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But why do you think it says more than the synoptic gospels were written in some particular order and each knew the work of his predecessors and borrowed from them? Obviously there was an order. Whether they used common sources or each other, we don't know. How do you know differently? Or is that w...

. I think Neil's question was why would you assume in the first place that the gospels are news or contemporary history? Can you justify that assumption? Thanks ken. Maybe i misunderstood. My interpretation was that neil meant the gospel writers did no research and wrote creatively, implying what t...

I enjoyed learning with you. I too desire to learn more about early Christianity. I agree it teaches we should not put blood before our spiritual brothers After Jesus died, if the early Jewish church decided to put jesus brother in charge, If it was strictly because he was a relative, then it would ...

Why do you assume the authors were interested in researching what happened in history and writing up a true account for readers? Thanks for responding. As shared previously, reasons why i believe it was researched is. 1) the correlation to what Paul wrote about Jesus. Major points (crucifixion, res...

Why do you assume the authors were interested in researching what happened in history and writing up a true account for readers? Thanks for responding. As shared previously, reasons why i believe it was researched is. 1) the correlation to what Paul wrote about Jesus. Major points (crucifixion, res...

I skimmed the first 30 pages and wasn't impressed. i sensed her belief is that miracles aren't real, hence its made up. Also her thoughts against a quick growth of Christianity does not relate to the evidence. I didn't notice any smoking gun and I'm wary of revisionist history people trying to make ...

There's lot we'll never know. A good book is... Richard Bauckham - Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church (Academic Paperback)-T&T Clark Int'l (2004) Which discusses various theories of jesus relatives. Basically Jesus's brothers were james , Joses Simon, judas. His sisters possibly...

There is a lot here that i don't know the answer to but here are my thoughts. 1. Paul can be very blunt when he wants to.. to imply that he was subtilling jabbing james is uncharacteristic of his treatment of Peter and others. 2. Neither james nor Paul were the original 12 apostles. They were both a...