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Originally Posted by DiggertheDog
I came across an article about The Gospel of Mark that suggested that it was a mimetic treatment of the Odyssey. Any thoughts on the weight of that proposition? Having not read Mark.
Seems pretty silly as Matthew, Mark and Luke are all virtually the same, and Mark is the shortest one.
Gospel of John is the one that has add'tl stories and dialogue.
Fiction or not, everyone should read John and Matthew. They're not that long and pretty interesting. Unknown man from little-known city arrives, preaches that everyone should be nice and help the sick and homeless and poor and not scared, gathers followers, demonstrates his power, says he will be killed, is betrayed by Judas, followers vanish, is tortured, then is murdered after an interesting trial, and the body vanishes shortly thereafter.
Ray Chandler has got nothing on these guys!
Jesus' advice is pretty savvy for starting a new religion. There's a reason several millons of new people convert to his teachings every year, even if the historical Jesus could not do miracles and was not a god.