Saturday, January 10, 2015
What Evidence is There that the Marcionites Believed in a Resurrection After Passover?
We all know the familiar story. But what is the evidence about the contents of the Marcionite gospel? Irenaeus and Tertullian may well say things like 'how was a phantom crucified?' But where is the direct evidence for what the Marcionites believed with regards to a 'Passion narrative?' Could their resurrection narrative have been different?
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dating back to conversations with his grandfather, Gaston Frank. "He said we represent one of the last descendants of the Frankist Jewish faith in the world," he muses. "I grew up thinking that our family was something like the Last of the Mohicans."