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Clement speaks of "seven veils of secret", which fits the "seven veils" of Salome the dancer in Wilde's play. He cannot know Wilde so this would be perhaps a coincidence if Smith did not offer his own two bits about "Salome" being the model disreputable woman in the Ea...

(BGT 2Jo 1:7) BGT 2 John 1:7 Ὅτι πολλοὶ πλάνοι ἐξῆλθον εἰς τὸν κόσμον, οἱ (which ones) μὴ (not) ὁμολογοῦντες (they are professing) Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν (Jesus Christ) ἐρχόμενον (coming)* ἐν (in) σαρκί (flesh)· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ πλάνος καὶ ὁ ἀντίχριστος. (RSV 2Jo 1:7) RSV 2 John 1:7 For many deceivers have gon...

2 John 1:7 says "many ... who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world". This proves that mythicism was widespread, and was only stamped out by violent bigotry. I thought that most commentators think that this refers to the idea that Jesus was r...

Ahh! I think I found that lost enlightenment behind the radiator! "My future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!" (© Timbuk3)

cmarie wrote:Okay, I'm just going to ask it. What happens when we die?

Around where I live, it is thought that you go to Pittsburgh, PA.

"(RSV Act 26:24) your great learning is turning you mad." DCH I always go back to the expansion of the Ignatian correspondences as the necessary context for our present edition of the Pauline epistles. http://stephanhuller.blogspot.com/p/short-syriac-text-ignatius-who-is.html It was the fi...

AFAIK the agreement was that the nomina sacra were developed by the "early christians" and proliferated through both the LXX and the NT. The Greek translation of Judean scriptures as preserved by Christians (where 26+ books served as their "Old Testament" and was, as far as we c...

the Passion Play suggestion is very interesting. "observant Jew" not so much. but thank you for the value you contribute to the forum. seriously As the letters stand, Paul seems to both love AND hate the Law at the same time. You know I don't think the Pauline letters make much sense as t...

Isn't the point supposed to be that characteristic phrases in a Greek text that only make sense in Aramaic (i.e., they are what is known as "translation Greek") suggest that that portion of an account is drawn from an Aramaic source? Then folks take a further step and assume that this Aram...

What is your take on Galatians 3:1? "You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified." Since this an authentic Pauline epistle, it must contain real historical information. Was Paul carrying around a painting of the cruci...