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Have you studied the problem of the death of Jesus? About 35 years ago I wrote an essay on the historical tradition behind the trial and death of Jesus. I remember there was a debate in the literature about what powers the Jewish authorities had to execute people. I don’t remember anyone making out ...

It seems that according to Klinghardt, all the 4 Gospels would be written after 140 (!). Does he say that in his new book? I wasn’t aware that he was dating the gospel used by Marcion. However are you not dating all the gospels after Josephus? Would you like to respond to my earlier post? The gener...

This raises the curious question: why the proto-catholic interpolator inserted a passage where ''brothers of Lord'' are mentioned and not rather the better explicit (in view to turn down Paul) ''brothers of Jesus'' ? A possible answer: the proto-catholic interpolator didn't like elevate too much th...

However you haven’t stated if you think that behind chapters 6-11 there is a Jewish document written before and around 70 CE. I haven't found any evidence to support that hypothesis. I haven’t looked for any evidence, but I thought there was a theory that there was a Jewish document, which then bec...

The King James Version is not generally considered a good translation of the Greek. ah, ok. Is another English version considered better translation of the Greek? The Revised Standard Version (RSV) is considered by many to be a good translation and is the one I use most of the time. http://quod.lib...

When talking about comparing the ideas in Paul’s letters and the Ascension of Isaiah are any assumptions being made about dates? I think I read that Peter Kirby believes that Paul wrote his letters over a long period continuing to a few years after 70 CE. Wasn’t the Ascension of Isaiah written by C...

I think all references to Jesus in the Pauline texts stand a reasonable chance of being later redactions (to align them with the Synoptics as the Canon was being put together) Can you present a case to try to convince me that 1 Cor 9:5 is an interpolation or do you not see this a reference to a hum...

Thank you GakuseiDon for your reply. @ Ben C. Smith Timescales are important but if the Greek version of the Apocalypse of Moses used the word “Paradise” for the earthy “Garden of Eden” then I accept that when Paul used the term he may be referring to a heavenly Garden of Eden. Assumptions appear to...

Thank you Ben C. Smith and DCHindley. I tried yesterday and couldn’t get Perseus to work for me, but today it seems to work and I bookmarked the page. I think all references to Jesus in the Pauline texts stand a reasonable chance of being later redactions (to align them with the Synoptics as the Can...

Thank you Peter I will try to check my comments better. I hadn’t noticed the auto-correct and I can’t remember ever using the words “pericope” or “pericopes” until my posting above. I had of course come across them before, just never used them. I wonder how my first use escaped the auto-correct poli...