Eisenman draws on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Clementine Recognitions and Homilies, the Apostolic Constitutions, Eusebius, the two James Apocalypses from Nag Hammadi, the Western Text of Acts and the Slavonic Josephus.
Also, I suspect that James secretly hated Paul, and only feigned to glorify him. That of course is my personal opinion as the text is not clear-- it can be read either way. Nowhere in the text does it mention them. Nonsense, that is just NOT what the text says. Acts 21:21 "They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs." They hated Paul because they believed he was teaching Jewish believers to abandon Jewish law. No, the rumors were unfounded: Paul taught Jews to keep Jewish law, and taught Gentiles to keep universals laws, as per the council of Jerusalem.
You say James hated Paul, an awful thing, as you say you can't prove it, as James says beloved Paul, and praised his ministry. What kind of debate is this?
do you have facts to prove this accusation? You seem familiar, did we ever chat before, in other words did you ever have a different user id? just curious, thanks, frog.
I see, so basically it is all sorts of places except the bible.
But Paul knew they wanted to get him because of the gentiles, and because he preached the resurrection, it is in Acts.
you won't agree with common sense? Where did the saved Jews go to church? Those were the churches Paul wrote to! I proved Romans had both, but you ignore that, same as Corinth, and you ignore that. He addressed both in Romans, but you ignore that.
It is an OPINION, based on extra biblical sources. I'm not asking you to agree.
Yes it is all extra biblical sources. The theory does not contradict the Bible.
I said the Jews in Paul's churhes did not hate him, the Jerusalem crowd had unsaved jews all around to alter the truth. Show me the hatred by the believing Jews? Fear, yes, annoyed? sure, but you are acting like James, and all of the Jewish believers hated the beloved Paul, and you admit you can't prove it.
It might you know. If it claims that saint James was faking friendship with saint Paul when the bible doesn't make that claim. That seems like a contradiction.
I don't think Paul was hated for his missions to the Gentiles. If I'm mistaken, show me the verses, and I'll concede. Certainly that was not the reason that he was hated by believing Jews, do you agree?
Why did they go wild, when he said Gentile, and then wanted to kill him? "up to this word"...heheh time to conceed, they listened until he said the gentile word, then they wanted to kill him!
so, as per my question, as you try to show hatred of Paul, who is damaged, Paul or the hating Jews?
The verses where it says James glorified God for Paul could easily be read as feigning. Do you see how it could go either way? This is what I meant when I said it doesn't contradict scripture.
show me hatred..
They raised up their voices because of what he said in verses 19 and 20:
good one!
