Our Honored Poster R. G. Price has stated something very important and I wish to explore it a bit. It could be quite long so I might shorten it some. I can always add more later.rgprice wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:17 amThere are very clear indications that Luke 1, 2 and the end of 24 were written by a different person than Luke 3-23. It's a very strong position. It is so obvious because of the significant inconsistencies between Luke 1, 2 and 24. And when we recognize that Luke 3-23.5 is essentially Marcion's Gospel, some very obvious realizations arise.
Luke 2: 36 - 38 (RSV):
[36] And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phan'u-el, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity,
[37] and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
[38] And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
According the RGP, this short Section is contained in the Anti-Marcionite Wrapper.
Since my Focus is usually on Logic within the various Stories, this Fragment gives a Time Marker that I find extremely important. I have pieced together a Story from what appears to be a Priestly Story of the Mishmarot Priesthood, the Hasmoneans and what might be called the Jannaeus Line. I've listed the details over and over so I won't bore you again with it all except to point out that this Posited Story was written some significant time after 9 CE by Priestly Acolytes, unless a Nicholas of Damascus laid down the Outline and sometime after, his History was commandeered by Josephus.
The Time Marker is the Passover of 9 CE, 12 years after the Temple Slaughter of 4 BCE, after the death of Herod and the supposed ascension of Archelaus. The Original is written around the March to Jerusalem (See: Luke 9) of the Priest who was saved by Peter in 4 BCE. The Stories "Time-Out" to 8 or 9 CE since Passover is 2 weeks after the start of the New Year.
If, in the Story, Hannah was a widow until she was 84, (84) + (- 8) = (-76). That is, 76 BCE.
What happened in 76 BCE?
Queen Salome, widow of Alexander Jannaeus Ascended to the Throne.
It gets very interesting here since Josephus lists her as "Salome Alexandra" even though Josephus never states that Jannaeus and Salome participated in the Levirite Marriage Ceremony after his brother died. Salome was Virginal in Luke, which would be quite a stretch from being married to the brother of Jannaeus first.
Further, I have identified Salome with the "Half Hour of Silence in Heaven" in Revelation and from there it is possible to Cross-Reference, for example, the Citadels given by Salome to the Survivors of the Great Tribulation in Revelation, which line-up in Sequence and Time. YMMV.
This blows up Josephus in part at a very important moment in his History. He writes Historical Sequence but changes key moments to hide meaning.
This might all imply that at least parts of Revelation might be Anti-Marcionite as well but it might take a mightier skoller than I to wrap up the Proof.
Someone knew something and they were leaving Clues in the material they had. Perhaps the Feud against the Marcionites allowed others to place their Objections to the entire Operation in the Data.
CW