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Talk:Mystery: Was John a Samaritan (view source)
Revision as of 08:51, October 12, 2025
, 08:51, October 12, 2025→The essay assembles a bunch of Lilliputian-size poor arguments and some invalid arguments while ignoring the Gulliver-sized arguments in terms of their strength
== The essay assembles a bunch of Lilliputian-size poor arguments and some invalid arguments while ignoring the Gulliver-sized arguments in terms of their strength ==
== The essay assembles a bunch of Lilliputian-size poor arguments and some invalid arguments while ignoring the Gulliver-sized arguments in terms of their strength ==
"The essay's 34 points are largely Lilliputian in nature: speculative, circumstantial, or based on misinterpretations that strain to fit the thesis without rigorous evidence. For instance:
Claims like Zebedee's name not appearing in the Old Testament ignore that it's the Greek form of the Hebrew "Zabdi" or "Zebediah," which does appear (e.g., 1 Chronicles 27:27).
References to "the Jews" as outsiders or sympathy for Samaritans are better explained by the Gospel of John's theological style and intended audience (likely mixed Jewish-Gentile communities in Ephesus), not ethnicity.
Omissions (e.g., no parables, fewer Old Testament quotes) align with John's unique narrative focus, not Samaritan Pentateuch-only views.
These arguments often rely on absence of evidence or cherry-picked details, lacking empirical support from archaeology, textual criticism, or patristic sources, making them collectively weak against the "Gulliver" scale of established evidence for John's Jewish identity."