(February 28, 2013 at 7:20 am)EGross Wrote: I am not saying Paul did exactly that. I am saying it only would take someone with a bit of ambition to take advantage of the feelings of that day, and to bring a messiah that they could buy. And if the Jews would not come in droves, or felt really weird about some of the miracles, well, the other downtrodden are just waiting.
It looks like very few Jews of the time bought Paul's messiah because the new religion didn't really take off until the pagans got hold of it. Maybe they thought that Paul's invented character was very exotic because he wasn't a Greek or a Roman.
(February 28, 2013 at 8:58 am)EGross Wrote: As a side point about Antoninus, the Talmud has him as a great person because he was best friend with Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi (Rebbi),
I'm a bit confused here. Antinous was supposed to have been Hadrian's lover.
I wonder what a religion based on the magic and marvels of the Alexander Romance would have been like. I think the orthodox version would have taught that Zeus was his father, though.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?
