rlogan

Goodness gracious. The plot thickens, and I have no idea where Tertullian is going to end up leading us.

My initial thought to your question above was Roman occupation of palestine. Or at least, a reactionary Christology as a consequence of it.


My impression upon coming to IIDB from the occasional reference to Tertullian was more along the canonical lines. But with some exposure here I do question that view now.

and Toto - I did see your reference to the Tent hypothesis on the other thread. I can see the attractiveness of that hypothesis, yes.

So many irons in the fire at the moment...

Al Kafirun

I personally don't feel like this has as much to do with how Tertullian dealt with or remained unaware of the concept of a HJ as it does with Doherty's expectation. That's kind of a 'dur' comment, but the seed of this conflict is the stuff of great conjecture. If there was any certainty on authorship and date there would be no point in speculation.

Sorry, I'm a nobody and a stick in the mud. Continue. Its a good thread.