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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Two Powers in Heaven
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3554
Re: Two Powers in Heaven
............................................................................ This was also something that followers of Pseudo Dionysius in the 4th century were said to do, to experience God's "essence." This has been discussed in BC&H before. I think Dan Merkur (sp?), a practicing MD ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Misdating Jesus to Jannaeus' era may be due to a confusion of Jesus with the Qumran Teacher of Righteousness...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 899
Re: Misdating Jesus to Jannaeus' era may be due to a confusion of Jesus with the Qumran Teacher of Righteousness...
Does this idea require a relatively early misdating of Jesus ?
If Jesus was first misdated to the time of Jannaeus in say the late 4th century CE would there be surviving traditions about the Teacher of Righteousness to assist such misdating ?
Andrew Criddle
If Jesus was first misdated to the time of Jannaeus in say the late 4th century CE would there be surviving traditions about the Teacher of Righteousness to assist such misdating ?
Andrew Criddle
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 3:06 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius
- Replies: 35
- Views: 967
Re: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius
The middle (Greek) recension reads like real letters with personal details irrelevant to a later redactor. The short (Syriac) recension leaves it unclear for example where Ignatius is writing from.
Andrew Criddle
Andrew Criddle
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:47 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Transcription Help
- Replies: 4
- Views: 159
Re: Transcription Help
AI reconstruction so far: "The undersigned Archimandrite Kallistos, Librarian of the Central Library of the Holy Community, provides the book of Saint Sabas the Sanctified, Amsterdam edition of 1646, bearing the notation 'Epistles (61) of Saint Ignatius', which includes the endings of the 'Con...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The claim "The doctrine is secret" is an accusation only if the public doctrine is DENIED
- Replies: 16
- Views: 360
Re: The claim "The doctrine is secret" is an accusation only if the public doctrine is DENIED
The claim that Christians taught in secret something which contradicted the public doctrine need not (and probably does not) imply that in secret the historicity of Jesus was denied. Celsus might be implying that in secret Christians taught a position on moral behavior very different from their pub...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:24 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Do any Church Fathers state or imply that Jesus spoke Aramaic during his ministry (ie in gospel)?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 629
Re: Do any Church Fathers state or imply that Jesus spoke Aramaic during his ministry (ie in gospel)?
Papias on Matthew
Andrew Criddle
may imply teaching by Jesus in Hebrew or Aramaic collected by Matthew and then translated by others into Greek.Matthew put together the oracles [of the Lord] in the Hebrew language, and each one interpreted them as best he could.
Andrew Criddle
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:08 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The claim "The doctrine is secret" is an accusation only if the public doctrine is DENIED
- Replies: 16
- Views: 360
Re: The claim "The doctrine is secret" is an accusation only if the public doctrine is DENIED
The claim that Christians taught in secret something which contradicted the public doctrine need not (and probably does not) imply that in secret the historicity of Jesus was denied. Celsus might be implying that in secret Christians taught a position on moral behavior very different from their publ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Further evidence that Ignatius faced old deniers of the historicity of Jesus
- Replies: 95
- Views: 16243
Re: Any pre-325 CE writings where Jesus' historicity was doubted?
This suggests that Celsus is in touch with actual Jewish tradition how do you deal with the Jewish opponents of Ignatius in Philadelphians 8 ? In other terms: do you consider the "archives" as 'Old Testament' or 'public memories' ? ‘‘I have heard certain men say, If I do not find ( a cert...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Any pre-325 CE writings where Jesus' historicity was doubted?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11730
Re: Any pre-325 CE writings where Jesus' historicity was doubted?
Yes, Celsus makes some claim about the "real" biography of Jesus, but it is evident that these supposed "real facts" about Jesus are themselves just alternative imaginings derived from the Gospels. "Let us imagine what a Jew- let alone a philosopher- might say to Jesus: 'Is...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:08 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Numenius "On the Good": (1) Agathos, (2) Nous, (3) Demiurge
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1058
Re: Numenius "On the Good": (1) Agathos, (2) Nous, (3) Demiurge
There are significant links between Numenius and the Chaldean Oracles which date from the time of Marcus Aurelius.
Oracle 11 reads
Oracle 11 reads
Andrew CriddlePerceiving the Good itself, where the Paternal Monad exists,
Τἀγαθὸν αὐτὸ νοοῦσα ὅπου πατρικὴ μονάς ἐστι.