To: GPG Cc: Synoptic, Crosstalk, WSW On: Acts From: Bruce Not to come between Dennis Goffin (who has repeated his suggestion about Ac 20:28 and the Christology...
Chuck, As I read it, when Paul says " I am not responsible for the blood of any of you", he is not referring to persecution but to the fact that he has...
Dennis Goffin said, "Chuck, As I read it, when Paul says " I am not responsible for the blood of any of you", he is not referring to persecution but to the...
Dennis Dean Carpenter asked " How do you equate blood to souls, in Greek culture? " Very easily, Paul, like Philo, and Josephus for that matter, had to bridge...
Dennis, Whether we read "the blood of you" as referring to their vulnerability to persecution, heresy, or abandoning the faith, my point is that in this...
Chuck, Looking at this passage in the New Living Translation, I think it brings out the sense a lot better. 20:26 Let me say plainly that I have been faithful....
Dennis, This paraphrase obscures the problem. If we were to paraphrase the two phrases the same way, then the church would have been purchased by Jesus'...
If a watchman sees the enemy and doesn't sound the warning call, then he is guilty of whatever blood is spilled by the enemy. But if he sounds the alarm, then...
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Jul 1, 2010 9:11 am
Reflecting further on Acts 20.28 after rereading Lake & Cadbury (Beginnings Vol.4 p.261), there is a good case for translating periepoih/sato as "rescued"...
Dennis Goffin stated, "Dennis Dean Carpenter asked " How do you equate blood to souls, in Greek culture? " Very easily, Paul, like Philo, and Josephus for that...
Reading Paul's speech to the Athenians, I was struck by his repetition of the identical statement made by Stephen that God " does not live in houses (shrines)...
Dennis, I've read before that after the destruction of the Temple, the sects of the Sadducees and Zealots evaporated because they were no longer relevant or...
With apologies for cross posting. Can anyone tell me what the substance of the claim is -- made, so I'm told (and am just now beginning to investigate), in...
Reading Christopher Rowland's 500 page study of apocalyptic literature from 300BC to 300AD "The Open Heaven", I am struck by the importance of viewing the...
To: Crosstalk Cc: Synoptic, GPG On: Michael Goulder From: Bruce Thanks to Robert Brenchley for announcing his new blog on Crosstalk. I took a look at it, and...
To: Crosstalk Cc: Synoptic, GPG With Thanks To: David Mealand (Edinburgh) Again On: Michael Goulder From: Bruce I am grateful to David for sending me the...
Thanks for mentioning the sad death of Michael Goulder here, Bruce. It is indeed surprising that it had not been mentioned on Synoptic-L or Xtalk and I...
Mark, Thanks for the reference, and perhaps especially the pictures. It all helps. One correction, though: Michael's memoir Five Stones has been published, and...
Thanks, Bruce. Yes, the memoir came out last September; it may be that you missed the date stamp on that post. All best, Mark ... -- Mark Goodacre Duke...
To: Crosstalk Cc: Synoptic, GPG, WSW On: Auch Kleine Dinge: In Memoriam Michael Goulder Date: 25 July 2010 Time: A little past midnight From: Bruce In my...
To: Crosstalk Cc: Synoptic, GPG On: 25 July: Inverse Virtue From: Bruce While we are waiting for the pizza, here at Papa's, and just to get things started,...
Michael Goulder's sense of humour made him one of the most interesting lecturers I've ever come across. His generosity extended to trying, over an extended...
... I can see an argument that the poetic style of the Double Tradition suggests an origin in Aramaic or at least pre-Matthean composition (although Goulder ...
... Jeff, So far, so good. ... My contention here is that Goulder's arguments about common style were based primarily on the non-aphoristic passages in Q,...
To: CrossTalk Cc: GPG In Response To: Ron Price On: The Lukan Omission From: Bruce This is one of those revolving topics that come up now and then, and get ...
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Maluflen@...
Aug 3, 2010 11:47 pm
In a recent post, Bruce Brooks wrote: ? ?Matthew, another known Mark reader, did his best to patch in what he thought would have been the ending. ? Leonard:...
Leonard, Each of the synoptic writers did a masterful job of taking his source material and shaping a coherent narrative and thematic consistency. So the...
... Your discussion intrigues me, but perhaps out of ignorance. Please provide greater detail, or at least references, on the "Several attempts have been made...
