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Hi, so, long time no see. ... First, the author of 2 Timothy may have made use of The Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres in one of few direct New Testament references to the apocrypha. Good to see you again! Relevant here: Edward T. Babinski has posted this to his Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/e...

Hi, so, long time no see. I've been working on research behind the pastoral epistles and apocryphal scriptures, and I think I've found a very interesting piece of evidence that could be useful in both areas. I'll try to keep this concise. So, in the Hebrew Bible at Exodus 7:10-12, there's a story of...

I recently read a dissertation which brought up a parallel I've not yet seen before - Sirach 1:4-10. Considering the vast amount of candidates for this "no eye has seen, no ear has heard" phrase, and its relative simplicity, I'm not entirely convinced it's anything more than a common adage...

Third - and this one is really interesting to me - there does not appear to be a SINGLE indisputable reference to Mark in ANY of these writings. There are many possible uses of Mark, but every single one can be mirrored in another gospel. There's not even one reference to unique Markan material or ...

However, I can quite confidently say that unless the quotes by Papias are forged, 1 Clement is a 50-100-year-later forgery, Ignatius's writings are all forgeries and Polycarp only wrote during the very final decade or two of his life (or alternatively, that Marcion came much earlier than we know ab...

Hebrews, almost unanimously agreed to be a later work in the style of Paul rather than a genuine Pauline writing, Is it? I view it as an early work, not in the style of Paul, and (importantly) not originally presenting itself as a Pauline writing at all. Instead of being a non-genuine Pauline writi...

First, as far as the Pauline epistles go - the original reason I did this research - the info gleaned from this is about split down the middle in terms of agreeing with scholarly views on the authorship/dating of these books. 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy are only mentioned in Polycarp's epistles and lat...

Some very interesting points here. Thank you. Third - and this one is really interesting to me - there does not appear to be a SINGLE indisputable reference to Mark in ANY of these writings. There are many possible uses of Mark, but every single one can be mirrored in another gospel. There's not ev...

Polycarp, Ignatius, and Papias are done, but there's a long way to go. Maybe put them up as you go along: I'd like to see them, and you may get some good feedback. I'd love ti see the Polycarp, Ignatius, and Papias entries; maybe break them into individual posts. Maybe put them up as you go along: ...

Note: This research was originally done for my thread analyzing the origins of the Pauline epistles, but seeing as it also encompasses the remainder of the New Testament (and to a lesser extent, the Old Testament and its deuterocanon) and its hopefully-wide-ranging use, I felt it earned a separate ...