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Split from Bernard Muller's megathread:

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I noticed this when searching. http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/corinth/abstracts.html The Wrong Erastus: Status, Wealth, and Paul's Churches Steven Friesen In 1929 a damaged inscription was discovered near the theater in Corinth which mentioned an aedile by the name of Erastus. Since then, many...

Split from Bernard Muller's megathread:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=131

No, let's stick with the Bieber analogy. It's good. Greco-Roman culture was the "pop culture" of the Roman empire. It was known, to greater and lesser extent, and in various ways, from Spain to Syria, Egypt to Gaul, which is a stark contrast with the barbarian cultures, which, with few exc...

I noticed this when searching. http://www.utexas.edu/research/pasp/corinth/abstracts.html The Wrong Erastus: Status, Wealth, and Paul's Churches Steven Friesen In 1929 a damaged inscription was discovered near the theater in Corinth which mentioned an aedile by the name of Erastus. Since then, many ...

So. I'll ask again.

How about this. Go find out. Make a conclusion, if you haven't already. It's not my job to convince you.

What's implicit is that Josephus became a big Justin Bieber fan, which, I suppose, explains a lot.

Let's say it again then. Jews are not all the same in the first century AD. (gasp, shock)

Thanks, maryhelena, for taking the time to explain this as well as you do!

stephan happy huller wrote:I don't think that an ancient writer could have made this mistake so easily.

Argument by "I don't think." Also known as argument from incredulity. Fallacy.