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Mark 1: 9 (RSV): [9] In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Hello RGP -- Hope you are in good health. I want to sorta', kinda' disagree with you: In this form the work does state that Jesus existed as a person first who came from Galilee. But it is ...

RH -- Yes, it certainly does and welcome to the Roman Thesis, stating that the events of the Destruction of the Temple by Vespasian and Titus are the REAL Main Events of the NT. You want parallels? I would suggest that you see the last chapters of John as suggestve of Galba (Head bandages (Latin Sou...

Yes, we may invoke the Authority of Father Robert Drinan who once said...Wait a minute, that quote's somewhere here...Ummm...Urrr, Well yes, there's something to be said for not letting "Politics Distort Scripture". Now, who was it that advocated THAT position as far as Drinan went? I forg...

Dio, Epitome 64 "From this point on the battle between them was a well-matched and evenly-balanced struggle, not only during the day but at night as well. For the coming of night did not separate them, so thoroughly angry and determined were they, albeit they recognized one another and talked b...

In various publications, Eisenman and Wise have given different views about who was Teacher of Righteousness and who was Wicked Priest. You know more than I do on this one. At one time there appeared to be one Group in favor of Jannaeus being the wicked Priest and then another that thought Jannaeus...

Again: John the Baptist is too late to be the person that some Qumran mss call the Teacher of Righteousness. Giuseppe did not address this (nor Charles Wilson). Thanx, SG. I am currently of the opinion, with Eisenman and Wise (Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered) if I recall correctly, that the Teacher of R...

Once again, with feeling... John the Baptist is a character written around the Mishmarot Group "Bilgah" ( https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3298-bilgah ): John 1: 15 (RSV): [15] (John bore witness to him, and cried, "This was he of whom I said, `He who comes after me ranks b...

Dio, Epitome 64: "From this point on the battle between them was a well-matched and evenly-balanced struggle, not only during the day but at night as well. For the coming of night did not separate them, so thoroughly angry and determined were they, albeit they recognized one another and talked ...

I agree, at least on first read! You are on the right trail. So: Who was "Paul"? MUCIANUS!!! That's the Point! The identity of Paul is given in the "Vision on the Road to Damascus" and elsewhere. *** Mucianus simply disappears from the Histories during Vespasian: William Smith, D...

Acts 8: 26 - 39 (RSV): [26] But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert road. [27] And he rose and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a minister of the Can'dace, queen of the Ethiopians, ...