Tim and I have been tossing some ideas around regarding this, and we thought we'd share it here to get a wider range of input. My study suggests that a least a...
Steph wrote, Matthew's birth and resurrection narratives may have, according to the MwQH, initially inspired Luke to rewrite Mark with his somewhat different...
Hello David, I don't think we can appeal to any consensus regarding some version of a Two Source Hypothesis. Who has done the count, and what constitutes a...
Dave wrote: How plausible does it seem that in the earliest tradition it was originally the Pharisees that had lost their saltiness? Tim: If you are asking...
I have a question for the group regarding what the author of the gospel of Mark is trying to tell us. I'm sorry if this may be slightly off topic, but I think...
Since I've just arrived to this list and haven't read all the conversations people have had so far, forgive me if I'm bringing up a boring or already discussed...
Hello, I've been looking at the salt sayings in Mark, and I would appreciate feedback on the following idea. Mark 9:47-50 It is better for you to enter the...
Dear Brian, I've not read Wright's book. Alas, I have not the opportunity. However, taking your resume as a guideline, I think Wright is right in seeking to ...
In his first big book, "The New Testament and the People of God", NT Wright outlines a perspective on the genre of Mark, which he characterizes as a sort of...
I'm going through G. Ch. Storr's treatment of Marcan priority in his _Ueber den Zwek [sic] der evangelisten Geschichte und der Briefe Johannis_ (Tübingen:...
"It is interesting to note that (as Dr. Abbott has shown) the fourth Gospel inserts or refers to every incident given in St. Mark which St. Luke has passed...
To: Synoptic Cc: WSW (and various individuals) On: Ethical Transition From: Bruce I was more or less minding my own business, cataloguing a lost and ...
To: WSW Cc: Synoptic (NT field); Stanley Insler; Carol Thomas On: A Parable From: Bruce Lo, ye Sinological people, do ye sit down on the grass by groups and ...
With apologies for cross posting Here is the revised and final list of e-list members who have indicated that they will be attending SBL and or the E-Lister's...
Apologies for cross posting Here is (a) the third and Final Call for the 9th annual gathering of all NT and Biblical e-list members (i.e. XTalkers, B-Greeks,...
With the discovery of a 10th century BCE alphabet as reported in the news, is it possible that more notes might have been taken during the period of Jesus'...
... All I may say is that Tremontant's (not Tremontant) and Carmignac's theories are famous in France, but not well considered by historians. Emmanuel. ...
Apologies for cross posting! This is the second announcement of the 9th annual gathering of all NT and Biblical e-list members (i.e. XTalkers, B-Greeks, and ...
To: Synoptic On: Farrer-Goulder Hypothesis Notes 1-4 From: Bruce Suppose that, for whatever reason, it is desired to convince four people, four carefully...
To: Synoptic On: Brill Sale Link From: Bruce In case there are some who didn't get an announcement directly, there are some useful NT related items, at more...
"The bible and its influence" is a newly published text designed to be able to be used in American public high schools to study the bible's impact on culture....
To: Synoptic In Response To: Tim Lewis On: Consensus Within NT From: Bruce Thanks to Tim for his extensive comment on the fluid consensus about Q. I had in...
Bruce: there is such a thing as a center of gravity of opinion within NT scholarship. It would be useful to know where this center was, so that in arguing...
To: Synoptic On: Consensus Within NT From: Bruce Needless to say, no one position on all the NT writings will include everyone, but still, there is such a...
To: CGC Cc: Synoptic On: Overlap From: Bruce [I am intentionally leaving this lying around where some NT folks may see it, but I here address my fellow...
You open the door to the meaning of the net. In Matthew's gospel immediately after Jesus calls Peter and Andrew and James and John, they leave their 'nets for...
I think you will enjoy this. I was just reading Matthew 17:24-27 on the temple tax. After all these years of being dumbfounded, it's nice to finally...
