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by Peter Kirby
Thu Apr 16, 2015 4:55 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: How a Fictional Jesus Gave Rise to Christianity??
Replies: 20
Views: 26564

Re: How a Fictional Jesus Gave Rise to Christianity??

It's been a while since I read Wells. I do remember that he took exception to the translation "betrayed," but I don't know whether he invoked Romans 8:32 as the chief example against that translation.... Romans 8.32 was one of several that Wells liked to refer to. The Jesus Legend , pages...
by Peter Kirby
Thu Apr 16, 2015 4:26 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Earthquake and matthew
Replies: 22
Views: 10205

Re: Earthquake and matthew

Which other geologists have reviewed, confirmed, and endorsed his work here?
by Peter Kirby
Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:57 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: How a Fictional Jesus Gave Rise to Christianity??
Replies: 20
Views: 26564

Re: How a Fictional Jesus Gave Rise to Christianity??

May be overthinking it. The clearest connection that I can draw is to Doherty, whose arguments are plagiarized regarding 1 Cor 11. Out of curiosity, how do you know that the author has plagiarized arguments by Doherty in particular? Did Doherty add something to the discussion of 1 Corinthians 11 (a...
by Peter Kirby
Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:40 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: On dating the Gnostic literature after 325 CE
Replies: 230
Views: 267199

Re: On dating the Gnostic literature after 325 CE

However, several manuscripts have been classified incorrectly as non-codices. II - P. Oxy 4009 (codex, Gospel of Peter) beg. III - P. Ryl. 3.463 (codex, Gospel of Mary) early III - P. Oxy. 1 (codex, Gospel of Thomas) III - P. Schoyen 21 (codex, Acts of Paul and Thecla) III (IV?) - P. Bodmer 5 (code...
by Peter Kirby
Wed Apr 15, 2015 9:03 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "Paul" (Mucianus?)
Replies: 22
Views: 8909

Give/Take, Eat, and Drink

'Take'... 'Eat bread'... 'Drink'... Could all of them have the same source... dinner practices of the age? Indeed we do have some interesting references in this regard (and also in the neighborhood of scriptural background for the New Testament). This seems rather close. Then she took and ate and d...
by Peter Kirby
Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:48 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Is 'Serious Scholarship' Biased in Favor of Historicity?
Replies: 289
Views: 127710

Re: Is 'Serious Scholarship' Biased in Favor of Historicity?

I think we are disproportionately affected by terminology, especially terminology that disproportionately attributes 'value'. And regarding: affected by terminology I have seen a very few people make this a mistake systematically. (Some have done this at times--thoroughly confusing the terms text, ...
by Peter Kirby
Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:21 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: 1 Thessalonians 2.13-16, Paul, and the gospel of Matthew.
Replies: 67
Views: 64783

Re: 1 Thessalonians 2.13-16, Paul, and the gospel of Matthew

Once again, the same kind of argument that you use against Matthean parallels with Paul are also going to sink your own Marcan parallels with Paul. For what it matters, I fully agree here. Is it possible, though, that both sets of parallels might fail in this regard and that there is no literary re...
by Peter Kirby
Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:14 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Is 'Serious Scholarship' Biased in Favor of Historicity?
Replies: 289
Views: 127710

Re: Is 'Serious Scholarship' Biased in Favor of Historicity?

Ultimately this whole thread is just muckraking. We all know how fallible people are. We're not 15 years old. This is not news. In agreement with: ^It's the same old story. Most people can acknowledge they probably have some underlying subconscious biases. But everyone thinks they have their biases ...
by Peter Kirby
Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:38 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: "Paul" (Mucianus?)
Replies: 22
Views: 8909

Re: "Paul" for Outhouses

Dio, Epitome 64: [4] "Comrade, take and eat this; I give you, not a sword, but bread. Take and drink this; I hold out to you, not a shield, but a cup. Thus, whether you kill me or I you, we shall quit life more comfortably, and the hand that slays will not be feeble and nerveless, whether it b...
by Peter Kirby
Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:22 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Is 'Serious Scholarship' Biased in Favor of Historicity?
Replies: 289
Views: 127710

Re: Is 'Serious Scholarship' Biased in Favor of Historicity?

Some people are biased in favor of historicity. Some people are biased in favor of non-historicity. Neither thing says anything about the truth of the matter, but we've pushed this thread forward for 23 pages anyway. Are we biased in our evaluation of the truth value of statements by the influence o...