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Review part 8: Questioning the Historicity of Jesus / Lataster (Case for Mythicism)

Until now I have been working from a digital version of Raphael Lataster’s Questioning the Historicity of Jesus: Why a Philosophical Analysis Elucidates the Historical Discourse, that was supplied to me by Brill for these review posts.  I have since been forwarded by Brill a physical copy of the book after I informed them that … Continue reading “Review part 8: Questioning the Historicity of Jesus / Lataster (Case for Mythicism)”

Review part 6: Questioning the Historicity of Jesus / Lataster (The Problems of Paul – 1)

I had hoped to cover Raphael Lataster’s sixth chapter, The Problems of Paul, in a single post but real life circumstances have obliged me to spend smaller amounts of time per day here so I’ll break it up into several posts. I found Lataster’s chapter on Paul to be one of the best sections of … Continue reading “Review part 6: Questioning the Historicity of Jesus / Lataster (The Problems of Paul – 1)”

Carried to Heaven on Eagles’ Wings — More Tales

Just for fun, as an appendix to the previous post, here are other stories of heroes being carried up into the heavens by eagles. Some appear to inspire aspirational thoughts of heavenly things while others warn of the hubris that felled Satan. In that previous post I linked to (and briefly outlined) a story of … Continue reading “Carried to Heaven on Eagles’ Wings — More Tales”

Revising the Series “A Simonian Origin for Christianity”, Part 1

This post revises a hypothesis I proposed a few years ago in the Vridar series “A Simonian Origin for Christianity.” In those posts I argued for a scenario in which Paul was in reality Simon of Samaria, and the seven allegedly authentic Pauline letters were in fact letters of Simon that, in the early second … Continue reading “Revising the Series “A Simonian Origin for Christianity”, Part 1″

Imagine No Interpolations

What if the Testimonium Flavianum, the passage about Jesus and his followers, in Antiquities by Josephus was written in full (or maybe with the exception of no more than 3 words) by Josephus? I know that would raise many questions about the nature of the rest of our sources but let’s imagine the authenticity of … Continue reading “Imagine No Interpolations”

Simon Gathercole’s Failure to Address Mythicism: (#5)

The abstract to Simon Gathercole’s article in the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus begins The present article seeks to show that the case for the mythical Jesus is seriously undermined by the evidence of the undisputed Pauline epistles. By way of a thought experiment, these letters are taken in isolation from other … Continue reading “Simon Gathercole’s Failure to Address Mythicism: (#5)”

Response #4: Non Sequitur’s Tim O’Neill presentation, …. Your turn

Response #1: Motives Response #2: No fame outside Galilee Response #3: Ascension of Isaiah At around 28 mins Tim says those opposed to the consensus are mythicists most of whom are not scholars and least qualified to assess this stuff. Point 1: Tim is not a scholar either so he presumably includes himself among those … Continue reading “Response #4: Non Sequitur’s Tim O’Neill presentation, …. Your turn”

Jesus, from a corpse hung on a tree to a man slain on a cross

The French historian Marc Stéphane took up the question of the existence of Jesus and after engaging with the critical scholarship of his day, in particular that of “anti-mythicists” Alfred Loisy and Charles Guignebert, as well as mythicist Prosper Alfaric, and after delicately warning devout believers that he was not seeking to undermine their faith … Continue reading “Jesus, from a corpse hung on a tree to a man slain on a cross”

Once more on the “Spiritual Rulers” in Paul’s Cosmic Drama

Posts in this series: Are the “Rulers of the Age” in 1 Cor. 2:6-8 Human or Spiritual? – the sea change Who Killed Christ? Human rulers and/or angelic rulers. Addressing 1 Cor 2:6-8. Who Crucified Jesus – Men or Demons? Continuing Miller’s Study of 1 Cor 2:6-8 What they used to say about Paul’s “rulers … Continue reading “Once more on the “Spiritual Rulers” in Paul’s Cosmic Drama”

Further older arguments for Paul’s “rulers of this age” being spirit powers

Previous posts in this series: Are the “Rulers of the Age” in 1 Cor. 2:6-8 Human or Spiritual? – the sea change Who Killed Christ? Human rulers and/or angelic rulers. Addressing 1 Cor 2:6-8. Who Crucified Jesus – Men or Demons? Continuing Miller’s Study of 1 Cor 2:6-8 What they used to say about Paul’s … Continue reading “Further older arguments for Paul’s “rulers of this age” being spirit powers”

“Demons Crucified Jesus ON EARTH” – according to ancient sources and modern analysis

If you still think that to say that “rulers of this age” (demons) crucified Jesus means that they crucified him in one of the heavens you have missed my recent post,  What they used to say about Paul’s “rulers of this age” who crucified the “lord of glory”. More easily forgivable, you have also missed or … Continue reading ““Demons Crucified Jesus ON EARTH” – according to ancient sources and modern analysis”

What they used to say about Paul’s “rulers of this age” who crucified the “lord of glory”

In the previous post we looked at the arguments that “the rulers of this age” were human authorities or a combination of spiritual and human authorities as set out by Robert Ewusie Moses (REM) from his Duke University Doctor of Theology thesis of 2012, Powerful Practices: Paul’s Principalities and Powers Revisited. We now begin the … Continue reading “What they used to say about Paul’s “rulers of this age” who crucified the “lord of glory””

Seven problems for the view that Paul’s “rulers of this age” were human authorities

We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age [ἀρχόντων τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου], who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. … Continue reading “Seven problems for the view that Paul’s “rulers of this age” were human authorities”