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Tertullian makes the following argument, from Book 1 and Book 4 of his "Against Marcion": 1. Marcion had written a letter where he apparently admits that he followed the orthodox faith. From this Tertullian concludes Marcion's heretic views came after Marcion had accepted orthodoxy. 2. &q...

Diogenes the Cynic wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 12:11 pm The possible influence of Acts on Matthew seems to be largely ignored, maybe because Acts is so late, but Matthew is only pinned to the 1st Century by way of some iffy assumptions about Ignatius.

Yep, the whole field suffers from overly generous dating assumptions on the canon.

Again, a historically realistic reader will infer that they were worked up by many hands over many years, while a believer will accept them as inspired products of one great man. Most of what went on in cross was a waste of time. They asked each other a lot of irrelevant questions. But overall, Ehr...

I enjoy your outside of the box thinking.

Cosmas writes of the Ascension being in Mark. Christianikē Topographia: The Christian Topography of Cosmas, an Egyptian Monk (1897) Cosmas (Indicopleustes.) J. W. McCrindle https://books.google.com/books?id=UQEZAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA220 And he also, being a preacher of the New Testament, wrote for us t...

Clear as mud

In my treatment of the composition history, I make a number of unusual proposals. Specifically, I argue (1) that the core of Leviticus consists of eleven ancient cult “rule books” from the northern kingdom of Israel and the province of Samaria, (2) that these ancient rule books were brought togethe...