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Continuing from Review 2 . . . Thomas C. Schmidt asserts that Josephus portrayed the followers of Jesus in a negative light by writing that they “received truisms with pleasure” (according to Schmidt’s translation). I have demonstrated in the previous post that Schmidt’s “truisms” is a mistranslation. The correct translation can only be “true things” … Continue reading "“Josephus and Jesus, New Evidence” – Review 3 – “received with pleasure”"| Vridar
Continuing from Review 1 . . . Who am I to discuss the meaning of an ancient Greek word? This is something new for me so I must justify this foray. Up until this year I only had a self-taught level of understanding of koine Greek (the Greek of the New Testament) and would never … Continue reading "“Josephus and Jesus, New Evidence” – Review 2 – ‘a teacher of . . . truisms’"| Vridar
Continued from Review 3 . . . And when it is pointed out that, after all, we are talking about texts written in Koine Greek (and so the language ability is pretty important), and that . . . requires a lot of study, all this if one wishes to make some kind of soundly-based judgement … Continue reading "“Josephus and Jesus, New Evidence” – Review 4 – ‘he led astray many’?"| Vridar