(October 9, 2018 at 9:58 am)Jehanne Wrote: The Romans were federalists; of course, they granted authority to the local government, in the case of Palestine, that is, the Jews! And, that's my whole point!!
Quote:Paul was not an authority!
He could not have done what he claims to have done; either the Romans would have arrested him (and, eventually, they did just that), or, the local Jewish authorities would have done so. Instead, Paul was doing a bit of "storytelling"; as such, he is not a reliable witness to history.
I was trying to research this some today. I couldn’t find much of anyone advocating this view; a few asking questions, but not anyone seriously trying to put this forth or even trying to refute it. I definitely couldn’t find anyone offering historical evidence to support it.
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