With apologies for cross posting. It's that time of year again when the Society of Biblical Literature's Annual Meeting is just round the corner (Nov....
Gentlemen Perhaps I missed it, but I can not see that anyone responded or took note of my contribution to this discussion last week. Discussion has continued...
Bob, I'm embarrassed to admit that the most vivid recollections I have of the external staircase/ladder are from illustrations in Sunday School literature when...
... Nope. Just a ladder on the outside wall where some industrious looking woman appears to be spreading grain to dry. ... I can't imagine constructing a...
... Thanks, Jim. Does this show entrance to the roof through an opening in the roof for the stairs? ... Evidence-- even archaeological evidence-- can be...
... Life in Biblical Israel- King & Stager, p 18, p. 29 (which shows the sleeping quarters on the second INSIDE story). I saw once somewhere but now can't...
... Thanks. What evidence is there for this? That's really the bottom line, isn't it? An ethnocentric thought that does not count as evidence is my feeling...
I will need to come back to this with a more full reply later. I am teaching today. However, in the meantime a few quick comments. As is well known, roofing...
Bob, I believe the stairways or ladders to these rooftop patios were on the outside of the house, not the inside. Chuck Rev. Chuck Jones Atlanta, Georgia Bob...
... Indeed. I cannot offer any primary information about the archaeology, but modern Americans typically do not understand the extent to which Middle ...
... From: David Hindley [mailto:dhindley@...] Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:49 AM To: 'No Reply' Subject: RE: [Synoptic-L] Digest Number 133 ...
Hello, Arguing about technical details in Luke on a french forum, we deeply disagree about "keramon" in Luke 5:19. It has been said that "tiles" were not...
Apologies to the list for the message that went through earlier. We have, of course, banned the person who was attempting to spam the list. Mark -- Mark...
Hello, I've noticed that a number of people accuse others of not acting in a "loving" manner at times. Do you practice the warm and fuzzy "new age" way of...
First of all, I'd like to touch on one old discussion. Some time back I suggested the possibility that NT scholars might not be familiar with a "Bayesian";...
To: Synoptic In Response To: Dave Gentile On: Sayings Sources, Real and Otherwise From: Bruce Among much else of interest in his latest contribution, Dave had...
... round, it ... 16:17. ... That's reasonable. And, all else being equal, probably our first guess. But Christianity was also a fairly radical break from ...
Ken wrote: You make a bunch of initial assumptions Dave: I'm sure I make some assumptions for simplification, although at least some of these have an empirical...
... Dave, As Christianity was born out of Judaism, and not the other way round, it seems to me more natural to see Mk 13:31 as a development of Q 16:17. ... ...
... meaning better. Does Luke regard the gospel of Matthew as an older source with better knowledge of actual events than Luke himself has? Or does Luke regard...
For any teachers out there: for those of you who have introduced the synoptic problem to students lately, on my blog http://sourcetheory.blogspot.com/ I have...
I wrote: Did you have a specific narrative example in mind? And Ron replied: The most prominent is the story of Peter's denial which presents Peter as ...
... Dave, The most prominent is the story of Peter's denial which presents Peter as disloyal, but there are several other passages such as Mk 3:31-35 which ...
snip "We also know that sayings sources existed (Thomas)" snip There was a sayings source (Thomas), but we don't really know that it was any earlier than the...
Ron Price wrote: For in my opinion Mark's liberal treatment of the basically Jewish sayings source is just what would be expected from his sharp criticisms of...
... Dave, I don't think there is a good argument, for these two suppositions seem to me to be essentially incompatible. For in my opinion Mark's liberal ...
Ron, I have to admit, I had not carefully considered what would differentiate my idea from yours. Given that they are both versions of the 3SH, they are going...
... reasoning here that I tried and apparently failed to bring to your attention in my last post. So let me ask a few simple questions in return. Is"...
