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Larry "Bringing the Pain" Hurtado takes anti-Nicene doubters to task: http://larryhurtado.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/highearly-christology-an-emerging-consensus/ “High/Early Christology”: An Emerging Consensus? Almost exactly a year ago, I posted on a very informative and judicious (in my vi...

Duvduv's skepticism is to be applauded It's not quite skepticism worthy of our applause if it's not motivated by skepticism as a value and an ideal. And, quite simply, it is not. Exhibit A. http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=185 At least in the case of Jewish history there can b...

I doubt a little bit that your conclusion is right. If I want then I´m able to read Mark' s gospel in a allegorical way. In this point of view I can understand the figure of Simon as a literary character. The same goes for James and John. No problem here. But if it's true that Mark was mocking the ...

Peter, there is a tremendous flaw in the theory of critical analysis that ignores the context and relies on claims that cannot be empirically proven. We both knowthat, so why pretend otherwise? Regarding Huller, he is extremely intolerant in his advocacy of censorship. He should have worked for Pra...

Even more problematic is the term "paganism," which is essentially a wastebasket for the religious life of every ancient person who did not identify with a cult of the God of Abraham. Yet we persist in using these terms, despite our misgivings, and not just as a heuristic sleight-of-hand....

Most of my frustration with you in the recent posts in this thread comes from the multiplication of distinctions you have made in order to disqualify evidence against your position and a refusal to acknowledge that the burden of proof is yours along with a failure to show that your suspicion of stra...

Yawn. Same paragraph with the same empty rhetoric as every other Duvduv post. You're a drone and a bore. ... again, why are you here on a history forum? You show nothing but absolute indifference to the reality of historical-critical method and seething antipathy to achieving real understanding of t...

It's not a matter of rhetoric, Peter. It's a matter of context and facts. All the discussion about Marcion is based purely on speculation but often expressed as if there were some evidence for the existence of this man in the 2nd century (or even "Justin" for that matter). That's why it's...

It's not about belief or faith. This is the egregious misunderstanding from which the rest of your rhetoric flows, Duvduv. You came closer to the truth when you recognized the category of speculation, and you would come closer still if you recognized the shades of gray there. But I suspect that is n...

So, I gather, you do not have any better examples. Did you try? It's your job to show it's unlikely if you think the phrase is unlikely. I didn't have to give the examples of similar constructions that you now, today, feel are not good enough. You have to demonstrate your assertion if you want to m...