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to andrewcriddle, It is quite possible (IMO plausible) to accept the Ignatian letters as genuine (written by a real Ignatius the martyr bishop of Antioch) and date them during the reign of Hadrian. Did you read my webpage on Ignatius? http://historical-jesus.info/ignatius.html Cordially, Bernard I ...

I don't think Paul is contradicting himself. Paul believes that in and of himself he is worthless but by the grace of God given to the undeserving he is at least the equal of any of the other apostles. Andrew Criddle While I see that, it still leaves me wondering how to interpret "For I am the...

In Josephus' Against Apion (1:18) he writes in the name of Menander the Ephesian that Matgenus was one of the Tyrian kings, but I have seen other sources (like Wikipedia, et al.) refer to this king as Mattan. Why is he sometimes called Matgenus and sometimes called Mattan? Who decided that Matgenus...

................................... I am honestly surprised at how much of the historical information in OHJ which can be questioned. For instance I thought Carriers interpretation of the Ascension of Isiah was pretty rock solid, but your discussion and thread: http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewto...

to Kapyong, Ignatius - Does anyone believe the Ignatius story ? IMHO Bernard seems right with a date around 130. BTW Bernard - your page here is broken : http://historical-jesus.info/ignatius.html It is fixed. My dating is 135 +- 10 years, except for 'to Polycarp' (around 160-170). It is quite poss...

I don't think Paul is contradicting himself.

Paul believes that in and of himself he is worthless but by the grace of God given to the undeserving he is at least the equal of any of the other apostles.

Andrew Criddle

IIUC most scholars regard Romans 16:25-27 as probably post-Pauline.

Andrew Criddle

FWIW, . . . Most puzzling of all, in my judgment, is the omission of the (first) epistle of Peter entirely (though omission of the second epistle of Peter is par for the course). By this time in Christian history authorities both from the east and from the west were quoting from this epistle approv...

Alternative titles: “Book of the Secrets of Enoch”; “Slavonic Book of Enoch” Second Book of Enoch, also called Slavonic Book of Enoch, pseudepigraphal work whose only extant version is a Slavonic translation of the Greek original. The Slavonic edition is a Christian work, probably of the 7th centur...

............................... 5. Andrew ? Uncertain - is Andrew even a name at this date? FWIW The earliest Andrew/Andreas I can find was a physician to Ptolemy in the 3rd century BCE https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WHfEnVU6z8IC&pg=PA208&lpg=PA208&dq=andreas+ptolemy+philopator&...