I swear to Dog, KatefortheallegedChrist is looney--Maccoby constantly refers to scripture in his article, chapter and verse.
He told you what source he used, did you need to have him spell it out for you--well, he did that, too:
Quote:Let us first survey the evidence found in the more obvious and well-known sources. It appears from Acts that Paul was at first called 'Saul', and that his birthplace was Tarsus, a city in Asia Minor (Acts 9:11, and 21:39, and 22:3). Strangely enough, however, Paul himself, in his letters, never mentions that he came from Tarsus, even when he is at his most autobiographical. Instead, he gives the following information about his origins: 'I am an Israelite myself, of the stock of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin' (Romans 11:2); and '... circumcised on my eighth day, Israelite by race, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born and bred; in my attitude to the law, a Pharisee....' (Philippians 3:5). It seems that Paul was not anxious to impart to the recipients of his letters that he came from somewhere so remote as Tarsus from Jerusalem, the powerhouse of Pharisaism. The impression he wished to give, of coming from an unimpeachable Pharisaic background, would have been much impaired by the admission that he in fact came from Tarsus, where there were few, if any, Pharisee teachers and a Pharisee training would have been hard to come by.
That is just one paragraph for an example. I cannot believe that you actually claim that he has not quoted scripture.
It's really hard, you know, to debate someone who makes patently false statements which anyone can see through.
of name change, come up with something a little cooler for me if you don't mind... katefortheallegedChrist is just too wordy........ :wink:
You have a different way to interpret "thou shalt not steal" than I do? You have a different interpretation of "love one another" than I do? Fascinating. Please tell me more! 
