RE: What were Jesus and early Christians like?
March 2, 2015 at 3:57 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2015 at 3:58 pm by Minimalist.)
(March 2, 2015 at 2:15 am)Nestor Wrote: What do you guys make of Hebrews? Dating? Content? As far as I know, it's the earliest text after the seven Pauline letters universally accepted as authentic, it relates a lot to Second Temple Judaism and excludes any mention of the Jewish revolt or Jerusalem's destruction... and it clearly emphasizes a Jesus who was a man and now reigns as the Jewish God in heaven.
From the web site, Early Christian Writings.
Quote:Hebrews was clearly known to the author of 1 Clement (17:1, 36:2-5). This sets the terminus ad quem for the book of Hebrews. However, dating 1 Clement is difficult, with commentators ranging from 95 CE to 120 CE or even as late as 140 CE.
The traditional dating for 1 Clement is based on a persecution by Domitian which seems to be another xtian invention to shore up their death cult. That pushes all this shit back to the mid second century....where it belongs.
Quote:And finally, what actual difference does either possibility make in peeling off the layers of Christian origins?
It's an intellectual exercise and a chance to piss off the fundies who believe everything they are fucking told.