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by Joseph D. L.
Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:37 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: A suggestive saying attributed to Elcasai
Replies: 4
Views: 2848

Re: A suggestive saying attributed to Elcasai

That possibly the literature of Elxai was a reaction to the Kitos revolt.
by Joseph D. L.
Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:34 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Belly up to the Bar Kochba Rebellion
Replies: 11
Views: 7313

Re: Belly up to the Bar Kochba Rebellion

Stuart Waugh is of the opinion that applying Mark 13 is anachronistic, since, he argues, Hadrian never had an alter to Jupiter dedicated in the Temple, and in fact did not even include the Temple mount in Aelia Capitolina. He also argues that the passage to Dio Cassius which says he did is a later ...
by Joseph D. L.
Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:29 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Was the Temple of Onias modeled after the Temple of Gerizim?
Replies: 8
Views: 12313

Was the Temple of Onias modeled after the Temple of Gerizim?

This is what Josephus relates regarding the Jewish temple in Egypt: So Ptolemy complied with his proposals, and gave him a place one hundred and eighty furlongs distant from Memphis. That Nomos was called the Nomos of Hellopolls, where Onias built a fortress and a temple, not like to that at Jerusal...
by Joseph D. L.
Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:35 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Belly up to the Bar Kochba Rebellion
Replies: 11
Views: 7313

Re: Belly up to the Bar Kochba Rebellion

Stuart Waugh is of the opinion that applying Mark 13 is anachronistic, since, he argues, Hadrian never had an alter to Jupiter dedicated in the Temple, and in fact did not even include the Temple mount in Aelia Capitolina. He also argues that the passage to Dio Cassius which says he did is a later i...
by Joseph D. L.
Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:13 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Three Crosses as Sampi
Replies: 8
Views: 4545

Re: The Three Crosses as Sampi

You're forgetting that this is an allegorical narrative written over a historical event. I would even venture to say the crucifixion is itself more allegorical than historical. (Justin certainly seems to think so.) But identifying Lukuas with Simon of Jerusalem does lend credibility to a historical ...
by Joseph D. L.
Sat Apr 21, 2018 6:39 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Three Crosses as Sampi
Replies: 8
Views: 4545

Re: The Three Crosses as Sampi

I don't know much about the letter symbolism, though considering Marcosians and Carpocratians employed it, there could be something to it. So far, to me, the triple crucifixion scene reiterates the idea of duplication present in the Gospels, just as how Jesus is crucified, and Judas is hung on a tre...
by Joseph D. L.
Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Belly up to the Bar Kochba Rebellion
Replies: 11
Views: 7313

Re: Belly up to the Bar Kochba Rebellion

I have a problem. No, not THAT problem (or those...). After about a decade and a half, I've developed a NT System, hopefully self-consistent. It is one that does not include Bar Kochba. There's a problem there. I believe that Zakkai plays a role in the NT. If not Zakkai then perhaps Wietzman's Scri...
by Joseph D. L.
Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:30 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Dating the books of the New Testament belief not evidence
Replies: 37
Views: 34143

Re: most excellent Theophilus

Most definitely. Considering the magnitude of what had occurred, that would definitely be the case. So you argue that such a momentous event was ignored or overlooked by reputable historians and writers extent at the time, only to be written about by essentially nobodies? The standard chronology is...
by Joseph D. L.
Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:35 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Luke's date for the crucifixion
Replies: 40
Views: 38533

Re: Luke's date for the crucifixion

And I agree that there was a mixed ECW history, and I pointed out that nobody that I know has put together a good summary, and that of Burgon should only be used as a starting point. The manuscripts, however, in Greek, Latin, Syriac and virtually every versional language support the non-eclipse vie...
by Joseph D. L.
Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:11 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Luke's date for the crucifixion
Replies: 40
Views: 38533

Re: Luke's date for the crucifixion

Phlegon reportedly did compared the darkness to an eclipse, so there is attestation in the ancient witnesses for such an idea. Καὶ ἦν ἤδη ὡσεὶ ὥρα ἕκτη καὶ σκότος ἐγένετο ἐφ’ ὅλην τὴν γῆν ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλιπόντος , ἐσχίσθη δὲ τὸ καταπέτασμα τοῦ ναοῦ μέσον. Luke was a super-accurate histo...