No Evidence for 1st Century Nazareth

[godnotgod]

Well, that shows a willful ignorance of history and a completely bankrupt knowledge of Greek.

Even worse, your laziness demonstrates contempt for yourself as well as your subject.

Ha ha ha....Your jesus spoke to the common man, most of whom spoke Aramaic, and probably did not even write either Greek or Aramaic. The Gospel is targeted, not to the snobbish intelligentsia, but to the world at large. Besides, (and here we go with another hot topic) The NT was not originally written in Greek; it was written in Aramaic. It's called the Pe****ta. Greek, as I understand it, was the language of commerce.

(Uh-oh...here comes a load of ..............................):biglaugh:

At any rate, as i stated, I employ the common usage of 'polis', which means either 'city' or 'city-state'. You apparently use some obscure pedantic version 99% of the public has no use for.

 

[godnotgod]

You haven't presented a viable argument.

I was referring to Salm, Randi, and others.

But since you mention it, I will be posting a recap of all of the pertinent points which constitute a viable argument as a whole.

So what have you presented? Poppycock and hot air.

 

[godnotgod]

Yes. This is polemic, and you're using it as spam.

You're demonstrating an unfortunate lack of competence for choosing a good source.

This incompetence is bad for you, but good for whoever's selling you anything. O how I wish that person was me. But at least I have the benefit of a sometimes entertaining sod.

The source I chose is good enough for me. I am satisfied. You are not. I am finished. Now it's your turn.

C:\....................?

 

[godnotgod]

No. That's not good enough. You're going to have to *gasp* THINK about how you come to such lousy conclusions from the evidence that is available (which obviously you don't).

Try - LSJ, Middle Liddell, Slater, and Autenrieth (different books by the way). You're going to have to look at more than ten examples that were provided for you specifically so you would come to an artificial and incomplete conclusion. The author of the website was banking on the ignorance and gullibility of his reader, which is disgusting.

Sorry. Ten random examples are good enough for me.

Now, if you have something further to say about the subject, by all means...

Otherwise....Next!

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Ha ha ha....Your jesus spoke to the common man, most of whom spoke Aramaic, and probably did not even write either Greek or Aramaic. The Gospel is targeted, not to the snobbish intelligentsia, but to the world at large. Besides, (and here we go with another hot topic) The NT was not originally written in Greek; it was written in Aramaic. It's called the Pe****ta. Greek, as I understand it, was the language of commerce.

(Uh-oh...here comes a load of ..............................):biglaugh:

At any rate, as i stated, I employ the common usage of 'polis', which means either 'city' or 'city-state'. You apparently use some obscure pedantic version 99% of the public has no use for.

"Polis" did not refer to city-states after Alexander the Great. There was only one or two city-states in existence in the Roman Empire in the first century. Defining "polis" as "city-state" only demonstrates a lack of historical knowledge. As in - historical knowledge is nil.

Cute that you think that the NT was not originally written in Greek. Maybe one book was written in Hebrew, but there's no evidence at all for Aramaic. Jesus may well have spoken it, but only a few words and phrases made it into the NT.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Sorry. Ten random examples are good enough for me.

No, you don't have ten random examples.

The examples were selected for you, banking on ignorance and laziness.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

But since you mention it, I will be posting a recap of all of the pertinent points which constitute a viable argument as a whole.

Spam is as drab each time you post it.

 

[godnotgod]

"Polis" did not refer to city-states after Alexander the Great. There was only one or two city-states in existence in the Roman Empire in the first century. Defining "polis" as "city-state" only demonstrates a lack of historical knowledge. As in - historical knowledge is nil.

....and taking what I said and twisting it demonstrates a lack of attention: 'Polis' can refer to 'city-state', 'city', 'town', or'citizenry'. The NT refers to Nazareth as either 'town' or 'city'. 'Village' or 'hamlet' are not referred to as being a 'polis'.

Cute that you think that the NT was not originally written in Greek. Maybe one book was written in Hebrew, but there's no evidence at all for Aramaic. Jesus may well have spoken it, but only a few words and phrases made it into the NT.

You must think Pe****ta Primacist scholars 'cute' as well. Now that's cute.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

....and taking what I said and twisting it demonstrates a lack of attention: 'Polis' can refer to 'city-state', 'city', 'town', or'citizenry'. The NT refers to Nazareth as either 'town' or 'city'. 'Village' or 'hamlet' are not referred to as being a 'polis'.

Yet you said:

At any rate, as i stated, I employ the common usage of 'polis', which means either 'city' or 'city-state'. You apparently use some obscure pedantic version 99% of the public has no use for.

You did not include what "polis" can actually mean - town or citizenry - which Nazareth as described in the NT was. Now if you want to bastardize "polis" to not mean what Nazareth was, it is you who has to be overtly pedantic, because obviously "polis" has much more elasticity in meaning than "city" or "city-state" as you said, verbatim.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

You must think Pe****ta Primacist scholars 'cute' as well. Now that's cute.

Morons.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

[youtube]WSzQC1zKesU[/youtube]
James Randi Speaks: Questioning the Bible - YouTube

See here for Rene Salm's website re: the myth of Nazareth:The truth about Nazareth

James Randi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928)[2] is a Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic[3][4] best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation. Randi began his career as a magician named The Amazing Randi, but after retiring at age 60, he began investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims, which he collectively calls "woo-woo."[5]

:biglaugh: Jeez.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

And just who the hell is Rene Salm?

The Adventures of Skippy the Skeptic: Who the hell is Rene Salm?

 

[godnotgod]

Morons.

:slap:

 

[angellous_evangellous]

So we have a composer and a magician. Any archaeologists, historians, or scholars?

 

[angellous_evangellous]

:slap:

If only it were that easy.

 

[godnotgod]

James Randi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



:biglaugh: Jeez.

Poor AE. He can't get anywhere with his oversized but useless brain, so must resort to ad hominem attacks as a form of self-entertainment.

When will you get it? It's not about titles and credentials, but what you SEE.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Poor AE. He can't get anywhere with his oversized but useless brain, so must resort to ad hominem attacks as a form of self-entertainment.

When will you get it? It's not about titles and credentials, but what you SEE.

You need to have some experience and training in order to SEE.

Due to lack of training, these two have piled up one big load of crap together, talking about topics that they obviously know nothing about.

 

[godnotgod]

If only it were that easy.

Go after the beam in your own eye first.

Until you do, tas atvam asi:angel2:

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Want to convince dogsgod? All you need is a website that he can copy.

 

[godnotgod]

So we have a composer and a magician. Any archaeologists, historians, or scholars?

Well, let's see. We have one Josephus, who ran his military campaign just about on top of where Nazareth was supposed to be, but nary a whisper of any Nazareth from his pen..

Shhhhhhh! The city of Nazareth is a very quiet, obscure 'lil 'ol hamlet inhabited by church mice.