... atonement Christology "in the tradition of the Judaic tradition of a righteous one suffering martyrdom for the expiation of others' sins (see, as Betz...
... At the risk of appearing to be indulging in blatant self-promotion, I would tentatively point out that my own book _The Jewish Context of Jesus' Miracles_...
... as to Solomon and demons etc., You might check Chapter 7 of the Wisdom of Solomon as to early traditions about Solomon and also 11QPsAp containing some...
... [Rikk] This of course assumes that Jesus only saw himself as a prophet. The problem is I know of no first century expectation of a prophetic figure doing...
... Ernie, I stand by my assessment of Mark as a writer of consummate rhetorical skill, who was not bound by tradition before him. if it did not suit his ...
I received word today that Bob Funk is terminally ill. His lungs have failed or are on the brink of complete failure: This note arrived today. Bob's lungs...
Hi Ted, Thanks for taking the time to respond in your characteristic style ‹ are you sure you're not a distant relative of the author of Hebs‹ see 13:22,...
[Ted Weeden] ... that Mark is close to being a literary genius.< The strongest component of your argument is the parallel motifs in the Jesus stories. The...
Ted, I am afraid your detailed essay on this subject has failed to prove your point. You have failed to give sufficent account to the evidence adduced by...
... Actually, I had been meaning to add something along these lines to my 8/17 post to Ted, and that is basically this: Ted was trained in the arts of literary...
This email just arrived Colleagues, Bob is at home with his family, under Hospice care. The Hospice nurse this morning estimated one to three more days,...
John, I see that you continue to exempt yourself from list protocol by not identifying yourself at the end except just by name ... oh, well ... I also notice...
... All messages must be signed -- with a full name and some indication of social location and/or academic affiliation. Jeffrey -- Jeffrey B. Gibson,...
I suffered the illusion that I had proofed my comments before posting them, but just now I re-read them after they went up on-line and found that I had not...
Jeffrey, I do appreciate your most prompt posted response to my statement, but I must confess that it leaves me unclear as to who you are agreeing with or even...
... I am supporting your notion -- as do our protocols -- that a name in a signature is not enough. I take your point, too, that "institutional" is probably...
... Our list protocols at http://ntgateway.com/xtalk/#protocol includes the ... Please note the "if any" and "if applicable". Besides your name, "some ...
I thought that Jesus studies had progressed beyond the point where Josephus would be used as a source for anything having to do with Jesus. If Josephus had...
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Thank you for giving me excellent suggestions. I do appreciate it. Correct me if i am wrong, i observe that there are not many studies have been done on...
... Ekaputra, You might want to take a look at Stevan Davies book, Jesus the Healer. It does not focus on theology, but rather on charismatic healers in ...
Albert Schweitzer died on this day in 1965. Schweitzer was one of the most gifted persons in Western history. His abilities in historical Jesus studies,...
Frank, Thank you for reading my article. It has only been uploaded a few days and I hadn't got around to publicising it. Indeed I was not sure I should do so...
Sadly, this email just arrived Bob died last night at about 11 p.m. He went so quietly it is hard to know the exact moment. I was alone in the room with him...
... Apologies for the earlier abortive post. In her well researched THE HUMAN CHRIST (1998), Charlotte Allen raises questions about whether Albert Schweitzer's...
Thanks for this posting, if only because I led me to "google" Ms. Allen, by which I found out a little about her, including that she is a journalist who seems...
... These are all good questions, *including* the "obvious" about the physical resources that he had available. Remember that in a sense, Schweitzer became a...
Bob Funk and the Westar Institute have meant more to my Christian journey than I can possibly express. I first met Bob, and his wife, Char, several years ago...
Bob Funk and the Westar Institute have meant more to my Christian journey than I can possibly express. I first met Bob, and his wife, Char, several years ago...