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We may have to distinguish between what Hippolytus thought and what actually happened. IF Hippolytus regarded the Naassenes as earlier than Simon Magus, then this was probably because he regarded the teaching of the Naasenes (as described in book 5 of his work against heresies) as more primitive th...

The alternative to a belief in (reasonably) widespread messianic expectation in the early first century seems to be that the Jewish war and fall of Jerusalem generated messianic expectations that were previously lacking; and that these expectations were back projected by later writers into the early...

We may have to distinguish between what Hippolytus thought and what actually happened. IF Hippolytus regarded the Naassenes as earlier than Simon Magus, then this was probably because he regarded the teaching of the Naasenes (as described in book 5 of his work against heresies) as more primitive tha...

imho it may be not completely impossible that it's simply one of Mark's stories just to clarify. I'm talking about what Mark is implying, what we are meant to suppose , not necessarily what actually happened. My problem with this is that Mark himself does not seem to be concerned that the reader su...

IMHO we are meant to suppose that the Peter et al hear the beginning of Jesus' desperate prayer just before they fall asleep. imho it may be not completely impossible that it's simply one of Mark's stories just to clarify. I'm talking about what Mark is implying, what we are meant to suppose , not ...

If all the women kept absolute silence till their deaths then there is a problems about Mark's implied source for chapter 16. Whether or not what Mark says is actually historical one can generally find a plausible answer as to how Mark got to know about this. The prayer in Gethsemane seems to be an...

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Part I. Edited, with Translations and Notes, by Bernard P. Grenfell, M.A., and Arthur 8. Hunt, M.A.

Andrew Criddle

Iskander mentioned this book and I have recently read it. It is well worth reading. Thanks Iskander Here are a few thoughts. The book is mainly about the understanding of God in Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible. Sommer follows a relatively traditional documentary hypothesis approach to the Penta...

Carlson wins a pair of Freudian Slippers by mistakenly letting out the conclusion he starts with that he and his co-conspirators try so hard to conceal "and they did tell anyone". His apology tries to use misdirection, switching the point from not following instructions to being afraid. W...

But if it was a methane fire, why wasn't there a fire when Hadrian built a pagan temple on the site? My understanding is that the site was completely plowed over. Maybe the 363 CE earthquake did cause a fissure in the chambers or drains where people had hidden during the 70 CE siege and that was th...