I have an idea that might interest some of you. Â I would propose that the Gospel of Matthew was written by Matthew in a two-part process. In his first...
Gary I have suggested that the earliest version of Matthew was a sayings source like Q to my Bible students for years. I try to present Papias' description...
Jimmy, This reflects a common misinterpretation of the term logia as "sayings." Papias characterizes logia as "the things either said or done by the Lord" and...
Happy Easter to all. Blessings, Rev Tony Buglass Superintendent Minister Upper Calder Methodist Circuit [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I think you are correct regarding the difference between logia and logoi. I believe Papias, who often was confused about things he reported, was referring to...
Bruce, With regard to your fourth point below, my copy of Joel Marcus' second volume hasnot arrived as yet. But I would like you to answer the following...
Karel Hanhart
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Karel, The "James nonsense" is nothing very profound, and in any case it was already explained in my note as quoted. But here is another explanation, since it...
Thanks Bruce. My problem has been cleared up by your response.. Karel ... From: E Bruce Brooks To: Synoptic@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 12:37...
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... From: "E Bruce Brooks" <brooks@...> To: <Synoptic@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 5:37 AM Subject: Re: [Synoptic-L] Marcus:...
To: Synoptic In Response To: Jack Kilmon On: Jacob From: Bruce [I had recommended that the rendering of original "Jacob" by "James" in the NT (but not in the...
To: WSW Cc: Synoptic In Response To: David Pankenier On: Jyau Sacrifice From: Bruce Since most sacrifices seem to have been "dedicated to eminent ancestors in ...
The exchange on biblical names has thrown up some interesting material on a) the political significance of the names of Jesus' brothers and their relative...
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To: Synoptic Cc: WSW In Response To: David Mealand On: Explanatory Power (was: Biblical Names / Mark v2) From: Bruce David, 1. I doubt that the translation...
My request was a simpler one for the evidence of relative popularity of names in the later 2nd Temple period. Presumably this is based on somebody's counts, ...
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... Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2006), has a list of these names and...
I knew I have something somewhere in my files on this. I do have some. Here is one from Jack Kilmon, a good scholar. I'm not sure what you want, but I hope...
Very sorry. I mistook this for another forum. My apology. Richard. ... From: "Richard Godwin" <meta@...> To: <Synoptic@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday,...
To: Synoptic In Response To: Richard Godwin On: The James Nonsense From: Bruce Richard Godwin's latest post to this list, though inadvertent, perpetuates what...
... Bruce, Is the motive for retaining "James" in fact Jesus' Jewish identity (which no practicing scholar I'm aware of disputes), or is it rather a (perhaps...
I missed this in Bruce's statement: ... And here all these years I suspected it was rather because of the inability of the English writing system to keep track...
To: Synoptic In Response To: Jeff Peterson On: James From: Bruce There is probably no great profit in exploring differences of taste and opinion. As the Romans...
Well, if we look at the Christian Testament as using, as does the Tanakh, cue names, we would not worry about "the James nonsense," since Jesus would have been...
... What is Judaism ? After your point against "James", we should be urged to avoid "Judaism". Sure "Israel" is more accurate, and should be prefered. I agree...
To: Synoptic In Response To: Emmanuel Fritsch On: Judaism From: Bruce I have the impression that this topic is wearing a little thin. Is anyone doing anything...
... Of course, it depends on what you mean by "Judaism". Since the term is both a gentilic and a geographical designation, the issue is compounded from the...
To: CGC Cc: WSW, Synoptic On: Law and the State From: Bruce I had previously mentioned several early Chinese views of the relation between law and the state....
Bruce Brooks: Never mind us: was Jesus himself concerned to distance himself from Judaism? Not Paul, whose inner world we have down on paper in more detail...
... From: "archeboc" <Emmanuel.Fritsch@...> To: <Synoptic@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 3:42 AM Subject: Re: [Synoptic-L] The James Nonsense...