Settlements in Galilee... examines Lists of Cities found in the Monumental Synagogues of Galilee and finds no listing for Sepphoris, implying that th...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: KJV Tampering as a precursor to Sinaiaticus Fraud
- Replies: 134
- Views: 102959
Re: KJV Tampering as a precursor to Sinaiaticus Fraud
https://www.amazon.com/Archimedes-Codex-Revealing-Antiquitys-Scientist/dp/0306817373 If Sinaiticus is not stolen, burned or otherwise destroyed, we might find out something in about a hundred years. Jeffrey Epstein faces a brighter future. If you want to read what could be done, get this book. Serio...
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:08 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Matthean Posteriority: Addressing Orchard's Challenge to Markan Priority
- Replies: 6
- Views: 741
Re: Matthean Posteriority: Addressing Orchard's Challenge to Markan Priority
There's an interesting "tension" (to me) between the Synoptics and John, if I may expand the Arguments a bit. The "Cleansing of the Temple" is found in all 4 Gospels. The event occurs towards the end of the Synoptics (so to speak) but at the beginning of John. Some have suggested...
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Best evidence that Jesus was anti-Temple
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15130
Re: Best evidence that Jesus was anti-Temple
If you compute the Dates of the Passover and Feast for 4 BCE you will find that: John 19: 31 (RSV, in part, emph. added): [31] Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from remaining on the cross on the sabbath ( for that sabbath was a high day... ) Bilgah is on Duty for t...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:43 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Peter in the Clementine Homilies Does Not Accept the Sacredness of the Pentateuch
- Replies: 73
- Views: 82528
Re: Peter in the Clementine Homilies Does Not Accept the Sacredness of the Pentateuch
Acts mentioned Lydda (Lod). Josephus mentioned Lydda. Not much. 1. Alfred North Whitehead, "Nature Alive": "For the peculiarity of a reason is that the intellectual development of its consequences suggests consequences beyond the topics already observed. The extension of observation ...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:44 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Peter in the Clementine Homilies Does Not Accept the Sacredness of the Pentateuch
- Replies: 73
- Views: 82528
Re: Acts was written as history
i think Acts was wtitten as History I agree, although we may disagree as to the nature of that History. I believe Acts is written around the 12th Legion and Mucianus. For example: Acts 9: 33 - 35 (RSV): [33] There he found a man named Aene'as, who had been bedridden for eight years and was paralyze...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:03 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Who is the historical Paul assuming that only few bits of the his epistles are genuine?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6688
Re: Who is the historical Paul assuming that only few bits of the his epistles are genuine?
Mucianus: https://books.google.com/books?id=AvcGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1118&lpg=PA1118&dq=dictionary+of+roman+names+mucianus&source=bl&ots=8h0aLwx_ei&sig=GhDCXHtpbaKnnf4u60ragMz2tFk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fwiUUpfqD4XJkAeLmYGICw#v=onepage&q=dictionary%20of%20roman%20names%20muci...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:24 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Who is the historical Paul assuming that only few bits of the his epistles are genuine?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6688
Re: Who is the historical Paul assuming that only few bits of the his epistles are genuine?
Alright SG. I just had Cataract surgery and I'll go 'til my eyes get buggy and then - You're on your own. 1. I do not know why you think who was on duty in 4 BC in this context is so key. First, the OP here is "Paul". I've written a book on it all and you're welcome to read it. Second, the...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:43 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Who is the historical Paul assuming that only few bits of the his epistles are genuine?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6688
Re: Who is the historical Paul assuming that only few bits of the his epistles are genuine?
SG -- Why do you persist with this? I've been Posting on this for many, many years. I've tried to engage you in an exchange, asking you, for example, to verify who was on Duty for Mishmarot Service at the 4 BCE Passover and Feast and you refused to even try. Why interact now? I don't need snark. Tel...