(October 21, 2009 at 3:39 pm)Saerules Wrote:Quote:I think that kind of thinking would be ridiculous. What other reasoning can you come up with as to why one for forge such passages?Politics.
How would the quote from Tacitus help Christians at all politically such that one would forge it?
(October 21, 2009 at 3:39 pm)Saerules Wrote:Quote:What is your basis for saying these are forgeries?Aside from historical proofs... the voice and style of the author changes dramatically and suddenly for a single paragraph, or perhaps even a chapter, and then just as suddenly reverts to the previous style and voice.
Do you have evidence that this is the case for the quote in Tacitus?