I have come across three written statements to the effect that the Farrer Theory is now the leading competitor to the 2ST. Poirier in 'Statistical Studies of...
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poirier
johncpoirier
Dec 19, 2009 7:29 pm
Ron, I can speak for myself: I asked my magic 8-ball! Seriously, I based my statement on my familiarity with the field. I don't know how to quantify the...
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Maluflen@...
Dec 20, 2009 2:14 pm
Isn't it a bit self-serving to simply equate a wider acceptance of Markan priority with "progress";? I could imagine progress being defined as less doctinaire...
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Ron Price
ron18price
Dec 22, 2009 9:17 am
... Leonard, I take it to be "progress"; when rational arguments prevail. The arguments for Markan priority are strong when sensible allowance is made for the...
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David Mealand
D.Mealand@...
Jan 5, 2010 10:33 am
It is true that some patristic comments and ancient translations take the phrase to mean "within you". For a clear and instructive discussion of the...
Thanks David, Fortunately, this Fitzmyer commentary on Luke is available at my local university, so I can check it out. Frides, Netherlands -- I am using the...
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preachingjeff
Jan 6, 2010 7:03 am
My name is Jeff Reynolds. I live in Indianapolis with my wife of 26+ years (no kids). I'm an ordained minister though not regularly preaching (I work at a...
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ebrucebrooks
Jan 22, 2010 10:46 am
To: SJS On: Evolution in Christianity From: Bruce One of the most obvious things that the evidence tells us is that Christianity evolved (few facts about...
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ebrucebrooks
Jan 22, 2010 8:57 pm
To: GPG Cc: Other On: Evolution in Christianity 2 From: Bruce [It is conspicuous in gMk that the seeming teaching material is largely organized in several...
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Ron Price
ron18price
Jan 23, 2010 5:57 pm
... Bruce, Genius does not guarantee infallibility, especially in biblical studies, where most commentators in the past have been to some extent constrained by...
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brooks@...
ebrucebrooks
Jan 23, 2010 8:53 pm
To: Synoptic Cc: GPG, WSW In Response To: Ron Price On: Mk 4:10-20 (in: Evolution in Christianity 2) From: Bruce I had been pleased to accept the verdict of...
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Ron Price
ron18price
Jan 24, 2010 11:59 am
... Bruce, The transition is indicated by "When Jesus was alone with the twelve ..." (Mk 4:10a, REB). ... They get back into a boat in 4:35-36. ... You have...
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ebrucebrooks
Jan 24, 2010 8:56 pm
To: Synoptic Cc: GPG, WSW In Response To: Ron Price On: Mk 4:10f From: Bruce I had said that the session with the disciples, where Jesus explains the meaning...
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ebrucebrooks
Jan 25, 2010 6:18 am
To: GPG Cc: Other On: Evolution in Christianity 3 From: Bruce Another recently received book on the parables is B T D Smith, Parables of the Synoptic Gospels,...
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ebrucebrooks
Jan 27, 2010 6:38 am
To: Synoptic Cc: GPG, WSW Again On: Mk 4:10f PS From: Bruce I had recently argued that Mk 4:10-25 are an interpolation, essentially because they are a...
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ebrucebrooks
Jan 30, 2010 9:33 am
To: GPG Cc: WSW, Synoptic On: A Reading in 1 Th 2:7 From: Bruce Principled judicial dissent (I am thinking of Holmes, and lately of Brandeis) occupies somewhat...
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ebrucebrooks
Jan 31, 2010 4:48 am
To: GPG Cc: Var On: The Conversion of Paul From: Bruce I have found out something. It is possible to go to your library, take off the shelves everything with...
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David Cavanagh
dacavanagh
Jan 31, 2010 3:59 pm
... I'm left wondering why it is supposedly more objective and exemplary of academic distance to insist that what Paul experienced as a "supernatural vision"...
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brooks@...
ebrucebrooks
Jan 31, 2010 7:55 pm
To: Synoptic Cc: GPG, WSW In Response To: David Cavanaugh On: The Conversion of Paul From: Bruce I had wondered why Paul changed, from being a persecutor of...
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David Cavanagh
dacavanagh
Feb 1, 2010 8:15 am
... DAVID: I beg to differ. This is the hoary old chestnut that faith is irrational. Not so: faith, in all major world religions (Christian, Buddhism, Muslim...
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ebrucebrooks
Feb 1, 2010 10:57 am
To: Synoptic Cc: GPG In Response To: David Cavanagh On: Accretional Mark From: Bruce The nature of Paul's vision seems to me, for reasons earlier given, not...
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David Cavanagh
dacavanagh
Feb 1, 2010 12:12 pm
... Maybe it is just that I am younger and less experienced, but I would agree with your past self -Loisy's hypothesis is "frivolous" and indeed I would...
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Chuck Jones
chuckjonez
Feb 1, 2010 6:17 pm
Bruce, A couple of comments on Paul's conversion. First, it seems historically safe to conclude that Paul did in fact experience a vision of Jesus. Second,...
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David Mealand
D.Mealand@...
Feb 7, 2010 12:19 pm
Bruce writes that none of the books in his library answer the question why did Paul change? My memory is that some books do at least have a go at this. I...
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Dennis Dean Carpenter
ddcanne
Feb 7, 2010 1:14 pm
One might also ask whether it was "Paul" who changed, or whether those who copied the Paulines over time, those who represented what became the orthodoxy...
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brooks@...
ebrucebrooks
Feb 7, 2010 7:22 pm
To: Synoptic Cc: GPG, WSW In Response To: David Mealand On: Paul's Change of Mind From: Bruce Thanks to David for the reference to Theissen, and especially the...
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ebrucebrooks
Feb 7, 2010 8:08 pm
To: Synoptic Cc: GPG, WSW In Response To: Dennis Dean Carpenter On: Paul's Change of Mind From: Bruce DENNIS: One might also ask whether it was "Paul" who...
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ebrucebrooks
Feb 14, 2010 2:04 pm
To: GPG Cc: Synoptic, Crosstalk, WSW On: The Temple Veil From: Bruce Arthur Waley, in his review of a biography of the Persianist Anquetil-Duperron, notes that...
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brooks@...
ebrucebrooks
Feb 19, 2010 7:15 pm
To: GPG Cc: Synoptic In Response To: Previous Questions On: The Rending of the Veil From: Bruce I had doubted that Jesus consciously and forethoughtfully...
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Ron Price
ron18price
Feb 20, 2010 9:14 am
Farrer Theory supporters are often asked why, if Luke used Matthew, would he break up Matthew's impressive Sermon on the Mount. Of course the judgement as to...
