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In A Chronological Revision of the Origins of Christianity, I have established the framework of an all-encompassing chronological theory of the origins of Christianity. Further study and reading has yielded numerous additional insights, which I will share in brief blog-like articles. This new content is supplemented with some book reviews and general reflections.

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The ‘wooden house’ of Sibylline Oracles 8:198 and the appearance of the messiah

The ‘wooden house’ verse does not stand on its own. Although in a veiled way as well, the following verses...

Gospels

The parable of the sower: an encoded account of the reception and growth of messianism in first-century Judaism

In summary we can say that Mark 4:1-34 discusses the messianic positions of the four political (or religious/political) factions of...

Paul

Linguistic support for a 'Jesus' interpolation in 1 Thessalonians 1:10

There are numerous indications that Paul was a trailblazer of the future Christ, and that all Jesus mentions (which are...

Paul

The anti-Roman message of 1 Thessalonians 5:2-8 inspired by the War Scroll (1QM I:9-12)

In conclusion we can say that, like the War Scroll fragment, Paul describes the future clash between the Romans and...

Paul

Galatians 1:1-12, Paul’s most fundamental anti-Roman cryptogram

I believe that with my identification of the man/men in Galatians 1 as the Roman emperor(s) and of the gospel...

Gospels

Walking on the water: a coded account of Jesus’ visit to Mount Tabor during the flight of the Galilean rebels to Jerusalem

Below I will try to show that the walking on the water fragment chronologically follows the pericopes about the Tarichaean...