“The Babylonian Jews in the Sasanian Empire, living in a non-Christian and even progressively anti-Christian environment, could easily take up, and continue, the discourse of their brethren in Asia Minor; and it seems as if they were no less timid… — Peter Schäfer Copy Share Image
“There exists hardly any other New Testament text that is more unambiguous and firm in Jesus’ mission on earth and his divine origin, indeed… — Peter Schäfer Copy Share Image
“There is every reason to believe that the Gospel of John was spread and well known in Babylonia, if not separately then in the… — Peter Schäfer Copy Share Image
“The Babylonian Jews in the Sasanian Empire, living in a non-Christian and even progressively anti-Christian environment, could easily take up, and continue, the discourse… — Peter Schäfer Copy Share Image
“Its main thesis is that not only the emerging Christianity drew on contemporary Judaism but that rabbinic Judaism, too, tapped into ideas and concepts… — Peter Schäfer Copy Share Image
“This scathing attack on the Christian claim of parthenogenesis may well explain the use of the strange name Panthera/Pantera/Pandera/Pantiri in most of its variations6… — Peter Schäfer Copy Share Image
