Please Name ONE Secular 1st Century Historian Besides Josephus Who Mentions the Name, "Jesus".
Posted 08-04-2018 at 11:41 AM by normstad
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Originally Posted by Harry Diogenes
For someone so verbose, I find it strange you do not understand the definition of 'opinion'. Or are you just denying the evidence because you do not like it? But if you want to ignore the improbable sequence of the TF matching that of the road to Emmaus incident, then I think we can ignore your opinion on this.
And if you want to argue that techniques that work on other texts do not work on religious ones, then you are welcome to that opinion as well. Just do not expect us to take you seriously.
As I said, histories followed a format.
They include the name of the author.
The author includes themselves in the book if they play a role in that history.
They discuss their methodology and sources.
They analyze contradictions in their sources and address them where possible.
When the author is unsure of something, they comment on this.
Miracles, when they mentioned, are not major parts of the accounts.
Important characters do not appear and then disappear.
NONE of these are found in the gospels or Acts.
The gospels use a chiastic structure normally used for fiction.
The gospels plagiarize earlier gospels but 'correct' their theology.
The gospels contain conversations the author should not be aware of, such as Jesus talking to God in the garden of Gethsemane.
The stories and conversations are based on the Old Testament for theological reasons, such as the garden of Gethsemane conversation being based on the story of Jonah.
The evidence above refutes your opinion.
Ha, the usual persecution complex straw man when you do not like that the evidence is against you.
And if you want to argue that techniques that work on other texts do not work on religious ones, then you are welcome to that opinion as well. Just do not expect us to take you seriously.
As I said, histories followed a format.
They include the name of the author.
The author includes themselves in the book if they play a role in that history.
They discuss their methodology and sources.
They analyze contradictions in their sources and address them where possible.
When the author is unsure of something, they comment on this.
Miracles, when they mentioned, are not major parts of the accounts.
Important characters do not appear and then disappear.
NONE of these are found in the gospels or Acts.
The gospels use a chiastic structure normally used for fiction.
The gospels plagiarize earlier gospels but 'correct' their theology.
The gospels contain conversations the author should not be aware of, such as Jesus talking to God in the garden of Gethsemane.
The stories and conversations are based on the Old Testament for theological reasons, such as the garden of Gethsemane conversation being based on the story of Jonah.
The evidence above refutes your opinion.
Ha, the usual persecution complex straw man when you do not like that the evidence is against you.
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