Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)

2011-07-17 Thread Bob Price
Comment below jst...@panix.com Bob, have you ever read Hyam Maccoby's The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity? If not, I think you'd find it utterly fascinating. Maccoby's view of Paul (and of Jesus) isn't mainstream by any means and has come in for some sharp criticism, but (as a

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)

2011-07-17 Thread Bob Price
, 2011 5:33:45 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)   St. Paul was a Jew with a Roman citizenship. He was a Pharasee, one of the main Hebrew sects, during the time of Christ's life in Palestine. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)

2011-07-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: St. Paul was a Jew with a Roman citizenship. He was a Pharasee, one of the main Hebrew sects, during the time of Christ's life in Palestine. We know that's what *he* said he was. There are reasons to be skeptical of his account,

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)

2011-07-17 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Comment below jstein@... Bob, have you ever read Hyam Maccoby's The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity? If not, I think you'd find it utterly fascinating. Maccoby's view of Paul (and of Jesus) isn't

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)

2011-07-17 Thread Bob Price
development (was A word from St. Paul)   --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: Comment below jstein@... Bob, have you ever read Hyam Maccoby's The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity? If not, I think you'd find it utterly fascinating

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)

2011-07-17 Thread emptybill
So Paul was an apostate Jew. No wonder he had to invent a new religion. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, John jr_esq@... wrote: St. Paul was a Jew with a Roman citizenship. He was a Pharasee, one of the main Hebrew sects, during the time of Christ's life in Palestine. --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)

2011-07-17 Thread emptybill
@... To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 7:31:47 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul) Â --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bob Price bobpriced@ wrote: Comment below jstein@ Bob, have you ever read Hyam Maccoby's

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)

2011-07-16 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: snip 7. Is it true that Peter and the other apostles, appointed by Jesus, were not at all convinced that Jesus would have agreed with Paul's quest to

[FairfieldLife] Re: Brand development (was A word from St. Paul)

2011-07-16 Thread John
St. Paul was a Jew with a Roman citizenship. He was a Pharasee, one of the main Hebrew sects, during the time of Christ's life in Palestine. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall thomas.pall@... wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Bob Price bobpriced@... wrote: **