Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

Qumran texts tell of a conflict between the Wicked Priest and the Teacher of Righteousness, and also mention that Absalom did not help the Teacher when he was aggrieved. I think the Wicked Priest was Alexander Jannaeus. (Strabo, Geography 16.2.34-46, while favorable toward Moses and followers, also...

I'm familiar with the passage from Epiphanius Panarion II 29 3.3 that some have understood as placing Jesus in Alexander Jannaeus time (103-76 BCE): 3,3 For the rulers in succession from Judah came to an end with Christ’s arrival. Until he came < the > rulers < were anointed priests >,9 but after hi...

One of the main arguments against the theory that Marcion created the Evangelion by making ideologically motivated subtractions from Luke is that for every position of Marcion used to explain an omission from the text of Luke, there any number of passages in the Evangelion that share the idea of the...

Secret Alias wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:11 pm Somehow I have managed to have three different photos of each page of the original manuscript for proper comparison. Notice the final ligature -νος consistent throughout:

That is a good argument.

If we're talking about the synoptic problem, this usually ends up getting cited with respect to the Q hypothesis: B.H. Streeter’s The Four Gospels: A Study of Origins (1924) Like Goodacre, Streeter wasn't first, but he was a bit more influential than his predecessors. Yes, I was about to post that....

More recent milestones include: Ken Olson, Eusebius and the Testimonium Flavianum. Mark Goodacre, The Case against Q. With respect to the TF and the synoptic problem. Not for being the first to suggest the ideas but for putting them firmly at the center of the conversation in scholarship. :D Well, ...

What are the main important milestones in biblical scholarship starting with the Protestant Reformation? There is of course the Protestant challenges to Peterine primacy, there is the theory of Markan priority, the identification of the Synoptic problem, the acknowledgement that the Gospels are not...

The birth stories of Matthew and Luke are clearly late and reactionary additions to earlier narratives that gave no account of a birth of Jesus. They are specifically anti-docetic inventions. The case that the birth accounts are late anti-docetic inventions is very strong. So much has been done on ...

The birth stories of Matthew and Luke are clearly late and reactionary additions to earlier narratives that gave no account of a birth of Jesus. They are specifically anti-docetic inventions. The case that the birth accounts are late anti-docetic inventions is very strong. So much has been done on ...

Giuseppe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:47 am

Ken Olson wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:53 am Is that right?

Exactly.

Thank you. I think I understand how Marcion understood the Evangelion much better now.

Best,

Ken