... Dom Crossan was co-founder & co-chair of the JS & chief architect of the JS's research program throughout the sayings phase of the debates. He tried out...
Mahlon H. Smith
mahlonh.smith@...
Aug 1, 1998 7:19 am
1477
... An absolutely correct assessment. ... Precisely! The JS never represented its work as the final word on anything. It is always presented it as a capsule...
Mahlon H. Smith
mahlonh.smith@...
Aug 1, 1998 7:35 am
1478
... Who is the "they" here? There is no need to resort to conspiracy theories to explain Jesus' conviction and crucifixion. At the very least, then Temple ...
Lewis Reich
LBR@...
Aug 1, 1998 5:21 pm
1479
... The "peace" and "war" sides were not black and white. Once war broke out, those who hoped to reach (or restore) some accommodation with Rome had only one...
Lewis Reich
LBR@...
Aug 1, 1998 5:31 pm
1480
Just a quickie to let you know that I have done a major update of my Recommended New Testament Web Resources page. It can be found at: ...
Mark Goodacre
M.S.Goodacre@...
Aug 1, 1998 6:33 pm
1481
... Lewis, I totally agree with you. Josephus' profession of becoming a Pharisee had nothing to do with any peace or war faction. Also, it seems that priests...
BERNARD MULLER
Mullerb@...
Aug 1, 1998 8:41 pm
1482
... As Mahlon has noted, even if this verse refers to Pharisaic efforts to sway other Jews to their views, that would not necessarily show that there was no ...
Lewis Reich
LBR@...
Aug 1, 1998 10:47 pm
1483
... stricter ... Lewis, What is the basis for this model? It is not the impression I get from reading Josephus. ... Josephus' description of the partisan...
Bob Schacht
Robert.Schacht@...
Aug 1, 1998 11:39 pm
1484
On Fri, 31 Jul 1998 PetersnICS@... wrote: [Mahlon:] ... Mahlon, Paul (or whoever authored those verses) cannot be correct about this. The matter is quite...
y.kuchinsky@...
Aug 2, 1998 3:15 am
1485
... Further- there was a well established Church in Rome before Paul ever arrived. ... Jim ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jim West, ThD Adjunct Professor of Bible ...
Jim West
jwest@...
Aug 2, 1998 3:33 am
1486
... arrived. Now I agree that there was movement away from ritual Judaism going on, but an established church in Rome to convert gentiles before Paul?!? Are we...
Sam Gibson
cygnus6@...
Aug 2, 1998 4:12 am
1487
... Agreed. But given the limited sources we have for Jewish activity in the 1st c. BCE - 1st c. CE, the historian often has to draw conclusions on the basis...
Mahlon H. Smith
mahlonh.smith@...
Aug 2, 1998 5:19 am
1488
Most of you seem to agree that the Epistles of Paul predate the canonical gospels. Someone wrote this past week that nowhere does Paul write about the...
Anne Quast
anneq@...
Aug 2, 1998 5:38 am
1489
... Anne, This is an overbroad and oversimplified summary, because a crucial adjective is missing. The resurrection is central to Paul's testimony as I ...
Bob Schacht
Robert.Schacht@...
Aug 2, 1998 6:51 am
1490
... I think the virgin birth thingy got started with the Matthean scribe in his zeal for OT attestation. Not being Semitic competent, the Matthean scribe used...
Jack Kilmon
jkilmon@...
Aug 2, 1998 7:09 am
1491
... An excellent example that may even indicate that Jesus Himself knew more scripture in Greek than Hebrew but confirmation at least that the evangels worked...
Tom Simms
tsimms@...
Aug 2, 1998 11:26 am
1492
... Paul does speak of a form of resurrection- a spiritual sort. Cf. 1 Cor 15. It can be concluded that he must have known a tradition in one form or another...
Jim West
jwest@...
Aug 2, 1998 11:46 am
1493
Anne Quast, greetings: I think we need to consider 2 Cor. 8:18 and notwithstanding that there is no agreement as to the identity of the person famous...
Richard H. Anderson
keras@...
Aug 2, 1998 3:55 pm
1494
Want to check out Tom Wright's approach to the historical Jesus, but don't have the time to read his books? Help is at hand! You can now buy his 6 part video,...
Bob Schacht
Robert.Schacht@...
Aug 2, 1998 4:52 pm
1495
Crosstalk dumbbunnies, listen up --- ... How many times do I have to tell you Caputes Vaccua, les tete voides, of the clear NOTICE in Suetonius SOMEONE was...
Tom Simms
tsimms@...
Aug 2, 1998 5:16 pm
1496
... bits: Resurrection: Paul is dabbling a lot about resurrection(s) in his epistles. It all started in 1Th4:13-18: There Paul is answering a question of great...
BERNARD MULLER
Mullerb@...
Aug 2, 1998 5:25 pm
1497
... Just being back from another little detour to the south of Sweden and Germany my eye caught the special attention of this little message of Bob. Since I...
Antonio Jerez
antonio.jerez@...
Aug 2, 1998 8:31 pm
1498
... Ouch!!!! (though I agree in your assesment of Wright's writings). ... Double ouch! Now this one really hurts. ... 5 weeks?! my god.... what kinda job...
Jim West
jwest@...
Aug 2, 1998 9:04 pm
1499
... Mahlon answered: Nope. That distinction is unique to GJohn. But I would agree that HJ had ... The distinction between the earth and the world is inherent...
joe baxter
joseph@...
Aug 2, 1998 10:30 pm
1500
... Yuri, did it occur to you that Paul was after the followers of the Group of Seven, who dispersed in the Diaspora (that would includes Damascus)? ... ...
BERNARD MULLER
Mullerb@...
Aug 3, 1998 1:31 am
1501
... If Paul had been persecuting the church of Jerusalem, you would not expect the persecutees (in hiding) to come face to face with the persecutor! ... By...
BERNARD MULLER
Mullerb@...
Aug 3, 1998 2:53 am
1502
BERNARD MULLER
Mullerb@...
Aug 3, 1998 2:58 am
1503
... [ snip ] ... I think it provides a viable alternative to the sort of homogenized presentation that we saw with the PBS special _From Jesus to Christ_, ...
Peter Thomas Chattaway
petert@...
Aug 3, 1998 3:47 am
1504
Peter, Thanks for your informative summary! Bob ... "Is it not extraordinary to the point of being a miracle, that so loose and ill-constructed a narrative in...
Bob Schacht
Robert.Schacht@...
Aug 3, 1998 4:54 am
1505
... Greetings Richard, Glad to hear you are of Swedish ancestry. With that kind of surname you surely must be. And no, I didn't travel by way of Aland ( I...
