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Not everyone researches bible the same way. Not news.

Another try: what "crazy theories" of Daniel McClellan are to responding to?
Or: why this update on your unspecified opinions?

It may be that Marcion's main historical consequence was in proposing a canon, that in part, but not by itself, helped prompt others to (slowly) expedite an alternate canon.
It may well be that Marcion had no new verses, maybe mostly just Luke.

To rephrase. You tell us your view of Daniel McClellan, as if readers here should want to know that.
But I, for one, do not know who Daniel McClellan is nor what he claims.
So, not for the first time, please, if you post, give an indication what you are responding to.
Or, consider stop wasting time.

Without a link or quote or reference, your personal reactions are mere self-important diary notes.

Peter K. asked how are you helping here, I assume in reference to the thread title.

If I may add, an attempt to divide the audience into two separate groups, bible scholars and rational savants, is
a rookie move.

I have written about pros and cons imo concerning the G. Smith/Landau book.

SA interprets "disputed as far as concerning its authenticity"
as "authenticity."
Typical.

In my experience, maryhelena, generally, there's no pay for an article. For a book, depends on publisher and/or sales. One example: I was co-author of Origin of Kibosh: Routledge Studies in Etymology (All serious libraries should have a copy!) So far, royalties amount to less than the price of one c...

open access: The Nag Hammadi Codices and their Ancient Readers Exploring Textual Materiality and Reading Practice AUTHOR: Paul Linjamaa, Lunds Universitet, Sweden, January 2024. Cambridge U.P. "Since their discovery in 1945, the Nag Hammadi Codices have generated questions and scholarly debate ...