Listers may recall that the IAA announced the discovery of ancient anchors at the Dead Sea. The Israel Museum has issued a press release (in doc format- which...
20154
Richard H. Anderson
randerson58
Dec 2, 2005 12:29 pm
List members, Xtalk member, Lisbeth S. Fried's, new book is now available, The Priest and the Great King: Temple-Palace Relations in the Persian Empire,...
20155
Richard H. Anderson
randerson58
Dec 2, 2005 12:49 pm
I omitted the fact that the mimi-maxi bloggers will probably be discussing this book this weekend. Sit back and enjoy, and then make your decision to buy this...
20156
Lisbeth S. Fried
lizzfried
Dec 2, 2005 3:16 pm
This is very exciting for me, and flattering! How do I access this blog? Liz Fried _____ From: crosstalk2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:crosstalk2@yahoogroups.com]...
20157
Jim West
drjewest
Dec 2, 2005 3:49 pm
http://kratistostheophilos.blogspot.com/ Jim And shame on you Liz, if you were a regular biblioblog reader you would have heard yesterday! ;-) Congrats on the...
20158
Lisbeth S. Fried
lizzfried
Dec 2, 2005 4:08 pm
I barely know what a blog is, just that it's short for web log. I've never actually been to one, if that's what you do with them. Liz Fried _____ From:...
20159
Richard H. Anderson
randerson58
Dec 2, 2005 9:15 pm
Liz, I assume you mean the url for the journal which I posted this am Xtalk member, Lisbeth S. Fried's, new book is now available, The Priest and the Great...
20160
Joseph Codsi
josephcodsi
Dec 5, 2005 12:35 am
I cannot locate the reference to the Pauline text where it is said that, after the resurrection, Jesus has become "A VIVIFYING SPIRIT". Can you help with this...
20161
Jeff Peterson
jeffpeterson...
Dec 5, 2005 12:47 am
It's 1Cor 15:45. Jeff Peterson ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
20162
Jeffrey B. Gibson
jgibson000
Dec 6, 2005 2:56 am
Here's something that I received from David Busch, Executive Producer of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Religious Radio Programs. It might be of...
20163
Ernest Pennells
erniepennells
Dec 6, 2005 2:48 pm
[Jeffrey Gibson] ... implies -- then the quest is a wild goose chase, and any relevance the quest has is based on an illusion.< Doesn't that depend upon your...
20164
Tony Buglass
tonybuglass
Dec 6, 2005 3:41 pm
Jeffrey wrote: If Jesus never existed -- as the "myth" in the title implies -- then the quest is a wild goose chase, and any relevance the quest has is based...
20165
Tim Crosby
tim-crosby@...
Dec 6, 2005 4:05 pm
Does anyone know whether sex-change operations were performed in the Roman Empire in the first century? I stumbled upon the following three passages which seem...
20166
Jim West
drjewest
Dec 6, 2005 4:14 pm
... No- that is not correct. Bultmann's program wasn't "demythologizing" anyway, it was "remythologizing" (since thats what "Entmythologieserung" means- or...
20167
Lisbeth S. Fried
lizzfried
Dec 6, 2005 4:21 pm
Dear Jim, Could you please explain what you mean here? Any God that can be confined to history isn't worth worshipping. Thanks, Liz Fried Ann Arbor [Non-text...
20168
Jim West
drjewest
Dec 6, 2005 4:29 pm
... What I mean is that any God who can be confined to historical categories, investigation, or scientific discovery, isn't really any sort of God at all. God...
20169
Thomas L. Thompson
tlt@...
Dec 6, 2005 4:42 pm
Myth bears with it the sense of story; just so mytharion is a little story. This is the primary sense in which I have used it in my Messiah Myth. Thomas Thomas...
20170
Stephen C. Carlson
scarlson_min...
Dec 6, 2005 5:54 pm
... I've only glanced at the first two references, and they appear to describe making eunuchs. As this area is not exactly my specialty, I cannot really say...
20171
John C. Poirier
johncpoirier
Dec 6, 2005 6:44 pm
... Wouldn't it be better to say that such a God isn't really the God of *classical theism*, but he/she could be the God of biblical theism? John C. Poirier...
20172
Tony Buglass
tonybuglass
Dec 6, 2005 7:15 pm
Jim wrote: No- that is not correct. Bultmann's program wasn't "demythologizing" anyway, it was "remythologizing" (since thats what "Entmythologieserung"...
20173
Jim West
drjewest
Dec 6, 2005 7:45 pm
ent is an inseperable preposition and can take a whole range of meanings. For instance, ent gegensehen means "look forward to" with ent being the "to" portion...
20174
Bob Schacht
r_schacht
Dec 6, 2005 9:11 pm
... This discussion is in danger of veering off topic, but let me bring it back by focusing on what we mean by "history." Various meanings are adduced, e.g. *...
20175
John C. Poirier
johncpoirier
Dec 6, 2005 9:37 pm
... Bob, I agree that the confusion is terminological, but it goes beyond the definitions that you give. Part of the problem lies within the twentieth-century...
20176
Tony Buglass
tonybuglass
Dec 6, 2005 9:59 pm
Jim wrote: ent is an inseperable preposition and can take a whole range of meanings. For instance, ent gegensehen means "look forward to" with ent being the...
20177
Lisbeth S. Fried
lizzfried
Dec 7, 2005 2:01 am
I would have thought that any God that was not manifest in history was totally pointless. Liz Fried Ann Arbor _____ From: crosstalk2@yahoogroups.com...
20178
Bob Schacht
r_schacht
Dec 7, 2005 8:56 am
... Of course. This is the perspective of the writers of the Tanakh, which considers "history" to be what happened in the past. In the strong sense, this view...
20179
John C. Poirier
johncpoirier
Dec 7, 2005 12:40 pm
... Yes, I agree. Lest you misunderstand my point, I was lodging a complaint about how classical theism has screwed things up for modern theology, and ...
20180
Gordon Raynal
feydmartha
Dec 7, 2005 12:53 pm
... Bob, This sort of post is veering into theology, but a couple things need noting: 1. First (and regarding a brief theological comment) save for those who...
20181
John C. Poirier
johncpoirier
Dec 7, 2005 1:43 pm
... Gordon, I know Bob can fend for himself, but I think you have misunderstood what he said. He said that "the writers of the Tanakh . . . consider[]...
20182
Ernest Pennells
erniepennells
Dec 7, 2005 2:10 pm
[Bob Schacht] ... We might add that MYTH is more like MYTHtery than MYTHtake. Regards, Ernie Pennells Samaa el Maadi Tower No 2B Level 12 Apartment 4 28...
