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Just trying to figure something out about Joshua 10:10.

Well, he only became king in 41, so I assumed the regnal dates would start then, but I could be wrong.

Cargo cult scholarship. Use big words and pretend you're doing something intellectual while you steer your "research" toward pre-determined findings.

(Is 60 CE a mistake on your part, though?) Quite possibly, I was just copying from my notes. 61 would be the 20th year of Agrippa I's reign had he lived that long. (Of course, he died in 44.) If Epiphanius meant Agrippa II, we're looking at the year 73 or so. If he meant Antipas, the 20th year of h...

Epiphanius has a confused account of Jesus' crucifixion, which he says was in "the twentieth year of Agrippa called the Great, or Herod the Younger, the son of Archaelaus". The 20th year of Agrippa I is about 60 CE. (Anacephalaeosis VII §78 9.6f) According to the Epistula Apostolorum, Jesu...

I'd even pay for a bootlegged copy.

IMO, the 1 Thessalonians letter shows the expectations of Paul and his crew for the imminent arrival of the Lord.

Burton Mack actually argues against this interpretation, although I'm not really swayed by his position.

I'm not up to date on Enoch scholarship, but I sort of assumed that the Parables of Enoch was part of the apocalyptic "Son of Man" tradition that was invented by Jews and adopted as a descriptor of Christ by Christians. It's not the only place we find pre-Christian "son of Man" e...

Thanks for the link.

I have read some of God's Word Omitted, and Reading the Fractures of Genesis is languishing on my bookshelf at the moment. I really need to get back to it.

Out of curiosity, have you considered comparing 3 Corinthians to the other epistles?