Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoFindings cast doubt on the existence of Jesus Christwww.alternet.orgexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down113 cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldexchristian@lemmy.one
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minus-squareakilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months ago Well, the expectation of the Jewish public at the time was that the messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Can you explain more about this? Why would they expect him to be from Bethlehem?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoObscure Old Testament prophecy that the author of Mark could very well not have known about- https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah 5%3A2&version=NIV I wouldn’t exactly call the Book of Micah a well-known part of the OT and I doubt it was back then either.
Can you explain more about this? Why would they expect him to be from Bethlehem?
Obscure Old Testament prophecy that the author of Mark could very well not have known about-
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah 5%3A2&version=NIV
I wouldn’t exactly call the Book of Micah a well-known part of the OT and I doubt it was back then either.