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So to that end, I am not sure that 'Josephus' was an attempt to build 'history' around a prophesy rather than the other way around. That's why Christians liked 'Josephus' so much. It agreed with their own 'history' contained in the gospel. Are you suggesting that there is a strong likelihood that J...

Add to this the Pharisees were also divided between Hellenism and more pious views. So in your shoes I would be looking for a connection between rotating temple shifts of pious Pharisees, and more details of how the Sanhedrin governed. If you can Prove that Thesis in a Skollerly manner, I will sing...

Is midrash used to historicize mythology (or write mythology in historical guise) or to mythologize actual history? It seems to me the former, so I am not getting the connection of your theory to midrash. I am looking to place a Context for the flawed Texts that are given in the NT. I have the slig...

I defer to your superior knowledge I hope your not being facetious, I'm not trying to tear down your hypothesis, only understand it. Even if I disagree, I will learn something new researching, so its only positive for me, regardless of historicity. No /sarc here. Honorable dialogue. I try to write ...

Just to be clear. You are setting up a division between a rotating priestly class, and the Sadducees? or Pharisees? or Caiaphas? or other corrupt high Priest? Yep. something like that. You should see, from your research, that this fits perfectly with your Thesis: The Hellenistic Rule is centered in...

Is there anything at all that serves as a connection for Mishmarot and the second temple besides their removal?? To start: See Footnotes, esp.: https://books.google.com/books?id=KcsUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=hasmonean+mishmarot&source=bl&ots=3-AMpQsy_o&sig=QfcIkElz4UyiE...

The mind boggles. :confusedsmiley: Try this, as a start : Judas spills his guts out, right? He also hangs himself. As a Symbolic Tale how could this be written in a way that would not leave a contradiction? Look at the 12 th Legion under Cestius. Josephus, War..., 2, 19, 1: "But when Cestius h...

I thought John was just trying to have Jesus crucified at the exact time the lamb was killed....in his opinion of when that was. Thank you, David! I hope that one day we can circle back around and consider the importance of what is implied in the article by Dave Kroll. He states: "Matthew, Mar...

My full question is; which of the New Testament books were written after AD70? Assuming there are several, why did none of them mention the 'earth-shattering' events of AD70? The destruction of the temple by Rome fulfilled one of Jesus' own prophecies (Matt. 24:1-3) and its theological significance...

Herods temple the key to spreading monotheism in the Diaspora began before jesus theology hit it. A H M Jones, The Herods of Judaea : "As he replaced the sacerdotal Sanhedrin by a secular council, so Herod built up to replace the old hereditary aristocracy a new aristocracy of service whose me...