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Dale Allison on some historical and theological insights about Jesus' teachings on divorce. 1/2 Allison (1999), "The Sermon on the Mount: Inspiring the Moral Imagination," p. 81-83.

Half way through the book now, highly recommended. My sense is that this is one of the most significant contribution to Pauline studies in a long time.

Really must ponder this by Jason A. Staples If he’s right about “Babylon” as cipher for Jerusalem rather than Rome in Revelation, that may have knock on effects for understanding other parts of the NT incl., 1 Pet (“she who is in Babylon sends greetings”) 🤔 substack.com/@jasonstaples/…

In my opinion, this is the only convincing argument for the lateness of 1 Peter. So if that argument falls it would have very interesting consequences.

Alfredovich It definitely does. It’s also worth pointing out that the sources for the lateness of Babylon = Rome have their own problems (Sybilline Oracles, hoo boy!) and that it mainly rests on the (admittedly plausible!) speculation that Rome became the bad guy after the end of the Temple.

I am deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in #Gaza. I assure the parish community of my spiritual closeness. I commend the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, and pray for

A brief note about what Vinzent has to say about 2nd century creedal interrogation and Wolfram Kinzig. 👇 1/3 (Cf. Vinzent, "Christ's Resurrection in Early Christianity and the Making of the New Testament", 2011, p. 182)

the next episode of Jesus and the Jewish Law is out! Logan and I discuss Jesus healing on the sabbath, his interlocutors’ objections, and Jesus’ responses. We talk sabbath law, preservation of life, eschatological jubilee, and Jesus’ mission. Enjoy!

A one sentence refutation by Anscombe

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Why are you misrepresenting Dr. MacDonald? (From his book "Mythologizing Jesus", 2015)

this goes hard cambridge.org/core/elements/…

My article on the Papias testimonium about Mark is now out, open access, in HTR! (Link to follow.) In this piece, I interrogate the multilayered tradition about its composition and explore why authorship was imposed on it against its writer’s intent to remain anonymous.

If Vinzent is correct that the canonical gospels were created against Marcion in the 140s CE, then how come the Marcionites seem to have thought that Paul's gospel text was corrupted during the reign of Tiberius (d. 37 CE)? Löhr, "Problems of Profiling Marcion", p. 116.

Solid paper which complements very nicely Dr. Carlson's other work on Papias. Definitely recommend reading.