Posted: Dec 15, 2016 6:50 am
duvduv wrote:It's been one month and I still see no discussion regarding any alleged archeological findings related to anything in the New Testament. Anyone have any ideas?!
There are no unambiguous archaeological relics prior to Helena finding the One True Cross and Nails in the 4th century, We are looking at the creation of the NT Bible as the creation of a brand new Nationalistic literature, following the models outlined in Plato. The new nationalistic literature was purposefully created in order to legitimitize the very new and strange "NATION OF CHRISTIANS" (this phrase is borrowed from Eusebius, the historian of the great "Nation of Christians".
Quite plainly for those who have actually looked through the archaeological evidence tendered by Christian academics in recent times, none of this evidence is unambiguous. The situation is that the great "Nation of Christians" do not appear to have left any archaeological footprints in the centuries prior to the appearance of the Nicene Church Organisation. It follows that it is historically quite possible that the Nicene Church Organsiation simply fabricated its own (pseudo) historical lineage.
http://www.mountainman.com.au/essenes/A ... Review.htm
Ante Pacem: archaeological evidence of church life before Constantine -- by Graydon F. Snyder
A critical review & re-examination of the evidence presented in "Ante Pacem"
Conclusion:
totally unconvincing