Jesus, magic, and contested images

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Dr. Ammon Hillman is a Ph.D. classicist specializing in Ancient Greek, Roman medicine & pharmacy. Dr. Hillman was investigated by the Vatican for demon possession while teaching as a professor of Classical Languages. Dr. Luke Gorton is also a Ph.D. classicist specializing in religions of the ancient Mediterranean, Greek mythology & ancient magic. On this episode, Hillman & Gorton debate ancient greek literature regarding Jesus Christ's shameful act in the 'Greater Questions of Mary', the ORIGINAL language of the old testament & the origins of the word "Christ".

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OUTLINE

00:00 - The study of dead languages

05:08 - Ancient magic

10:30 - Ammon's expulsion from academia

12:43 - how Ammon's dissertation was censored

18:06 - Why Ammon abandoned Christianity

20:54 - Classicists vs. linguists vs. bible scholars

26:58 - Archeologists & linguists working with classicists

30:49 - The problem with bible scholars

36:29 - Biggest misconceptions about the bible

39:18 -When the gospels were written

46:50 - How much ancient literature has disappeared

49:18 - The Greek Magical Papyri

52:47 - Why Greek was the dominant ancient language

01:01:53 - The greater questions of Mary

01:07:15 - Jesus' shameful act

01:10:59 - The d*ck analogy

01:15:47 - Scholiast's definition of αἰσχρότης

01:24:20 - Translation evidence of eating Jesus' semen

01:29:19 - Who was Jesus & did he exist?

01:35:58 - Paul's letter to the Corinthians

01:41:13 - How Paul survived a poisonous viper bite

01:47:47 - Ancient use of drugged wines

01:50:13 - Original language of the Septuagint

01:54:06 - Greek translations that lose their meaning

01:58:42 - Oldest pieces of Hebrew literature

02:04:17 - Why ancient Hebrew texts don't exist

02:14:13 - Luke's theory on the Septuagint authorship

02:16:29 - The language Jesus spoke

02:23:39 - Greek vs. Aramaic quotes from Jesus

02:30:08 - Back formation of language

02:34:20 - The problem with Ammon's methodology

02:39:11 - The "sounds like" linguistics principle

02:45:02 - Origin of the word "Christ"

02:53:57 - Different forms of the Greek word "Christ"

02:58:46 - Analogy for "Christ" as "anointed one"

03:08:52 - When Jews adopted the Greek language

03:16:01 - True origin of the Greek word "cristos"

03:21:42 - "Jewish" Greek vs. traditional Greek

03:26:33 - The magi (three wise men)

03:29:03 - Discriminating between historical texts

03:35:23 - The Isaiah Scroll & the Masoretic Text similarities

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