I had written: "The partisanship comes into view when the Synoptics are dismissed as 'corruptions' of that ur-text." to which Eric wrote: "Who said anything about 'corruptions'?" Well, if we are talking about the Q crowd, which of them doesn't? I recently heard Crossan do his spiel, so let me give him as a particular example. But leaving the Q crowd aside, this thread began with my responding to Julie's accusation that Christianity hijacked Yeshua's message. Sincerely, Phil Enns Toronto, ON ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html