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Josephus Antiquities 18 . 109 -18: . [109] Meanwhile there was a quarrel between Aretas the king of Arabia Petrea and Herod, for this reason: Herod the tetrarch had married the daughter of Aretas and had been with her a long time. Once, however, when he was in Rome he lodged with his half-brother He...

Also in Photius, Bibliotheca fol. 238 - before, "James, the brother of the Lord" - is, Agrippa the Great, reigned over the Jews, says Josephus, by filling them with his favours. It was to please them, apparently , that he killed with the sword James the brother of John , and that he tried...

So, I have been conducting some research on the James 20.200 passage (which I am working on a paper about arguing it is inauthentic). One thing I decided to do (because I can't find anyone else who has done it) is trace all the different iterations of the "brother of Jesus, called Christ"...

τοῦ λεγομένου Χριστοῦ in the extant Ant . 20.200 is in Matthew 27:17 and 22 : as τὸν λεγόμενον Χριστόν (both in the mouth of Pilate ; see footnote 43 below) Matthew 1:16 : as ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός 1 John 4:25 : also as ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός 1 which, in footnote 39, List notes is . a passage about Jesus...

Though, I think the mention of Jesus ben Damneus in Ant . 20.203 could well have prompted a scribe (or outright forger) to think of introducing a or the Jesus into Ant . 20.200. Just to acknowledge that I did read this. I just don't find it provides a sufficient or comparable probability for a marg...

τοῦ λεγομένου Χριστοῦ in the extant Ant . 20.200 is in Matthew 27:17 and 22 : as τὸν λεγόμενον Χριστόν (both in the mouth of Pilate ; see footnote 43 below) Matthew 1:16 : as ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός 1 John 4:25 : also as ὁ λεγόμενος Χριστός 1 which, in footnote 39, List notes is . a passage about Jesus...

The best interpolation hypothesis IMO remains the idea that a certain "James" was mentioned without providing an identifier. That is: if we go with an interpolation hypothesis, that is the one that would seem the most likely and easiest to defend. List's argument is, quote, 1) AJ 20.200 o...

I am wondering if anyone has compiled a list of Marcionite readings that differ from Luke, but agree with Mark and/or Matthew; or presented the text of the Evangelion with the Mark/Matthew agreements against Luke particularly marked. Klinghardt's The Oldest Gospel and the Formation of the Canonical...

John Granger Cook (2017) 'Resurrection in Paganism and the Question of an Empty Tomb in 1 Corinthians 15,' New Testament Studies , 63 (1); pp.56-75 Abstract On the basis of the semantics of ἀνίστημι and ἐγείρω and the nature of resurrected bodies in ancient Judaism and ancient paganism, one can con...

Klingardt's reconstruction of *Ev in his 2020 English version (of his 2015 German two-volume book) is [also] in Greek eta This: Bilby is clear about what is conflated in his versions of Klinghardt and of Nicolotti: https://openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/johd.70 "Our normalized ...