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Will the real JC please stand up. (midwest.social)
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[–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No worries, I know you're not being snarky!

My impression is that Mark and to some extent Matthew were probably written by Helenized Jews who may have even spoken Greek as a second language. They were not part of Paul's proto-church.

But I really am not an expert. I will defer to you because I have the impression you are a bit more well read than me in this area.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's fine.

Mark I can't really see it. He doesn't speak Aramaic and makes some mistakes about Judaism. Matthew it is possible but he doesn't seem to know Hebrew and speaks greek fluently. Plus Matthew is a bit antisemitic.

Really it is just easier to accept that they were outsiders looking in vs insiders who kept making mistakes.

[–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. You make me want to find some time to read about all that stuff again.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If I may make a suggestion. Take a copy of Mark and put it on the word processing software of your choice. Go through it line by line and search to find what the lines echos, where it comes from. When you find a match highlight it. Then do the same for every line that the author is making fun of the apostles.

Nearly the whole book will be highlighted. Mark built Jesus out of Elijah and Paul. The so called oral tradition is like 20 lines or so.