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by MrMacSon
Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:17 am
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: Hitler’s 'Table Talk': An Update
Replies: 3
Views: 16826

Hitler’s 'Table Talk': An Update

. Richard Carrier gives an update of the convoluted history and recent developments in elucidating Hitler's Table Talk - http://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/10978 It is quite a convoluted story and it seems Carrier has had a central role in investigating and uncovering the mess. There is a new ...
by MrMacSon
Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:43 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Lena Einhorn - A Shift In Time
Replies: 118
Views: 66861

Re: Lena Einhorn - A Shift In Time

. Richard Carrier has written a review of sorts of A Shift In Time in a blog-post on his website-blog. In typical Carrier fashion, he opens with a rant against others, though much less so against Lena (as against other others), and then proceeds to somewhat gish-gallop all over the place. He does e...
by MrMacSon
Thu Sep 01, 2016 5:21 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: I need to know !!
Replies: 6
Views: 5280

Re: I need to know !!

The Amazing Colossal Apostle: The Search for the Historical Paul (2012) by Robert M. Price
by MrMacSon
Thu Sep 01, 2016 4:19 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: I need to know !!
Replies: 6
Views: 5280

Re: I need to know !!

Thomas L Brodie's ' The Birthing of the New Testament: The Intertextual Development of the New Testament Writings' (New Testament Monographs) , Sheffield Phoenix Press (2006) ISBN 1905048661 Beyond the Quest for the Historical Jesus: Memoir of a Discovery , Sheffield Phoenix Press (2012) ISBN 190753...
by MrMacSon
Thu Sep 01, 2016 4:16 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: I need to know !!
Replies: 6
Views: 5280

Re: I need to know !!

Vincent M (2014) 'Marcion and the Dating of the Synoptic Gospels' (Leuven: Peeters).


eta: Steve Mason, Josephus and the New Testament
by MrMacSon
Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:48 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: New High Priest?
Replies: 7
Views: 4455

Re: New High Priest?

Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1187) ... Within hours of breaching the walls of Jerusalem in 1099, the victorious Crusaders had massacred almost all of the city's Jewish and Muslim inhabitants.[34] The Crusaders ascended the Temple Mount and after giving thanks to God for their victory, conver...
by MrMacSon
Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:23 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: New High Priest?
Replies: 7
Views: 4455

Re: New High Priest?

. The article John2 posted, and I have cited from, outlines three+ undertakings to rebuild the Jewish Temple after its destruction - 1 . "Emperor Hadrian (76-138), eager to gain the cooperation of the Jews, granted them permission to rebuild their temple. The Jews started to make the necessary...
by MrMacSon
Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:10 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: New High Priest?
Replies: 7
Views: 4455

Re: New High Priest?

Then - Byzantine Period (300-618) The transformation of the pagan Roman Empire into a Christian realm early in the fourth century marked a decisive turning point in the history of the Western world. Under pagan rule, Jerusalem had become a relatively insignificant provincial city, but now it attract...
by MrMacSon
Tue Aug 30, 2016 4:54 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: New High Priest?
Replies: 7
Views: 4455

Re: New High Priest?

Following on from the passage that John2 quoted - Not only did the Jews continue to offer sacrifices and prayer on the mount, but at least once in the half-century following the temple's destruction, they began to build a new edifice for a third temple. Emperor Hadrian (76-138), eager to gain the co...
by MrMacSon
Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:36 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Time Shift scenarios and the New Testament texts
Replies: 410
Views: 182353

Re: Time Shift scenarios and the New Testament texts

With regard to time shifting, this passage in Chapter VIII —'Of the Times of Christ’s Birth and Passion, and of Jerusalem’s Destruction'— of ' An Answer to the Jews ' / ' Against the Jews ', attributed to Tertulian, reads like an outline to manufacture and time-shift the narrative about Christ - Ac...