Rikk Watts wrote on February 28, 2005: Subject: Re: [XTalk] Issue of Hermeneutical Skepticism: Unwarranted, Unreasonable? ... Rikk, the issue I raised...
FYI. I find it interesting that they used Anglicans in this study. Now, I happen to know that many Anglicans do believe in the power of prayer and miraculous...
Bob et al, I don't know whether listmembers are generally aware that Trinity College students are probably more likely than not to believe in the power of...
Twelve disciples are widely accepted as reflecting the tribal structure of ancient Israel, and symbolic of national renewal. Yet NT tradition lacks ...
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... Wasn't this a matter of political administration? That is, Romans didn't give a fig about tribes, so tribes were not a unit of taxation. However, under...
... Yes, the twelve together symbolize national renewal, yet individually some of the tribe names have other connotations: e.g., "Ephraim" symbolized the ...
Josephus, a NT contemporary, in Ant. 18 refers to the tribe of Christians. Throughout Ant. and War, Josephus identifies individuals, many non biblical by their...
Adding to my earlier post, I am wondering in view of many non biblical by their tribe identified by Josephus, probably Romans, if the census forms required...
... was from Asher. Richard Bauckham has a long essay on Anna and her presence as representing the Babylonian exiles in his book, Gospel Women. Bob Bob...
... Thanks for this. I think I should back off my claim that it would be a "trick" to know that Anna was an Asherite. I'm afraid I'd fallen into the habit of...
Greetings, I don't know if I can change my status as a non-poster with this speculation; but what if a larger portion of the Jewish Christians were of one...
Dear Ted, Sorry about the delay in getting back. Once again, let me reiterate that ... This, not classic criteria, was the issue. We agree that the nub of the...
Thanks foir labelling Jo as a minimalist. I must remember that next time I engage in debate with Gordon Raynal ;-)' Let me encourage you to chip in on Xtalk....
Ernest Pennells
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[John C. Poirier] ... with the last name of "Saul" are presumed to be Benjamites.) < That makes me wonder whether Paul's claim is no more than a speculative ...
Ernest Pennells
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Rikk, I too wish at times to combat extreme scepticism. The Gospels refer in some important way to the Jesus of history. However, I deny that Mark's aim was ...
Sorry Karel, but I'm not sure precisely what that post contained. However, the Passover Haggadah theory, as you would well know, is not new. John Bowman's 1965...
... convenience, Jesus Remembered, p. 207n182, where he first states that Bailey regrets his overstatement re the Hogg traditions (after all, Bailey's article...
... One does not have to posit that the Gospel cannot be bioi and must be a passover hagadah to believe or assert that. Jeffrey -- Jeffrey B. Gibson,...
Dear Rick, If I failed to answer you, my excuses. I do try to answer contributors as faithful as I can. Sometimes my messages have not come through, perhaps ...
Rikk, I noticed you had trouble locating my contribution of Febr 24. For ... Eric responded. ... Response: As long as exegetes cannot agree on the literary...
Has anyone since Alexander Nairne ever taken up the thesis that the occasion and setting of the Epistle to the Hebrews was the Jewish War of 66-70 CE? Was...
... event in ... come from ... Is it a ... Passover ... Haggadah or ... annual ... was not ... celebrated ... the ... interpreting ... especially new ... ...
Rikk Watts wrote on March 4: Dear Ted, Sorry about the delay in getting back. Once again, let me reiterate that the primary issue was one point and one alone: ...
For what it is worth, there is no discussion of this thesis in Harold Attridge's Commentary on Hebrews in the Hermeneia (1989) and Nairne rates one footnote in...
Rikk and Listers, Toward the end of my post of 3/5, "Hermeneutical Skepticism: Unwarranted . . . ," I make reference to your "3/24" post, Rikk. That is a...
Rikk, My apologies. I indicate in my 3/5 post that I am responding to what you wrote on 3/4 to me in your XTalk post "Hemerneutical Skepticism: Unwarranted,...
Listers may want to read this: http://www.roanoke.com/extra%5C19582.html Jim -- Jim West Biblical Studies Resources - http://web.infoave.net/~jwest Biblical...
... Ted, One of the reasons I find your long posts difficult is that they include so much extraneous material. I share Rikk's wish that you would focus more ...
On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 13:53:33 -1000, Bob Schacht <r_schacht@...> wrote, quoting Ted Weeden: [TJW] ... [RS] ... Forgive the interventiion, but I disagree...
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