Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

To Lena and Frans: I have no problems about the shift time hypothesis. But I see that both you seem to think that not only "Mark" (author) but also Matthew and Luke KNEW the truth about the true identity of the Gospel Jesus (the Egyptian or the Jesus of Josephus). This is a problem for me...

But Frans, the text says that "the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water." To me, that is an indication they were right by the lake. With regard to the actual meaning of the story: neither one of us places it in 20 or 30 CE. Nor, do I think, do we ne...