Sorry, I am telescoping this a bit. Luke 7:28-35: 28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God...
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Mark Goodacre
marksgoodacre
Apr 15, 2012 3:25 am
For many years now, list members will have appreciated Stephen Carlson's contributions. I am sure that you would all like to join me in taking a moment to...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
Apr 19, 2012 7:54 pm
Dear List: In a recent Master's thesis defense, I stumbled across a section in Mark that I had not considered before, and frankly am having a bit of a time...
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Jgibson
jgibson000
Apr 19, 2012 8:08 pm
... Yes. See my The Rebuke of the Disciples in Mark 8.14-21 (http://jnt.sagepub.com/content/8/27/31.extract) and especially the thesis of J.Ted Blakeley,...
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Chuck Jones
chuckjonez
Apr 20, 2012 3:38 pm
Mark, Here is a personal reflection. Â I wonder Jesus' comment is similar to GJohn in 4:23-25: Â "Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many...
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Bob Schacht
r_schacht
Apr 21, 2012 4:51 am
... Indeed, I have! ... Stephen, Congratulations! Now, how about sharing some of that with us? :-) And also, what's next for you? A teaching job? BTW, Stephen,...
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David Mealand
D.Mealand@...
Apr 22, 2012 5:22 pm
Mark M raised a question about the passage in Mark warning against the leaven of two groups of people. Jeffrey responded by citing his piece in JSNT which...
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Chuck Jones
chuckjonez
Apr 22, 2012 9:28 pm
In Mark Herod appears only in relationship to JtB. Â The only time he's mentioned in relationship to Jesus is when he fears that Jesus in the reincarnation of...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
Apr 23, 2012 1:57 pm
Jeffrey (and David Meadland also for his helpful comments): Thank you so much for this. Sorry I was delayed in getting a chance to read it. I see that you...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
Apr 23, 2012 2:06 pm
Chuck: Thank you for this thought on the "Herod/Pharisees" comment in Mark 8:15. I suppose it could be a comment about opposition in the face of miracles....
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
Apr 23, 2012 2:10 pm
Good point, Chuck. But it raises the question of who the "Herodians" are, and their relationship to Herod. And why this combination of people would want to...
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Chuck Jones
chuckjonez
Apr 23, 2012 4:14 pm
Mark, I assume we are to understand in Mark 3 that the Pharisees would need the power and influence of the ruling elite in Jerusalem to get Jesus killed. Â I...
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David Inglis
djino1
May 17, 2012 9:50 pm
Did aLk deliberately omit a large portion of Mk, or did he have a damaged copy of Mk that did not include a large portion of the text? It is increasingly...
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Dennis
ddcanne
May 17, 2012 10:20 pm
A tangential question, David might be this. Had that portion of Mark been composed when Luke was written or could it have been later? (By the way - Your...
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David Inglis
djino1
May 17, 2012 11:57 pm
Dennis, thanks for your comments on my site. As you can see, the Marcion analysis is still not finished, because I'm still hung up over Marcion's version of Lk...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
May 18, 2012 12:37 am
David: Here is my take: I think Luke definitely chose to ignore the Markan material. This is part of his compositional strategy in which the author exercises...
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E Bruce Brooks
ebrucebrooks
May 18, 2012 7:36 am
To: Synoptic On: The Great Omission From: Bruce David Inglis had shared his sense that the Great Omission in Luke was due to a defective Vorlage. Mark Matson...
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E Bruce Brooks
ebrucebrooks
May 18, 2012 12:43 pm
To: Synoptic Re: Borg on Chronology From: Bruce I see from advance publicity that Marcus J Borg, Evolution of the Word (HarperCollins, August 2012), will...
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Bob Schacht
r_schacht
May 18, 2012 3:12 pm
... I object to this characterization of Samaria. Rather than being a symbol of Gentiles (which Samaritans were not), I think it symbolizes Luke's message that...
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E Bruce Brooks
ebrucebrooks
May 18, 2012 4:53 pm
To: Synoptic (GPG) In Response To: Bob Schacht On: Samaritans and Gentiles From: Bruce I had suggested (without claiming entire originality for it, since both ...
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David Mealand
D.Mealand@...
May 19, 2012 10:00 am
Not too sure about some of the points made in this exchange Isn't Mark's second feeding set in the Decapolis? (i.e. mainly Gentile territory containing Greek...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
May 19, 2012 5:47 pm
David Mealand wrote: Not too sure about some of the points made in this exchange Isn't Mark's second feeding set in the Decapolis? (i.e. mainly Gentile...
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ernestpennells
May 19, 2012 10:46 pm
I can't resist this discussion. Whereas the mission of seventy(two) taken as a symbol of Gentile mission makes it a retrospective issue from a later era, the...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
May 20, 2012 4:17 pm
Ernie: As I understand it, the reason that the mission of the 70/72 is taken as anticipating a Gentile mission comes from the symbolism of number 72.... so the...
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ernestpennells
May 20, 2012 11:28 pm
Thank you, Mark. I find the conclusion that seventy is a symbolic reference to Gentiles unconvincing. Unpacking the symbolism: Seventy elders accompanied...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
May 21, 2012 12:38 am
Thanks Ernie for the great response. I don't know if I find the "gentile" symbolism all that much either... what I was citing was the "commonly cited" reasons...
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Emmanuel Fritsch
archeboc
May 21, 2012 8:11 am
... And Boismard thesis that half of Col is the missing Laod. ? manu...
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ernestpennells
May 21, 2012 1:42 pm
On the numbers game: Luke and Sinai traditions consistently mention seventy. However, when Moses and the seventy present themselves at the Tabernacle, they...
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David Inglis
djino1
May 21, 2012 9:06 pm
It is sometimes stated that Marcion created a Letter to the Laodiceans, but Tertullian states the following in Adv Marcion V: “We have it on the true...
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E Bruce Brooks
ebrucebrooks
May 23, 2012 4:16 am
To: Synoptic In Response To: David Inglis On: Ephesians and Colossians From: Bruce Critical opinion (by which I do not mean M Barth) seems to find Ephesians...
