Similarities and differences between my analysis of Matthew's version of the parable and that of the Jesus Seminar (in _The Five Gospels_, which I should have...
Hey Toli ... For the record, my name is Karl, not Ken. ;) ... immediately after verse 11. That is a great deal of missing material, why is it missing right at...
... Hi Frank, A few months ago I reached the same conclusion on the other Thomas board. I'll repeat that post here. ============================= For those who...
Hi Karl, ... I am not making myself clear. I was not referring to "spirituality", I was trying to say that Paul was a fraud. He was not the person the...
... From: paul To: gthomas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 3:12 AM Subject: Re: [GTh] Thomas saying 64 and the synoptics ... <SNIP> ... ...
... I just want to point out that this conclusion's validity has no bearing whether #64 is pre- or post- or simply non-synoptic. The conclusion of #64 is...
... Not sure what you mean by "this ... same reasoning", Paul. Josephus didn't blame the destruction of Jerusalem on the death of James, though I believe...
[T. Bohonik wrote on Mon 2/19/2007] "The theology in Thomas is very different then the theology in the four NT gospels. Very different. They often conflict." ...
[T Bohonik wrote on Thu 2/22/2007] <much snipped> "Just a footnote; I personally do not believe that "Paul" ever existed. I think "Paul" is a creation of those...
... Hi Mike, I'm thinking Matthew's allusion to the destruction of Jerusalem reads like a summary of Josephus' statement that the Jews brought this on ...
This was also held up as spam. Judy Ron wrote... ... This is interesting because it is an "anti big business" message. Jesus says that "businessmen and...
This post from Mark was held up as potential spam for some reason that I can't understand. I don't think another version of it has arrived on the list in the...
... It is my theory, though I'm sure someone else has come up with it in the past. Ideas like this are not really new, though I haven't read it anywhere. You...
Mike, supposedly (according to Robert Eisenman, )there are references to James the Just's death as THE reason for the revolt. I have always thought that if...
The problem with Toli's idea is that the kingdom message was not Gnostic. It was Yeshuine. ( 1st century Jesus pharisee wisdom teachings) Yeshua bar Joseph...
Hello, Everyone! I'm a newbie here, but not to the bible or Gnostic writings :-). I thought this might be a good place for me to enter the conversation, since...
Rick, I just thought I would add that if Peter spent 16 years in Antioch working with Gentiles then what has been attributed to Paul may actually be the...
wow! social engineering ? Personally I think that might be a bit of a stretch. I think your giving the author much to much credit. I believe the author was...
D Celestia wrote... ... See, other folks are thinking along the same lines. I am sure that over time many have questioned Paul's genuineness. I am just...
... John Notes: It would appear both scripturally and historical that Paul was a Pharisee, of the sect of Gamalial. \Acts 23:6 NASB: But perceiving that one...
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Mike, In Robert Eisenman's book James the Just, he claims that Origen says this because in the original versions of Josephus that is exactly what it says. He...
David wrote... ... Actually, no I don't think it is a stretch. The earliest papyrus with bits and peaces of the NT cannon are about 200 CE. That is really ...
John notes: Paul states in Galatians 3:28 that there is no more distinction 'between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, ... Clearly he is not anti...
Toli wrote: It is my theory, though I'm sure someone else has come up with it in the past. Ideas like this are not really new, though I haven't read it...
John Notes; Rome didn't crucify people for calling a religious sects (Pharisees) god, Satan. ***** My contention is that the Israelites crucified Jesus, not...
This passage, remarked on also by Origen (185-254 CE), and Jerome, only exists in Eusebius' E.H., Jerome's Commentary on Galatians, and Origen's letter (Contra...
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... These temporal morays were determined by the pagan worships in and around Corinth. Greek pottery shows that hetaerae ('companions') often wore a headdress ...
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Hi John, It is late in Seattle; but one more post and a glass of good wine to end the evening. The person who wrote the long section of 1 Corinthians below ...