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- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:13 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Basic reason why the name of Pilate was absent in the Earliest Passion Story extrapolated from Mark
- Replies: 206
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Re: Basic reason why the name of Pilate was absent in the Earliest Passion Story extrapolated from Mark
KK Martijn's proposal is the opposite of superstition, he claims it based on analytical methods. it's exactly what I wanted to hear
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:17 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: A "Messianic" Use of Chrestos in Against Celsus
- Replies: 30
- Views: 602
Re: A "Messianic" Use of Chrestos in Against Celsus
Anyone can see David is not in the epistles or pastorals It as actually possible to simplifiy this - The gospels and Acts are Davidic and the rest isn't, bar Revelation of course Anyone can see the Jesus of the gospels has a long shot of being the Messiah if he is really masterful at it. It's at lea...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:55 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The X-Files: Chrēstos / Christos / Χρειστος
- Replies: 450
- Views: 13749
Re: The X-Files: Chrēstos / Christos / Χρειστος
there seem slightly more Chrestos references than Christos
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:18 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Basic reason why the name of Pilate was absent in the Earliest Passion Story extrapolated from Mark
- Replies: 206
- Views: 4648
Re: Basic reason why the name of Pilate was absent in the Earliest Passion Story extrapolated from Mark
I don't want to dwell on this for too long since that is a habit I am trying not to repeat. I will concede the more direct reading is spurious and stick with the mainstream one in which I don't really have anything more to say about that. From a base reading it seems to indicate to me that the Odes...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:53 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Can We At Least Agree that the Marcionites Did Not Call Jesus "Christ"?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 626
Re: Can We At Least Agree that the Marcionites Did Not Call Jesus "Christ"?
If Titus is an example of Marcionism it is pure Hellenism. No scripture quotes nothing Jewish or Samaritan. All I see with Marcion is a rejection of Judaism as superstition. That is the general attitude. That's not Samaritan, it's Hellenism. I think Samaritan influences could be in the mix but not t...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:13 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Can We At Least Agree that the Marcionites Did Not Call Jesus "Christ"?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 626
Re: Can We At Least Agree that the Marcionites Did Not Call Jesus "Christ"?
The Marcionites were necessarily an offshoot of Samaritanism and their rejection of Judaism must have a similar origin. the marcionites seem like extreme Hellenists and rejected Judaism because they were elitist a bit like how i've seen evangelical american christians reject eastern orthodox christ...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:26 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Basic reason why the name of Pilate was absent in the Earliest Passion Story extrapolated from Mark
- Replies: 206
- Views: 4648
Re: Basic reason why the name of Pilate was absent in the Earliest Passion Story extrapolated from Mark
you might be right (ode 6) but it can't be translated as swept away that translation is false I checked the Syriac, but you are right it could be understood to mean that and argued that is the intended meaning (which the translator used to inform his translation in this case) it is also possible tha...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:36 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Basic reason why the name of Pilate was absent in the Earliest Passion Story extrapolated from Mark
- Replies: 206
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Re: Basic reason why the name of Pilate was absent in the Earliest Passion Story extrapolated from Mark
The egyptians got ritually drunk if i remember as well? some festival or other You're talking about Ode 4. I've studied the temple washing episode. here's some notes i made it's unclear if the temple is washed away the flood seems to stop at the temple, not be restrained by it (or its inhabitants) a...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:17 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: GThomas as reaction to the proto-catholic reception of GMark and GMatthew
- Replies: 31
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Re: GThomas as reaction to the proto-catholic reception of GMark and GMatthew
the gospels openly acknowledge Jesus's parables are ambiguous and require interpreting
the need for interpretation was always there Thomas isn't making them ambiguous
the need for interpretation was always there Thomas isn't making them ambiguous
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:19 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: GThomas as reaction to the proto-catholic reception of GMark and GMatthew
- Replies: 31
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Re: GThomas as reaction to the proto-catholic reception of GMark and GMatthew
well ok, I think i get where you're coming from from the perspective of a presumed body of existing Christian texts Thomas can appear like a novel, new form. A sayings gospel But from the perspective of literary texts in general it is not a new form it's just a collection of sayings like Proverbs or...