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by andrewcriddle
Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:09 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Persecution of heretics?
Replies: 8
Views: 259

Re: Persecution of heretics?

It begs the question of how the orthodox won out. If the heretics were more acceptable to the existing authorities at first, and not persecuted while proto-orthodox were persecuted, how did orthodoxy grow and heresy shrink? One would think that, if nothing else, someone would rather adopt a religio...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:54 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: ...
Replies: 110
Views: 4556

Re: Why the Hellenistic era for ALL "Old Testament" books should be taken seriously

This is a comment on Neil's original post in this thread and the issues it raises about general historical methodology. It may not be a response to Neil's position as developed in later posts. In later posts Neil has referred to arguments that the author of the Pentateuch knew Plato et al. I'm going...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:46 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Problem of Paul and Marcionism
Replies: 102
Views: 58519

Re: Was the Paul-in-Acts a pagan?

Acts 16 continues with her masters being upset that the woman could no longer sooth-say, so they complained to the authorities and had Paul and Silas arrested. I don't think it leads onto Nero. Also, the woman wasn't a Pythian priestess, just a sooth-sayer. You may be right, but I don't think so: t...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:19 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Who were those Freedmen?
Replies: 4
Views: 243

Re: Who were those Freedmen?

"AJ XVIII 144-145: Agrippa’s ‘noble spirit’ is said to have caused ‘lavishness in giving’ (the latter meant spending money on luxuries and giving bribes to the emperor’s freedmen)" AJ 18.6.1 Now as Agrippa was by nature magnanimous and generous in the presents he made, while his mother wa...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:10 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Does Clement Liken the Eucharist to Teachings About the Gospel?
Replies: 2
Views: 130

Re: Does Clement Liken the Eucharist to Teachings About the Gospel?

Just wondering if anyone had come across an interpretation where the bread = teachings/interpretation of the gospel. This may be relevant Instructor And entertaining this view, we may regard the proclamation of the Gospel, which is universally diffused, as milk; and as meat, faith, which from instr...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:56 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Persecution of heretics?
Replies: 8
Views: 259

Re: Persecution of heretics?

I haven't done any research on this, but just making a few inferences from things said by Justin and Irenaeus and others. What do we know about the role of persecution in the elimination of "heretics"? There is a passage in First Apology where Justin says basically that the Marcionites ca...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:35 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Bermejo-Rubio and the Titulus Crucis ("King of the Jews")
Replies: 68
Views: 2145

Re: Bermejo-Rubio and the Titulus Crucis ("King of the Jews")

I see that BR is well ready to sacrifice a lot of episodes on the altar of the purely midrashical origin. But what he doesn't sacrifice are, in the order of importance: 3) the titulus crucis google-translation A third relevant aspect is related to the titulus crucis, the tablet that specifies the r...
by andrewcriddle
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Martyrium Ignatii account
Replies: 3
Views: 160

Re: The Martyrium Ignatii account

See Martyrdom of Ignatius In its present form this is a late work of little historical value.

Andrew Criddle
by andrewcriddle
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The earliest witnesses to the New Testament
Replies: 17
Views: 581

Re: The earliest witnesses to the New Testament

Papias of Hierapolis (60-130): Fragment 5: John (14:2) 1 Corinthians (15:25-28) Fragment 6: 1 John? 1 Peter? Gospel of Hebrews? Fragment 8: Revelation? Note: Fragments 5 is directly quoted from Papias, while fragments 6 and 8 are secondhand testimony that claim Papias used 1 John/1 Peter/Gospel of ...
by andrewcriddle
Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:01 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus is not the Christ: A Reading of Mark
Replies: 153
Views: 3815

Re: Jesus is not the Christ: A Reading of Mark

Look at the variant for Mark 1:1 - 2 in Cyril of Jerusalem, Catecheses ad illuminandos 3.6. See if it helps your case. Thanks. What is the variant? https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/310103.htm Baptism is the end of the Old Testament, and beginning of the New. For its author was John, than whom was ...