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...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
May 23, 2012 2:22 pm
Although this is way off-topic for Synoptic-L, I need to protest two statements below. 1. "Critical opinion (by which I do not mean M Barth) finds Ephesians to...
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David Inglis
djino1
May 23, 2012 10:52 pm
The question I posed doesn't (I think) require that we specify whether Ephesians is either genuine or pseudopigraphical. All I was asking is whether Marcion's...
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E Bruce Brooks
ebrucebrooks
May 24, 2012 4:12 am
To: Synoptic In Response To: David I On: Ephesians as Pauline From: Bruce If Ephesians is Pauline, and Mark is early, than Ephesians is relevant to the...
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Dennis Goffin
dennis_goffin
May 26, 2012 1:08 pm
Reading Telford's book "The Theology of the Gospel of Mark" I find myself agreeing with everything he says in his analysis on pages 50 to 54 except for his...
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Ronald Price
ron18price
May 26, 2012 5:18 pm
... Dennis, I find myself in agreement with Telford on this point. Firstly, there is a clear a priori argument in favour of the label "Son of Man" having been...
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Dennis Goffin
dennis_goffin
May 26, 2012 6:23 pm
Ron, The Aramaic merely said 'one like a human being' did it not ? It was the LXX that had the word for word translation huios tou anthropou that was...
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arnehalbakken
May 26, 2012 6:51 pm
The Aramaic has cebar 'enosh. (I'm not taking the time to use the proper transliteration.) Likewise, "the" LXX has hWS hUIOS ANQRWPOU (without the definite...
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E Bruce Brooks
ebrucebrooks
May 28, 2012 12:30 am
To: Synoptic In Response To: Mark Matson On: Critical Scholarship From: Bruce Mark recently protested (his word) two of my previous statements. It seems there...
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David Cavanagh
dacavanagh
May 28, 2012 11:00 am
... I would suggest that Paul does not use "Son of Man" because his mission is to Gentiles, and the term is Jewish and would have made sense only to a Jewish...
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Ronald Price
ron18price
May 28, 2012 1:29 pm
... David, Your explanation would appear to be inadequate because given your reasoning, Paul would not have used the term "Messiah" either, yet he never tires...
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Richard Godwin
epignwsis
May 28, 2012 2:44 pm
... From: Ronald Price To: Synoptic-L Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [Synoptic-L] THE SON OF MAN ... David, Your explanation would appear to...
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Richard Godwin
epignwsis
May 28, 2012 3:09 pm
A good case for Paul's use of "christos"; is from understanding his Greek thinking and background, that the word refers back to Greek sources, derived from...
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Ronald Price
ron18price
May 28, 2012 3:33 pm
... Richard, I don't think so. Paul wrote that the Messiah (Christ) comes from Israel (Rom 9:4-5). ... Actually I think he *was* anointed. The story in Mk...
