A recent book, The Two Gospels of Mark by Danila Oder, proposes that gMark began life as a play financed by Flavia Domitilla, whom we (and Christians) believe was either a nascent Christian or a Chrestian (per Bartram - more likely IMO). Oder believes that the play's principle audience would...
"I've been searching so long..."
There have been times where I went along with the Jesus character for lack of anything else. That ship had sailed before I even got on. In addition to Joe's writings(I'm assuming, just got them)all religion seems to go back to Apollo and Zeus, etc...
I recently...