Posted: Feb 10, 2012 10:35 pm
proudfootz wrote:logical bob wrote:... yeah, but you have to remember the increasing Christology.
So we date and sequence the texts based on an assumed 'increasing christology'....
...and then cite the 'increasing christology' in sequence of texts as proof of an alleged 'increasing christology'?
OTOH if Paul really does pre-date the gospels we have a 'decreasing christology' on our hands!
You may be only joking, I don't know, but that is actually a good point. In fact, it's almost as if "Mark" had never heard of Paul.