Judas's behavior (in the canonical texts) before and after the event isn't consistent with Jesus having colluded in it.
That was one of my gripes with his theory, actually. That and the fact that no serious Biblical scholar I know of has acknowledged let alone considered it.
Last night I was watching a documentary series about untold "secrets" of the Bible.
I'm no scholar of Greek, but the way the documentary presents itself makes me skeptical they're providing anything useful or profound. It kind of sounds like those silly ancient aliens docs on the History channel.Yeah, the show very much presents itself as sort of a #hottake clip series. It's not from the History Channel, though the format is reminiscent of the History Channel prior to its mid-2000s devolution.
One thing we Westerners often forget is that the early Church operated mostly in Greek. Most of the attendees at the Council of Nicea were Greek speakers for example, with Latin speakers. The Greek Christians obviously can't mistranslate when reading words written in their own language, so the issue would have to be a question of misunderstanding the overall text. But if that's the case...
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That's important to have in mind.
