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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:21 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Litwa on Marcion as ancient Mythicist
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1002
Re: Litwa on Marcion as ancient Mythicist
This is why I don't like Richard Carrier: Litwa literally doesn’t know anything he is talking about. "Literally." How can an expert "literally" not know anything about what he is talking about. The word "literally" literally makes the sentence incomprehensible. Typical...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:18 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The gospel writers saw Jesus as an angel figure, gave him a version of the name Yahweh
- Replies: 9
- Views: 338
Re: The gospel writers saw Jesus as an angel figure, gave him a version of the name Yahweh
Jhn 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph . ... 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God ; thou art the King of Israel. Would not all kings of ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Meaning of παραδοθῆναι?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 717
Re: Meaning of παραδοθῆναι?
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And immediately they left their nets and followe...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:00 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: wilderness = order (?)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 257
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:47 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Sacrifice of Jesus to "purchase" our souls from???
- Replies: 17
- Views: 698
Re: Sacrifice of Jesus to "purchase" our souls from???
Was there a Devil as such extant within early Hebrew religious practice, or did this evil "lord of this world" sort of Devil conception evolve only much later? It seems that the earliest 'Satan' was merely a 'son of god' with a god given occupational task to perform (I.E., a job), just as ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: κολοβοδάκτυλος
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1199
Re: κολοβοδάκτυλος
The Gospel Of Mark reads as if it was an abbreviated Matthew or Luke. Perhaps that's where the reference to being "short-measured" comes from.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Making sense of the Pauline Epistles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3604
Re: Making sense of the Pauline Epistles
Although scholars today do not generally associate Marcion with a Gnostic movement, it seems fair to presume that this was not the prevailing opinion of the proto-Orthodox.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 6:14 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The only begotten from the Father
- Replies: 11
- Views: 567
Re: The only begotten from the Father
Michael Heiser argued that Jesus was not the only 'begotten' son of God, but rather he was a 'one of a kind' or 'unique' son of God.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:58 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: False Paul mutually exclusive with Mark's midrash from Paul ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 215
Re: False Paul mutually exclusive with Mark's midrash from Paul ?
If Paul declared that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, and Mark is dependent upon Paul, then why does Mark have Jesus ascend into this kingdom bodily? I'm not sold on any arguments that someone we call Mark used Paul's letters by which to pen his letter which eventually became a Ca...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:50 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Making sense of the Pauline Epistles
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3604
Re: Making sense of the Pauline Epistles
How early is the first reliably dated independent attestation (commentary or other) for the book of Hebrews?