Listers, I am very appreciative of the responses to my essay on the orthodox Death Tradition as a misrepresentation of the historical Jesus. They have been ...
This is a late reply to Ted Weeden's extensive, February 1, argumentation re. Jesus ben Ananias in Josephus' Jewish War (see below). He argued Mark's trial...
Dear Listers, I have recently written an essay entitled, "Christian Orthodoxy's Death Tradition: a Misrepresentation of the Historical Jesus," an essay which...
In case it's of interest, here's a link to my new paper (34 pages; 334 kb pdf file), "Jannaeus, His Brother Absalom, and Judah the Essene," on the history and...
Hi, I am hoping someone here can help me out with a reference. I am looking for a statement in one of the early church fathers that Jesus in fact died in old ...
Listers, I sent this off-list because of its length and before seeing other responses. Ted offered interesting comments. To make this a part of the discussion,...
Just so you know, James Poirier has an essay scheduled to appear in the August issue of Expository Times titled "The Canonical Approach and the Idea of...
textual criticism passes on this bit from Publishers Weekly *Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the New Testament and Why * *Bart D. Ehrman. Harper...
Since L. Aelius Lamia, governor of Syria, remained in Rome until his death in 32, who performed the traditional legal and administrative functions in Syria? To...
The latest BR has an article by Stephen J. Patterson that answers the question asked on this forum a month or two ago about the dozen most important works on...
Listers may be interested in knowing that Ben Witherington has a weblog. I was unaware of it until today. His latest entry on Colossae is pretty interesting....
... I believe there is a discussion of this in Neil Elliot's _Liberating Paul_. Unfortunately, I don't have the book ready to hand to check. But I seem to...
Is there a general consensus on how much interaction the average Galilean peasant/farmer/fisherman would have had with the local urban areas? Richard Horsley...
Loren Rossen is probably too shy to mention it himself- for fear of being labelled some sort of self-aggrandizing ego maniac. So on his behalf (though he...
With apologies for cross posting: The next web page for the Harris NT Intro that I'll be revising and expanding upon is the one that on the Harris Web site...
I wish to thank all those who have participated in the lively exchanges we had in the recent past concerning my theory. I have started a yahoo discussion group...
I've pretty much completed my revision of the original web page for Chapter 2 of Harris' New Testament Introduction. I've transformed it into a PDF file and...
... Maybe those two books can help: Du chatiment dans la cité : supplices corporels et peine de mort dans le monde antique : table ronde organisée par...
With apologies for cross posting. Here's my first draft of the revision to the Web Links page for Chapter 7, "Gospels: Form and Purpose," in Harris's Into. ...
... I wonder if you'd be kind enough to share with us what, out of what might be considered the best studies -- either monographs or articles -- on the...
... I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but volume 2 Introduction is available on TC-ebind. Unfortunately, this is a preliminary OCR without a...
I'm fairly certain that Hort's Appendix to the Wescott Hort Critical edition of the NT is on line somewhere. But my searches are turning up a blank. Can...
Our own dear Mark Goodacre has suffered a family loss in the death Sunday of his Grandmother, Dorothy. She was 92. My personal sympathies are extended to Mark...
Just time for a couple of brief comments about your theory, Joseph. Most of what you write touches upon issues which have been the stuff of critical gospel...
Bob Webb, On the Physical death of Jesus http://www.frugalsites.net/jesus/ at the top of the page click on crucifixion site menu and then crucifixion. Richard...
The discussion headed "...consensus..." prompts me to pose a related question, because I find myself a bit puzzled at the preponderance of discussion on this...
I find David B. Gowler's task quite interesting. But I feel the need to go beyond the question: **What Are They Saying About the Historical Jesus?** Is there a...
Here is a summary of my theory on the dual role the disciples had to play as eyewitnesses of what happened during the life of Jesus, and as witnesses of the...
We have debated before on this list various aspects of the politics of Jesus. What was his attitude towards Rome? Towards the Roman procurator in Jerusalem,...
