Subject: Re: Andrew Welburn's scholarship
inmanvk@sas.upenn.edu
Date: Sat Sep 25 2004 - 10:40:32 EDT
I believe I had a copy of this long ago and saw no need to keep it in my ever expaning library. Welburn is certainly not well enough regarded to discuss him in a --say Introduction to the New Testament class. The title seems to indicate a position popular in the early 50's--now quite abandoned--that Christianty began in the mistery religions. This is now quite abandoned in favor of seeing Christianty as originally a Jewish sect, that got "out of hand" so to speak. But I really don't have the book in front of me am not sure of what it says, only that he is not well enough regarded to be covered in any courses I have had or taught. --V. K. Inman Quoting "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000@comcast.net>: > Does any one here have any acquaintance with, or know of reviews of, > Andrew Welburn's _The Beginnings of Christianity: Essene Mystery, > Gnostic Revelation and the Christian Vision > > >From what I've seen of this, it looks extremely agenda driven -- > anthroposophy gone wild -- and certainly very unfamiliar with current > Mithraic studies.. > > Does anyone know how Welburn is regarded? Is he now thought of in the > way that John Allegro came to be thought of after his publication of his > Mushroom nonsense? > > Yours, > > Jeffrey > > -- > > Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.) > > 1500 W. Pratt Blvd. #1 > Chicago, IL 60626 > > jgibson000@comcast.net > >
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