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Hey Outhouse,

outhouse wrote:You arguing with the encyclopedia not me.

I am not arguing anything at all.

outhouse wrote:The authors added many pre existing elements in their compilation.

Quite so. Thank you.

Regards,

Hey Outhouse, The author used a variety of pre-existing sources , such as conflict stories (Mark 2:1–3:6), apocalyptic discourse (4:1–35), and collections of sayings I am certain you have source literature for those. I wonder, are you making a point of some sort here; we know the gospels are not eye...

Hey Stefan, But gMark is not just a "compilation" but clearly a story in its own right, wouldn't you say? Indeed, the Markan gospel presents the narrative in a remarkably coherent form, there are only a few places where it is rather clear some later scribal insertions have been made. The r...

Hey Stefan, Mark has the same idea about conversion at baptism that Paul has, i.e. a taking part in Jesus' death and resurrection with its bodily transformation to a spiritual body . But in gMark this is shown with subtle symbolism such as changing of clothes for example Jesus on the mount or the na...

Hey Stefan, See for example the two volumes Paul and Mark: Comparative Essays from De Gruyter, 2014. That book has been on my reading list for the lonest time; perhaps now I will have more incentive to actually get around to reading it. :| I've read Elizabeth Dowling's essay, perhaps because it's in...

Hey Iskander,

iskander wrote:Do you agree?

Based on Paul's letters I cannot draw that conclusion.

iskander wrote:Jesus was a man for Paul . Do you agree?

Paul says Jesus was "born of a woman, born under the law" (Gal. 4:4). That's pretty clear.

Paul's gospel doesn't tell us when, where, or why "the Lord Jesus" was crucified. So that's a bit of a shortcoming. That is true; there is very little location data in Paul's letters. Then again, the Pauline letters do not contain a huge amount of information about Jesus, they are more fo...

Hey Iskander, They are ' impossible questions' to answer by ordinary people Mark tells the story of a reformer , and Paul explains the deeper meaning of the reform . Do you agree ? That is a decent characterization. Yes, the Sermon on the Mount is an awesome piece. It's not entirely necessary for Ch...

Hey David, Paul was a Jew alright. The concept of "being a Christian" didn't even exist when he was penning/dictating his letters. I am also aware that Hebrews is for all intents not even a letter, neither is it probably even Pauline; I cannot with certainty categorize it to even my own sa...