Have you guys ever considered the possibility that the distinction between El and Yahweh was never completely forgotton?
Modern scholarship tends to assert that the distinction between these two gods was completely erased. Completely forgotten.
But was it?
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- Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:32 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Marcion and the Man
- Replies: 44
- Views: 21074
- Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:28 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Marcion and the Man
- Replies: 44
- Views: 21074
Re: Marcion and the Man
Well let's continue the debate about whether the Mekhilta of R Ishmael is LATE. I say a Tannaitic text isn't old. Help enlighten me about some older Jewish exegesis of the Book of Exodus that we might look to. Looking forward to something substantial but expecting nothing. How about the possibilty ...
- Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:09 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Marcion and the Man
- Replies: 44
- Views: 21074
Re: Marcion and the Man
800 BC For whatever reason, you and Bingo are talking about things that are 1000 years distant from the relevant time period here. Peter, I misunderstood you. But it’s your own damn fault. You said that the author of Exodus 6:2 was ‘experimenting with divine names’. But now I see that what you mean...
- Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:02 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Marcion and the Man
- Replies: 44
- Views: 21074
Re: Marcion and the Man
... [1] The idea that there was speculation about and experimentation with the divine names This needs no elaborate proof. [wiki]Shaddai (god)[/wiki] Shaddai (Hebrew: שַׁדַּי) "According to Exodus 6:2–3, Shaddai was the name by which God was known to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." "God ...
- Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:47 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Apollos - Apelles
- Replies: 65
- Views: 40907
Re: Apollos - Apelles
... the whole Jewish concept of a Unspeakable true name of God. You might want to consider the theory proffered by Mark S. Smith et al., which holds that the original god of Israel was a benevolent father-god named “El.” The theory asserts that “El” was El’s proper name, and that “Yahweh” was the p...
- Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:23 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Apollos - Apelles
- Replies: 65
- Views: 40907
Re: Apollos - Apelles
Yep. Despite what others may say - Stephan does have his moments of clarity.Aleph One wrote:I guess I'll just say first that this is a reeeally interesting thread to me ... Good read!
Thanks Stephan.
… and Peter.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:09 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Biblical Criticism Search Engine
- Replies: 32
- Views: 47455
Re: The Biblical Criticism Search Engine
Btw - whatever happened to jakejonesiv?maryhelena wrote: I just played around a bit with the search engines and found this gem from jakejonesiv ...
That guy was/is really fucking bright. His posts were always top-notch.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:00 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Biblical Criticism Search Engine
- Replies: 32
- Views: 47455
Re: The Biblical Criticism Search Engine
Now you can search the greater Biblical Criticism Blogosphere, a carefully curated collection of websites, blogs, books, articles, and resources containing about 30 billion web pages indexed and searchable with a Google Custom Search Engine. ... Thanks Peter. And while I’m at it - I've been meaning...
- Sat Dec 27, 2014 6:29 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Was Paul the First to Assert that Jesus was Crucified?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 74169
Re: Was Paul the First to Assert that Jesus was Crucified?
Joe,JoeWallack wrote: http://www.errancywiki.com/index.php/1_Corinthians_2
What do you think of Stuart Waugh’s analysis of 1 Corinthians?
http://www.radikalkritik.de/1CoMR_Waugh.pdf
http://www.radikalkritik.de/1CoKR_Waugh.pdf
- Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:18 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Detering, etc.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 72013
Re: Detering, etc.
The historical Jesus mission was all too short and the philosophy was poorly understood because it clearly did not originate in a Jewish context, hence there was no other way for it but to be encapsulated (in a distorted form) into the mythical ritualistic belief system that became christianity. Hi...