RE: Why Didn't Jesus Write?
December 14, 2016 at 11:22 pm
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2016 at 11:23 pm by Minimalist.)
Absolutely. From the earliest gospel to the latest they become increasingly strident in having the jews in the crowd shrieking for the godboy to be crucified while the Romans are all making excuses. This is a main reason why I think the gospels are mid-second century concoctions. By 140 AD there had been 3 jewish revolts, they had been evicted from Judaea and scattered about the empire. They were decidedly persona non grata with the Romans. C 180 the Greco-Roman writer, Celsus, wrote disparagingly of them:
Quote:"You are fond of saying that in the old days this same most high god made these and greater promises to those who gave heed to his commandments and worshipped him. But at the risk of appearing unkind, I ask how much good has been done by those promises have done either the Jews before you or you in your present circumstances. And would you have us put our faith in such a god? Instead of being masters of the whole world, the jews today have no home of any kind."