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- Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:40 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: How Could Symeon be James the Just's Successor on the Episcopal Throne of Jerusalem if He was Crucified Under Trajan?
- Replies: 100
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Re: How Could Symeon be James the Just's Successor on the Episcopal Throne of Jerusalem if He was Crucified Under Trajan
I'm a little lost. What's the specific conundrum? If Symeon died under Trajan, and John in the ninth or tenth year of Trajan, why not just assume a death early in Trajan's reign for Symeon followed by short windows for Judah, Zachariah, Tobiah and Benjamin - e.g. a few months or years each? Wouldn't...
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:28 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Great Brent Nongbri's New Book Out in August
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4384
Re: The Great Brent Nongbri's New Book Out in August
Looks the goods
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:25 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Josephus' astronomical signs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3137
Josephus' astronomical signs
I am hoping someone has a full list of all the times Josephus makes reference to astronomical signs from the 2nd Temple period onward. I only recall these: Antiquities 17.6.4 - a lunar eclipse, c.4BCE Wars of the Jews 6.5.3ff - a star resembling a sword and a comet which stood over the city for an e...
- Sat Jul 07, 2018 4:02 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Folly of 'Jewish Christianity' Theories
- Replies: 115
- Views: 72263
Re: The Folly of 'Jewish Christianity' Theories
I'm in general agreement with John2. It just seems a more natural evolution to go from some form of 2nd Temple Judaic sect -> Jewish Christianity -> Proto-Orthodoxy -> Marcionisms... in a broad sense that is, than to see Jewish Christianity as a later thing...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:10 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: On the need of a Judas to recognize Jesus
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8309
Re: On the need of a Judas to recognize Jesus
Nah. Cheesy story telling is a less extravagant and thus more likely bet.
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:08 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why Mark had to be called Mark
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48818
Re: Why Mark had to be called Mark
Guiseppe said: "If Papias had talked not of elder but had given more info about his presumed preservers, then his words would be more credible." I reckon if Papias had been more specific, you would criticize him for being too specific - "his specificity betrays his real myth-making a...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:06 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why Mark had to be called Mark
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48818
Re: Why Mark had to be called Mark
Guiseppe said: "If Papias had talked not of elder but had given more info about his presumed preservers, then his words would be more credible." I reckon if Papias had been more specific, you would criticize him for being too specific - "his specificity betrays his real myth-making ag...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 2:22 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why Mark had to be called Mark
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48818
Re: Why Mark had to be called Mark
so you have the problem of the surprising Silence, in 1 Peter, about the Gospel Jesus of the Gospel of Mark. My hypothesis doesn't suffer about that problem. What "silence"? "Gospel Jesus" is all through 1 Peter. Numerous references are made to Jesus' suffering and abuse, his ha...
- Tue Jul 03, 2018 3:46 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Why Mark had to be called Mark
- Replies: 82
- Views: 48818
Re: Why Mark had to be called Mark
1 Peter 5:13-14 : 13 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark . 14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. So Papias based probably his claim (that Mark was an assistant of Peter) simply on the epistle of...
- Sat Jun 23, 2018 2:46 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: If anyone is new to Q and the Synoptic Problem
- Replies: 33
- Views: 53573
Re: If anyone is new to Q and the Synoptic Problem
No, I'm not outhouse.Charles Wilson wrote: ↑Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:21 pm 1. Jude77 and Ken:
Thank you very much for Posting all of this!
2. outhouse! You're not just a Lurker now are ye?