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by Blood
Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:13 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Carrier versus Hurtado about what there was in the mind of Philo
Replies: 71
Views: 45453

Re: Carrier versus Hurtado about what there was in the mind of Philo

Marvel in the fact that Hurtado was wrong and that Hurtado's arrogance, prejudice, and laziness rendered all his credentials and all his years of study to a big fat nothing when he sat down trying to explain once and for all, to the world, why his little guild is the way it is. Not surprising at al...
by Blood
Sat Dec 09, 2017 6:49 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Why I don't see myself as a Christ Mythicist
Replies: 78
Views: 53761

Re: Why I don't see myself as a Christ Mythicist

The people who deny the historicity of Daniel are not called "Daniel mythicists." The people who deny the historicity of Judith are not called "Judith mythicists." The people who deny the historicity of Tobit are not called "Tobit mythicists." It's strictly the childish...
by Blood
Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:08 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Larry Hurtado vs Neil Godfrey
Replies: 52
Views: 34290

Re: Larry Hurtado vs Neil Godfrey

Hurtado's being an ass. The same old, same old might be good enough for his seminarian buddies in SBL, but critical thinkers are tired of the arguments from the seminarian consensus, and the conflation of evangelist-scholars with real ancient historians. Very, very few of the latter ever get into Bi...
by Blood
Mon Nov 20, 2017 4:47 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: First Greek Fragments of a Nag Hammadi Text Found Among Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Replies: 7
Views: 7757

Re: First Greek Fragments of a Nag Hammadi Text Found Among Oxyrhynchus Papyri

Smith and Landau offer a tentative dating of fifth-sixth century [for this copy of the First Apocalypse of James]
Amazing to think that the Greek originals of Nag Hammadi texts were still being copied and distributed in Greek even after the Coptic translations of the fourth century.
by Blood
Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:09 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Why Are Historicists So Certain That Jesus Existed?
Replies: 322
Views: 194832

Re: Why Are Historicists So Certain That Jesus Existed?

They're certain Jesus existed because the alternative would apparently crush their little feelings and make them feel like they've wasted their time. Which just shows how emotional and immature the entire field is. As a species, we should be well beyond the need to "prove" miracles happene...
by Blood
Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:02 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.
Replies: 397
Views: 237240

Re: Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus.

• There is only one event in Jewish history where Alexander and Rufus can be linked to each other. They are Tiberius Alexander and Terentius Rufus, two generals under Titus at the siege of Jerusalem. The third argument is an important one, because it draws attention to a historical Simon – Alexande...
by Blood
Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:07 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Lakuna Markata. The Relationship of Lacunae to Difficult Readings
Replies: 18
Views: 20541

Re: Lakuna Markata. The Relationship of Lacunae to Difficult Readings

10:46 And they come to Jericho: and as he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way side.
Jericho was really dead on the weekends. Not even Jesus could find something to do there.
by Blood
Sat Oct 21, 2017 8:04 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Lakuna Markata. The Relationship of Lacunae to Difficult Readings
Replies: 18
Views: 20541

Re: Lakuna Markata. The Relationship of Lacunae to Difficult Readings

Many consider him to be the best papyrologist on the planet.
I have the very, very best papyrologists working for me. Total winners.
by Blood
Tue Aug 29, 2017 11:02 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Is There Any Evidence that Xianity Actually Thought it Was a New Religion?
Replies: 7
Views: 6023

Re: Is There Any Evidence that Xianity Actually Thought it Was a New Religion?

It's not a stupid question at all. I don't get the impression from the church fathers that they thought it was a new religion. In Dialogue with Trypho, Justin tells Trypho that the scriptures belong to Christians, not Jews. This fits into my general theory that the proselytes who joined the YHWH cul...
by Blood
Sun Aug 20, 2017 12:04 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Mark Wrote for Highly Educated People
Replies: 65
Views: 33695

Re: Mark Wrote for Highly Educated People

I'd say that Mark wrote not for highly educated people per se, but for people steeped in the Septuagint, which required a serious education in order to read and understand. The trick was how to create a text that reads as if it were as ancient and authoritative as the Septuagint, but was actually wr...