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Truly excellent scholarship. Are you a student of this subject?

Not research per se, but I do read, as do most with an interest in early Christianity. The following are some suggested physical books for those interested:

  Marcion: The Gospel of the Alien God, 1921, ISBN 1556357036
  Marcion: On the Restitution of Christianity, 1934, ISBN 149829359X
  The First New Testament: Marcion's Scriptural Canon, 2013, ISBN 1598151312

Hehe :) Okay, thank you! ;p xx ;p

Question if you don't mind: does the fellow mean alien as in extra-terrestrial?

I just read the Wikipedia. It's not about extra-terrestrials. The 'alien' aspect suggests that the god that sent Jesus was a different god than that of the Old Testament, and was previously unknown to the people.

Interesting stuff that somehow eluded me all these years.

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