(a) fake, (b) false; (a) fake, (b) misunderstood; et cetera, et cetera, et cetera: Now I know why some on this forum put the start of Christianity in the 2nd, or 3rd or 4th century.I don't think we have proof of pre-70 Christianity. The few possible indications fall short of proof, e.g.,
(1) The texts of Suetonius and Tacitus refer to Christians / Chrestians assigned blame for the fire in Rome in the 60s.
[Counter arguments: (a) fake, (b) false]
(2) The text of the epistle to the Hebrews represents a Christian author and refers to the Temple cult as active.
[Counter arguments: (a) fake, (b) misunderstood]
(3) et cetera, et cetera, et cetera...
About your article on Detering about 1 Clement (your posted blog post), I answered all the points he made in the comments section of your blog post.
I got my own blog post about dating 1 Clement:
http://historical-jesus.sosblogs.com/Hi ... b1-p56.htm
Of course Detering thinks Marcion created Paul and ten of his epistles, then the orthodox Christians added on text on these epistles and generated three others.
Also, in his explications about the fabricated Paul, I remember reading Detering had gMatthew written before gMark (correct me if I am wrong).
PS: Actually, on another article:
http://www.radikalkritik.de/Mk13%20JHC.pdf Page 164
Detering has gMatthew written before gMark. Certainly, I do not buy any of his 20 arguments to "prove" that. And as I can remember, Detering used that as an important point for demonstrating his fabricated Paul.
Cordially, Bernard