Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

April D. DeConick has an interesting take on John 8:44. She states that the literal translation is: "You are from the father of the Devil." Here is the link to her fascinating dissertation on this subject. Click on the "View/Open" hyperlink within. https://scholarship.rice.edu/ha...

Markus Vinzent published a paper awhile back titled "Marcion, The Jew".

It's more than just Paul speaking from beyond the grave. I actually get the perception that Paul himself is speaking as a (or perhaps even "the") risen one. It is difficult to convey this by grabbing at random passages as if they were straws of coherent content in order to place them befor...

Another perception I have when reading Paul's letters is that (at least in some of them) he appears to be speaking from beyond the grave.

DCH, your provided website link will be of great help to me. I now know that I'm not alone in my thinking, as it is clear that you have traveled down this road well before me. Thanks for the link!!!

I'm not an expert on Christianity like the rest of you who post here, and mostly I've been only a lurker, but in reading Paul it often seems to me that his references to Christ (or Jesus, or Christ Jesus, or Jesus Christ) are strained or otherwise awkward insertions, whereby the flow of the text is ...

Could Mark have intended: And when those with him heard it, they went out to take him with them: for they said, He is not (or perhaps 'is') the standing one.