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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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Joseph of Arimathea preaches the Gospel to Druids at Stonehenge. Rare pic!
I once had a crazy book that said Joe of Arimathea brought the Holy Grail to England and Knights Templars were around and so forth... Tip o' the hat to Dan Brown too!
Secondly, grads (the author) of Notre Dame are suspect around here...they're overly indoctrinated. Third, John's Gospel is so far from the Synoptics it is virtually useless in determining anything about Jesus' life and times.
I agree that the John thing is problematic, since the date of John is probably a hot topic in scholarship. "John" sounds almost like a Church Father! So when was this gospel written? After the first destruction of Jerusalem, absolutely, but what if it´s as late as after the second destruction? Then John could simply be describing a later tradition that the tomb of Jesus was indeed at the spot where Hadrian built the Venus temple...
Still, it´s a tantalizing possibility...Unfortunately, the rest of the Bible makes no sense archeologically speaking, and the parousia has been delayed for 2,000 years...so if Jesus rose from the dead, it´s almost as if nobody understood him!
I once had a crazy book that said Joe of Arimathea brought the Holy Grail to England and Knights Templars were around and so forth...
ReplyDeleteTip o' the hat to Dan Brown too!
Secondly, grads (the author) of Notre Dame are suspect around here...they're overly indoctrinated. Third, John's Gospel is so far from the Synoptics it is virtually useless in determining anything about Jesus' life and times.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that the John thing is problematic, since the date of John is probably a hot topic in scholarship. "John" sounds almost like a Church Father! So when was this gospel written? After the first destruction of Jerusalem, absolutely, but what if it´s as late as after the second destruction? Then John could simply be describing a later tradition that the tomb of Jesus was indeed at the spot where Hadrian built the Venus temple...
ReplyDeleteStill, it´s a tantalizing possibility...Unfortunately, the rest of the Bible makes no sense archeologically speaking, and the parousia has been delayed for 2,000 years...so if Jesus rose from the dead, it´s almost as if nobody understood him!
ReplyDeleteBut I suppose even *that* is possible. "A buddha will always be misunderstood".
ReplyDeleteRead the 2018 post, I am in awe once again of your erudition on a "galaxy" of topics! And humorous too!
ReplyDeleteCurrently reading Geza Vermes The Authentic Gospel of Jesus.
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