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by Joseph D. L.
Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:20 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What is the evidence that the crucifixion was an old sacrificial rite?
Replies: 25
Views: 13634

Re: What is the evidence that the crucifixion was an old sacrificial rite?

This may or may not be relevant, but the Acta Pauli et Antonini does speak of a mock performance by the Alexandrians satirizing Jewish messianic expectations, wherein which an effigy or actor representing the Jewish king would be paraded around, sustaining abuse both verbal and physical. These perfo...
by Joseph D. L.
Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:21 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What is the evidence that the crucifixion was an old sacrificial rite?
Replies: 25
Views: 13634

Re: What is the evidence that the crucifixion was an old sacrificial rite?

"O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified."

Tim Claason has proposed that Paul was speaking of a ritual, or performance scene.
by Joseph D. L.
Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:02 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What is the evidence that the crucifixion was an old sacrificial rite?
Replies: 25
Views: 13634

Re: What is the evidence that the crucifixion was an old sacrificial rite?

There may be some truth to this. One such ritual was done in Egypt. Osiris (a representation of the deceased) was ritually placed upon the dd-pillar to ensure resurrection and to awaken in the afterlife. This was later used as an initiation ritual for membership in the mystery school, and to awaken ...
by Joseph D. L.
Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Ebionites
Replies: 22
Views: 10377

Re: The Ebionites

Hey John2. Regarding Papias and Hegesippus, I must say that I share neither your respect or enthusiasm. I see both of them (though I think that they are actually one and the same figure) as representing a period of propaganda, in which a pseudo-history of the church was created. This includes but is...
by Joseph D. L.
Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:43 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Ebionites
Replies: 22
Views: 10377

Re: The Ebionites

You have piqued my curiosity, despite my having previously arrived at the point where I think the origins are too obscure to make any meaningful statements....but...that said, you sound fairly sure...so...what are you basing than on (or off, if you're American)? :) I'm American but still say based ...
by Joseph D. L.
Thu Jan 11, 2018 1:38 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Ebionites
Replies: 22
Views: 10377

Re: The Ebionites

Ebionites nor Nazarenes existed as an autonomous group before 130 ad, and whenever their parent Community came to be is unclear, but it was long after 70 ad.
by Joseph D. L.
Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:56 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Ebionites
Replies: 22
Views: 10377

Re: The Ebionites

I think Lucian presents the earliest witnesses to the Ebionites in his Life of Peregrinus. But I don't think they were called as such until much later. Originally, there was only the Community in Palestine. Whether this was closer to Jerusalem or Antioch I can't say for certain. And they were led by...
by Joseph D. L.
Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:32 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: An anomaly in 1 Thess 2:14-16
Replies: 5
Views: 3098

Re: An anomaly in 1 Thess 2:14-16

" Purusha, the cosmic man, was not crucified, but rather cut into pieces, the pieces then forming the cosmos. I've read it mentioned in Vedic studies that Purusha's death was associated with the yoopa, a type of sacrificial alter that formed part of a tree or column, also connected to the Stamb...
by Joseph D. L.
Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:37 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Lukuas-Andreas in Medieval Islamic Literature.
Replies: 3
Views: 2920

Re: Lukuas-Andreas in Medieval Islamic Literature.

Something I do find curious is his statement about Lumpis (Lukuas) ruling in Egypt. Reading over Eusebius and Cassius Dio, I get the sense that as soon as he arrived in Alexandria he was almost immediately defeated. But if he had ruled for sometime as a king for Jews, then things makes what is writt...
by Joseph D. L.
Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:42 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Lukuas-Andreas in Medieval Islamic Literature.
Replies: 3
Views: 2920

Re: Lukuas-Andreas in Medieval Islamic Literature.

I'm almost sure that Abulfaraj, in Münter is Bar Hebraeus the passage may be http://www.syriacstudies.com/AFSS/Syriac_Articles_in_English/Entries/2009/9/29_Bar_Hebraeus_ChronographyThe_Roman_Emperors_Translated_from_Syriac_by_Ernest_A._Wallis_Budge.html And in the tenth year of TRAJAN, GALEN the ph...