INTERPRETATION!

reproduced from main blog of July 2021

Cherry-pick from the Bible?

Real Jesus the Christ @

An adept Australian columnist recently lamented the "substitute" Christ commonly portrayed at the "Christmas Season".

The Augustus Connection (Edn 2)

The Augustus (AVGVSTVS) Connection

In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered. (Luke 2:1, NRSV).

This line about events relating to the Lucan account of the birth of Jesus refers to the “princeps” of Rome, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian. He was born 23 September 63 BC (BCE) as Gaius Octavianus, otherwise known as Octavian (and, from January, 27 BC, as Augustus). Jesus’ birth, on any reckoning, came long after the Senate had granted the honour (Augustus) to Octavian.

A bit Here; a bit There? v0.7ed

A personal disclaimer:
In spite of all the evidence I am giving to the contrary in this blog, I am not really fond of taking a thought, or line, from one place, and putting it with a sentence from another, and then making a case of it. Care and caution are needed!

Trustworthy Documents v0.3

What evidence is there for the reliability of the NT documents I am discussing (and encouraging you to read)?

The Jesus Event - a Presentation

The Jesus Event

a compiled presentation

Following is a presentation of Jesus derived from Mark, with additions from John, and substitutions (shorter) from Matthew and Luke. (I ended up with about 15,500 words; 25 pages.) You can instead simply read Mark in whatever version you wish, e.g. via Bible Gateway.com.

This is the good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.