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I see the discussion over at Strange Notions continues apace. In one of the comments from 5 days ago TON wrote: Reports from the provinces to the Senate were published in the Acta Diurna and we know Tacitus had access to and utilised archives of those documents. We don't know if the execution of som...

Spin wrote , I don't understand your question. The term messiah is Jewish. It refers to someone who would do certain things, some of which are mentioned in the Psalms of Solomon. Do the things christians say about Jesus reflect what the Jews say about the messiah? Hawthorne wrote (portions deleted ...

[ . . . ]Besides, isn't Tim inflating himself a little by calling himself a 'historian'? An amateur yes, as he says on his blog, but aren't we all? [ . . . ] Yes IgnatiusInsight.com: What is your educational background? How would you describe your beliefs about theism in general and Christianity in...

At the end of the day, I'm off to reread Luke with a fresh eye.

Not really. In any case, you claim to have isolated Luke's sources. Would you care to show why you think you've done so? ]You're lying about reading my prior posts. This has been asked three different times, and I gave the same answer each time. Wrong again, Mental flatliner, about calling me a lia...

Not really. In any case, you claim to have isolated Luke's sources. Would you care to show why you think you've done so? You're lying about reading my prior posts. This has been asked three different times, and I gave the same answer each time. Wrong again, Mental flatliner, about calling me a liar...

Not really.
In any case, you claim to have isolated Luke's sources.
Would you care to show why you think you've done so?

Not so, Mental flatliner.
I read the entire thread before posting my request.

neilgodfrey wrote:

Mental flatliner wrote:[ . . . ]Now you've put us in our places how about explaining how you isolated most of Luke's sources . . . . ??

I'm interested in learning how Mental flatliner accomplished this, too.

"The exodus from Egypt is unknown to history save what is written in the Hebrew Bible. Outside of the most meager of circumstantial evidence we possess nothing to substantiate the text." This is a false claim. I have evidence for several dozen events before, during and after the Exodus de...