Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Jesus, Paul, And Middle Platonism

Glenn Miller recently posted the latest segment in his ongoing series on Middle Platonism. Here are the issues he's addressing, in his own words:

- Paul’s references to the ‘brothers’ of Jesus

- Paul’s knowledge (or lack of it) of the historical Jesus

- Paul’s references to Jesus as “Lord”—were they really intending to refer to Jesus?

- Paul’s reference to ‘born of a woman’ in Gal 4:4---does it really mean what the English translations ‘sound like’?

- The abnormal growth of Christ Myth-ers

- Earl Doherty’s reconstruction of Christian origins?

- Paul’s references to incarnation

- Paul the Middle-Platonist?

- Did the Jewish War eliminate all the possible counter-witnesses to the life of Jesus in the NT?; and more data on kata sarka, 'likeness of flesh' in Hebrews 2.14, and some relevant Gnostic issues)

- Can the gospels (or the stories of the historical Jesus) not have been written (or invented) until 100-150 AD?

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