On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Charlie Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 01:10 PM 3/28/2008 -0300, Helio W. wrote: > >He doesn't indicate other sources, documents, etc. He just mention Jesus, > >respectfully like any evangelist would do. > >Probably his "citation" of Jesus is an interpolation. > > Josephus was actually a fairly strong source in regards to historical > facts > (in areas of Jewish and Roman history). Pretty much the primary criticism > of him is how he treated certain topics: it appeared he altered the "tone" > of relating events to gain favor with the Romans. > > >Why there's no historical evidence, from different sources, of Jesus' > life > >at the time he was persecuted and killed? All there is what was written > >60-70 years later, suspiciously from the same time when Paul started his > >preaching - biblical sources. > > There are extra-Biblical sources. I previously mentioned a few. > > Paul did not start 60-70 years later. He started his teaching/travelling > just a few years after Jesus's death (which was 30AD). Paul's letters were > mainly to churches he helped establish earlier on. So, naturally, those > would be maybe a decade or more after he first started. I think the > earliest manuscript of Paul's writings is from around 45-50 AD. And some > of > the copies of other letters are dated back to 60-70 (so the originals of > those were written earlier). > > Another reason given as to why it took even 20 years for the apostles to > begin writing is this: most of them were thinking Christ's return was > imminent - as in tomorrow (not the first time they've been a little off). > So they didn't feel they had to write it down (they were pretty busy > travelling and spreading the Gospel). And there wasn't really any external > pressure to have it written because, just like to day, an eyewitness is > the > best and most reliable source of information. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jesus was with them for a month + after his death till Pentecost. Why wouldn't he return in a couple of weeks? Paul's letters were written in the mid 50's to 60. < http://www.biblediagrams.com/diagrams/images%201280x1024/new-testament-paul-the-mind-of-the-apostle.htm> Why did it take long to start writing? I think it was the shock of loosing Christ and then enacting what their task was. Acts goes into good details for a historical perspective. The start of communism and the struggles between Paul and Peter. What constituted an "Apostle" and who was allowed to believe in Christ. Oh the early years and starting a new organization, the joy, the politics, the martyrdom. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
