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- Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:47 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: the Paul & Marcion 'dynamic' & back-dating
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2673
Re: the Paul & Marcion 'dynamic' & back-dating
Lena Einhorn, PhD . She is not a scholar That's why her work is laughable lol Your ad hominem is noted, as is her PhD, and the fact she presented at the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting , Chicago, Nov.17-20, 2012. Also note I am referring to her significant point that events and people...
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:30 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Rebel women in early Christianity
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2215
- Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:59 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The (Hegesippan?) list of Roman bishops.
- Replies: 201
- Views: 116423
Re: The (Hegesippan?) list of Roman bishops.
Much of The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis (a Treatise Against 80 Sects in three Books; c.374 or 375 AD/CE ) is an interesting read. Agreed. I'm intrigued that, in the late 4th Century, Epiphanius saw the need to discredit so many sects supposedly from 2-3 centuries previously, especially if Chr...
- Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:09 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The (Hegesippan?) list of Roman bishops.
- Replies: 201
- Views: 116423
Re: The (Hegesippan?) list of Roman bishops.
Epiphanius, Panarion 27.6.1-5: I heard at some time of a Marcellina who was deceived by them * , who corrupted many people in the time of Anicetus, Bishop of Rome, the successor of Pius and the bishops before him. For the bishops at Rome were, first, Peter and Paul, the apostles themselves and also...
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:09 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Iosephiana
- Replies: 553
- Views: 180243
Re: Was the Baptism of John = Forced Conversion of John Hyrc
... but I believe he is referring especially to the following from the Suda, and particularly to the use of ὑπομνήματα (memoirs): So we found Josephus, the historian of the capture of Jerusalem (of whom Eusebius the [spiritual son] of Pamphilus[4] makes much mention in his Ecclesiastical History), ...
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 4:58 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Iosephiana
- Replies: 553
- Views: 180243
Re: Was the Baptism of John = Forced Conversion of John Hyrc
... but I believe he is referring especially to the following from the Suda, and particularly to the use of ὑπομνήματα (memoirs): So we found Josephus, the historian of the capture of Jerusalem (of whom Eusebius the [spiritual son] of Pamphilus[4] makes much mention in his Ecclesiastical History), ...
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 4:50 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Iosephiana
- Replies: 553
- Views: 180243
Re: Was the Baptism of John = Forced Conversion of John Hyrc
Please clarify thisSecret Alias wrote:Notice the story is placed during the reign of Julian in Severs but Justinian in the Suda.
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 5:11 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Easter astrotheology ...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3937
Easter astrotheology ...
"The heads of the Christian churches are close to sealing a deal to fix the date of Easter, the Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed, ending more than a thousand years of confusion and debate ... "Archbishop Welby, Pope Francis, the Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, and the Ecumenical Pa...
- Fri Jan 15, 2016 5:05 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Iosephiana
- Replies: 553
- Views: 180243
Re: Was the Baptism of John = Forced Conversion of John Hyrc
The case for some parts of some works of Josephus being edited/redacted in the 2nd century (or later; or both) is strong ...Secret Alias wrote:Oh yeah, and anyone who thinks Acts was written in the second century but not Josephus is a being very inconsistent. The case for Josephus is a lot stronger.
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:46 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Cruci f i c t i o n
- Replies: 44
- Views: 34834
Re: Cruci f i c t i o n
Thousands of Jews were crucified according to Josephus. In Wars of the Jews 1 it is also claimed incident 800 Jews were crucified - Nay, his rage was grown so extravagant, that his barbarity proceeded to the degree of impiety; for when he had ordered eight hundred to be hung upon crosses in the mids...