(May 19, 2014 at 1:15 am)Justtristo Wrote:(May 18, 2014 at 6:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Unless, of course, this was a Greco-Roman creation rather than a "jewish" one. The Greco-Romans considered the jews to be barbaric, penis-clipping, shitheads.
That would explain that Greco-Roman civilization was profoundly influencing Judaism, rather than other way around.
Sometimes it's hard to figure out if the New Testament story is a Greco-Roman one or a Jewish one.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...rsion=NKJV
