(4) The Late Date of the Gospels: Supplement
After talking to a few people I decided to summarize the previous The Late Date of the Gospels blog post series regarding 2 issues: (i) A Second Century date for Mark and (ii) The theory Luke comes after Matthew. MARK I argued that the traditional dating of Mark around 70 CE is unsupported because it … (4) The Late Date of the Gospels: Supplement
(2) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy
This volume comprises a lecture course given by Martin Heidegger at the University of Freiburg in 1932. It’s topic is the beginning of Western philosophy and deals with Being and beings. What is Being? The quote from Plato’s Sophist that appears at the beginning of Heidegger’s “Being and Time” is: “For you have evidently long … (2) Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy
New E-Project: Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy
“Aristotle, Plato’s disciple, relates at one place (Nicomachean Ethics, Z 7, 1141b 77ff ) the basic conception determining the Greek view on the essence of the thinker: ‘It is said they (the thinkers) indeed know things that are excessive, and thus astounding, and thereby difficult, and hence in general ‘demonic (daimonia)’ but also useless, for … New E-Project: Blogging Through Prof Martin Heidegger’s Interpretations of Greek Philosophy
“The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus (2024)” Anthology by James Crossley (Editor), Chris Keith (Editor) – FINAL Updated Blogging Index
This is my new updated blogging index for this fine book. In 2011, Jesus Mythicism, the idea that Jesus never existed, was at peak popularity on the internet with sites like Neil Godfrey’s Vridar and Project Reason’s forum, and I was searching for scholarship engaging with Christ Myth theorist Earl Doherty, and I found Prof … “The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus (2024)” Anthology by James Crossley (Editor), Chris Keith (Editor) – FINAL Updated Blogging Index
(Conclusion) The Late Dates of the Gospels
The crucifixion of Cleomenes III and his snake that converts the onlookers has been ignored by commenters in large part because a date for Mark has been assigned from the war due to Jesus’s supposed prediction (66-74; probably 70). This seems to be mostly apologetics because it establishes the earliness boundary, not the lateness one. … (Conclusion) The Late Dates of the Gospels
(2/2) The Late Date of the Gospels
Last time I thought a bit with Robert M Price about a late date for the gospels thinking about topics like Marcion. It seemed that Mark and Matthew alluded to the Jewish revolt (though Mark was a bit of a stretch), and that all synoptics seemed to be post-Plutarch with the key allusion to the … (2/2) The Late Date of the Gospels
The Late Date of the Gospels
Price notes that the Gospel of Mark was probably written in Rome. It contains Latinisms like “centurion” even though it was written in Greek. It makes sense that it was the venerated gospel of Rome, since it is 90 percent preserved in Matthew and 60 percent preserved in Luke, so if it was not venerated … The Late Date of the Gospels
The Death of Jesus: Eyes Opened Beyond Substitutionary Atonement
The notion of one’s eyes being opened in the bible is an important theme, meaning transformation. Adam and Eve’s eyes are opened to their nakedness, as Paul/Saul’s were opened to the wrongness of persecuting the early church. We see something similar with the transformation of the soldiers at the cross in the synoptics, which seems … The Death of Jesus: Eyes Opened Beyond Substitutionary Atonement
(2/2) Who Killed Jesus? The Christ Myth Theory and Ancient Writing
I was thinking last time about how the Jews thought God brought judgment against them historically through them being conquered. I’d like to apply this to the destruction of the temple in 70CE. This seems to be a big impetus for the gospels, and so Mark is usually thought of as inventing Jesus making a … (2/2) Who Killed Jesus? The Christ Myth Theory and Ancient Writing
Who Killed Jesus? The Christ Myth Theory and Ancient Writing
We often look at the idea of sin from the point of view of an individual’s personal shortcomings. In light of this modern interpretation of the individual, Jesus’s sacrifice as substitutionary atonement seems to make sense. But this is not the ancient view. The Jews for instance taught God brought judgement on Egypt, not as … Who Killed Jesus? The Christ Myth Theory and Ancient Writing