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The temple of Serapis in Pergamum does not exclude the existence of a Jewish Christian church. No it doesn't, but such a "Jewish Christian church" could not have been in that temple - the Red Basilica - in the 2nd or 3rd centuries, as it was built for the Egyptian gods in the 2nd century ...

iskander wrote: That there was a temple for Serapis in Pergamum is all what your evidence allow the reader to accept as a fact.

I don't understand what you're saying or trying to infer with that sentence.

iskander wrote: Pergamum had also a numerous Jewish population .

So what?

Archaeology has not shown anything for Christianity in the first few centuries AD/CE: other than some of the Seven churches of Asia used to belong to a different religion. Not familiar with this. Can you provide a reference please? Here - Serapia in Turkey Pergamon Inside Pergamon in Bergama, there...

... there seem to be separate traditions at work. Highly likely This is interesting - Regarding Galilee, that's actually where the Jewish leadership moved after the fall of Jerusalem, which means that this may be an echo of this. because of this - Some ...think that the name of the city [of 'Nazare...

By all means suggest other narratives but support them with Jewish history. Why?? The gospel narratives don't have to be based on history... Well - that truly says it all......and mythicists wonder why they never get a hearing from NT scholars... :eek: I mean't not all the gospel narratives - and t...

By all means suggest other narratives but support them with Jewish history. Why?? The gospel narratives don't have to be based on history... As regards Antigonus and the gospel crucifixion story - you would have to demonstrate that a King of the Jews was executed by Rome later than the date for Ant...

[color=#004000]maryhelena[/color] wrote: .. history tells us that a Jewish insurrectionist movement did not fail - it succeeded, albeit for 3 short years of freedom from Rome.

MrMacSon wrote: What 3 yrs are you referring to here?

[color=#004000]maryhelena[/color] wrote: 40 - 37 b.c.e.

Cheers!

The gospel crucifixion story may well reflect "the Roman execution of Antigonus - the last real *King of the Jews* - in 37 b.c.e"; regardless of the other NT narratives, or the way they developed.

But history tells us that a Jewish insurrectionist movement did not fail - it succeeded, albeit for 3 short years of freedom from Rome. What 3 yrs are you referring to here? An euhemerized insurrectionist/seditious Pauline celestial christ figure that does not succeed against Rome fails to do justi...

maryhelena wrote: I just notice when numbers are being used in the gospel story - and in Josephus.

How are the numbers being used? Similarly?