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...
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...
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...
... 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,...
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...
I apologize for inadvertently including Synoptic-L in a circular email which was nothing to do with the gospels. Alan Bill Alan Bill, BD, AKC (King's...
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[This is an abridged version of the original version, on XTalk] Paul wrote, NRS 1 Corinthians 1:22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom,... I got to...
If I may ask, what is the exact difference in the covering over Jesus' head/eyes in Mark and Luke? Mark says head covered, Luke says blindfold. Is there any...
In "The Case against Q", p.13, n.53, Mark Goodacre makes a revealing comment. E.P.Sanders had accepted Goulder's presentation of the FT with one "substantial...
Suppose we have two documents, A and B, and we have reason to suspect that parts of one were copied from the other. We observe that there are (say) 6 instances...
... But don't forget that "education" can happen in informal contexts, such as the marketplace, and the differences between Koine and classical Greek. Crossan...
... I don't recall that Mark wrote that *all* of their sources were oral, but rather that some of the sources they used were oral. We say that Mark used oral...
... Mark, Thanks for your well-stated summary. I feel more at home with your summary than with most others I have read about. The way I see it, we're dealing...
At the end of chapter 40, where he discusses Lk 22:17-20, Tertullian refers to wine several times. However, he does not use the phrase "fruit of the vine," as...
It is interesting that amongst the followers of Jesus there was not only Simon the Zealot but there was also Judah the Sicarius. The Pharisaic movement was a...
To: Synoptic / GPG On: The Sermon on the Mount From: Bruce My recent note on the Matthean Sermon was perhaps just a trifle brief. One should preferably deal...
To: Synoptic / GPG In Response To: David Mealand On: One of Ron's Logia From: Bruce I had suggested . . . well, here is the suggestion: (A4). It is easier for...
To: Synoptic In Response To: Ron On: Aphorisms From: Bruce Ron disputes the niceness of his set of Sayings, and denies an intention to make them so. The Q...
To: Synoptic / GPG On: The Supposed Logia From: Bruce My characterization of the Mt/Lk common material as unorganized has drawn a certain amount of objection...
³Whoever is not with me is against me, And whoever does not gather with me scatters.² The Greek of this aphorism is identical in Mt 12:30 // Lk 11:23. In...
To: Synoptic On: Meanings of Words From: Bruce There has been a question of what Paul means in 1 Cor 11:23. To Jeffrey Gibson: Strong's (in some of its many...
Until recently I had always thought that there must be some historical event behind this story, if only in order to explain the arrest of Jesus. Now I am not...
... According to Juelicher's edition of the Itala, Luke 22:19b-20a is missing in a b d e ff2 i l and present in some form in aur c f r1 vg. Note that at least...
To: Synoptic On: Alpha Christianity Call for Papers From: Bruce Oldtime members of Synoptic may recall how over the past decade or so I have now and then drawn...
Today I've uploaded the new web page whose url is indicated below. This new page indicates the original structure of Mark's gospel, together with my reasons...
Apologies for cross posting and for getting this out so late! Please come to the 15th annual E-Lister's Meeting at the the Society of Biblical Literature's...
When looking at mss variants in Lk, I note that many times I see it suggested that Lk has been assimilated to either Mt or Mk, and that therefore such variants...
To: Synoptic Containing: Spam Caution From: Bruce I happened to check my spam file today (a thing I do not regularly do), and discovered that 15 posts from...
