RE: What were Jesus and early Christians like?
March 8, 2015 at 12:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2015 at 12:28 pm by Mudhammam.)
DP, I have no idea what his reasons for suggesting it were and we didn't get into it. I don't think the drastic differences would necessarily be an issue because I took him as basically saying all of them relied on an earlier narrative for the common stock of stories and ideas they share. At face value, I don't see how that is inherently less feasible than proto-Mark, proto-Luke, and the many other hypothetical documents scholars conjure up. But I haven't looked into it. The only reason I brought it up was to get Tim's insight. Sadly he didn't have any to offer.
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