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by Ben C. Smith
Thu Apr 29, 2021 5:56 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Excusing James the Just from the Last Supper.
Replies: 20
Views: 5565

Excusing James the Just from the Last Supper.

Jerome is generally cited as our only source for the pericope in the so called Gospel of the Hebrews which recounts a resurrection appearance to James the Just: Jerome, On Famous Men 2: § Also the gospel which is named according to the Hebrews, and which was recently translated by me into Greek and ...
by Ben C. Smith
Tue Apr 27, 2021 5:52 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Gospel of the Egyptians
Replies: 41
Views: 11210

Re: The Gospel of the Egyptians

davidmartin wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:00 am is is necessary to have something iffy about female followers though, simply based on gender?
No. It would just make thematic sense in terms of the proposal being floated in the OP.
by Ben C. Smith
Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:08 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Gospel of the Egyptians
Replies: 41
Views: 11210

Re: The Gospel of the Egyptians

Another aporia, not called out in Clement's letter, is found in the third chapter of Mark: 20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” 22 And the scri...
by Ben C. Smith
Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:33 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Canonical Paul, Acts, and Justin VS Paul, Valentinus, and Marcion
Replies: 33
Views: 10705

Re: Canonical Paul, Acts, and Justin VS Paul, Valentinus, and Marcion

Interesting. Do you recall if the abbreviation was Chi followed by a noun case ending like U? This may help: http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7828&p=121435#p121435 . And Coptic does not have noun cases. So they tend to be the nominative, as one would expect, when they are ...
by Ben C. Smith
Sun Apr 25, 2021 4:25 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Gospel of the Egyptians
Replies: 41
Views: 11210

Re: The Gospel of the Egyptians

I've also been playing with the idea that Mark 1:1-13 wasn't original, mostly due to the notices about Marcion omitting the same. However, I've been finding reasons to retain the text when I try to remove it. For example, this John the Baptist gets an introduction here, when otherwise not mentioned...
by Ben C. Smith
Sun Apr 25, 2021 4:02 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Gospel of the Egyptians
Replies: 41
Views: 11210

Re: The Gospel of the Egyptians

At some point, whenever the Beezebul controversy rears its head, it becomes necessary to dive into the synoptic problem. Neither Matthew nor Luke contains the attempt by Jesus' family to bring Jesus home as having lost his senses, though they do both retain their standing outside and Jesus identific...
by Ben C. Smith
Sun Apr 25, 2021 3:07 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Gospel of the Egyptians
Replies: 41
Views: 11210

Re: The Gospel of the Egyptians

In addition to the fact that Salome is eliminated from the other gospels, the reference to the women "who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him" suggest that there could have been earlier stories about the women who followed and ministered to Jesus. The backtracking...
by Ben C. Smith
Sun Apr 25, 2021 12:33 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Gospel of the Egyptians
Replies: 41
Views: 11210

Re: The Gospel of the Egyptians

Another aporia, not called out in Clement's letter, is found in the third chapter of Mark: 20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” 22 And the scri...
by Ben C. Smith
Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:04 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Gospel of the Egyptians
Replies: 41
Views: 11210

Re: The Gospel of the Egyptians

And these ideas would also be understood by those who opposed the gnostic Christians. So that would be a motive for removing the stories that most clearly showed the gnostic doctrines in the Gospel. Accordingly, the fact that the story of the exorcism of the seven demons from Mary Magdalene has bee...
by Ben C. Smith
Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:09 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Gospel of the Egyptians
Replies: 41
Views: 11210

Re: The Gospel of the Egyptians

The fact that Mary is associated with an exorcism provides a full explanation for the reaction in Mark 3:22, suggesting that Jesus could have performed an exorcism on Mary Magdalene in the pre-Markan text at this point. Some kind of surprising saying -- such as "The son of man came to abolish ...