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by andrewcriddle
Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:46 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: New Book on Enoch and the Synoptic Gospels
Replies: 3
Views: 2358

Re: New Book on Enoch and the Synoptic Gospels

. It's a collection of essays: papers given at the 2013 Enoch Seminar conference. Commentary here - http://www.patheos.com/blogs/atheology/2016/09/an-important-new-book-on-the-background-of-the-biblical-gospels/ - This is the first volume to collect some of the papers given at the 2013 Enoch Semina...
by andrewcriddle
Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:37 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Pastorals Are Fake - But What Are Their Influences?
Replies: 16
Views: 6947

Re: The Pastorals Are Fake - But What Are Their Influences?

There is the famous wink in 1 Timothy 6:20 that make the Pastorals look like a reaction to Gnosis, falsely so-called. There is a distinction between the developed 'Gnostic' systems of the mid 2nd century, which are IMO later than the Pastorals, and an earlier tendency to (over) emphasise esoteric k...
by andrewcriddle
Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:10 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Pastorals Are Fake - But What Are Their Influences?
Replies: 16
Views: 6947

Re: The Pastorals Are Fake - But What Are Their Influences?

Thank you Andrew. I don't really have a better answer. But I wonder (as an amateur psychologist) whether your contention that Paul was a major influence on the letters might be conditioned by a pre-existent understanding on your part on what Paul said. Did the Marcionite Paul for instance resemble ...
by andrewcriddle
Thu Sep 15, 2016 5:58 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Why did we stop inventing gods?
Replies: 15
Views: 26372

Re: Why did we stop inventing gods?

Religions like to create requirements for the sheeple to dance to. It is all a part of their social manipulation and control designed to maintain mind control. Obligations are part of creating guilt in those that do not do as bid. Obligations are a part of the psychology of sacrifice as the more on...
by andrewcriddle
Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:42 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Pastorals Are Fake - But What Are Their Influences?
Replies: 16
Views: 6947

Re: The Pastorals Are Fake - But What Are Their Influences?

I was wondering last night if the theology of the Pastorals has been identified? Is there Jewish influence on the Pastoral writer? What about Greek philosophy? What do we know about him? Some of the ideas about church order. e.g. the importance of presbyters probably involve Jewish influence. The t...
by andrewcriddle
Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:31 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Other Temples
Replies: 34
Views: 29805

Re: Other Temples

Of course, they didn't have tomatoes which come from the new world to make the requisite sauce, so perhaps bar-b-que is the wrong term. There were no potatoes for "french fries" either, also from the new world. But none of that seems to stop Medieval-Tymes type dinner theaters from servin...
by andrewcriddle
Tue Sep 06, 2016 11:56 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Porphyry quotes the original 1 Cor 9:5 ?
Replies: 62
Views: 32459

Re: Porphyry quotes the original 1 Cor 9:5 ?

"the brothers of the Lord" phrase was written in Papyrus 46 dated 175-225 AD. Cordially, Bernard :) http://www.cbl.ie/getdoc/4a02241d-54b6-446f-9f34-dbfda9a3f0f8/Letters-of-Paul-(P46)-English.aspx Quoting from a text is a creative art, and it should never be confused with plain photograph...
by andrewcriddle
Tue Sep 06, 2016 11:17 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible
Replies: 44
Views: 57898

Re: Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible

Oh heck, here's a cut & paste of the most recent review of Gmirkins Berossus & Manetho book dated 10/2015 linked above. It's by Laura Knight-Jadczyk and it's somewhat thorough. She even takes the position that it may have been written in Greek first THEN translated to Hebrew: .................
by andrewcriddle
Sat Sep 03, 2016 5:54 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Future contingents
Replies: 15
Views: 30145

Re: Future contingents

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/future-contingents/ The New Testament makes loads of statements about the future - death where is thy sting. But maybe there are huge problems with the truthiness of statements about the future? Not sure I understand the question. IIUC the question is whether a sta...
by andrewcriddle
Sat Sep 03, 2016 1:58 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Was Ambrose the 'Patron' of Origen, Tatian?
Replies: 37
Views: 10015

Re: Was Ambrose the Teacher of Origen, Tatian?

It is still curious when you think about Origen fleeing Alexandria to Caesarea ... alongside his 'patron' Ambrose. Here is how one book describes the situation: With a heavy heart Origen abandoned Alexandria forever and made his way, accompanied by the faithful Ambrosius and perhaps with a small fo...