Starting to Have Strong Doubts About Ariel Sabar's Timeline

[Secret Alias]

Really what evidence is so convincing?

[StephenGoranson]

In this thread, Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:11 am, Secret Alias wrote:

"I am happy being uncertain. I am unhappy with certitude. I study Marcion. Don't think Smith forged it. Doesn't add up. For me the proper context is Basil Letter 366. Which came first the chicken or the egg? Stromata or 366? But that's me."

I do not think that Basil Letter 366 is "the proper context" to Ariel Sabar's case that M. Smith wrote "To Theodore," but since it has been mentioned, here's a new analysis:

A Newly Identified Letter of Valentinus on Jesus’s Digestive System: Ps.-Basil of Caesarea’s ep. 366
Vigiliae Christianae
Author: Nathan E. Porter
Pages: 1–38
Online Publication Date: 15 Dec 2023

[Secret Alias]

Paper pre-dated my analysis. Not new and part of the Goodacre tribe.

[StephenGoranson]

I will guess that the editors of Vigiliae Christianae thought it was new.

[Secret Alias]

Not newer than this thread.

[StephenGoranson]

OK. My mistake.
I was catching up on journal reading, and forgot that it was mentioned before.