All, For January, Eisenbrauns is having a clearance sale. To help make room for all those great new titles coming in 2007, we are offering 17-77% off on 59...
Does anyone know if it was Albert Schweitzer who said- They are like men who try to fill a leaking bucket in a far away stream, when all the time a well was...
The L.A. Times has an interesting review of the contretemps between Robinson and Meyer over the National Geographic's publication of the Gospel of Judas last...
It's an interesting, somewhat depressing story. By my lights neither Robinson nor Meyer covers himself with glory (assuming the Times reporting is accurate)....
Bob, I was interested in: "Meyer said the world was better off with the new Judas, who "was someone who understood Jesus better than any other apostle," and...
Rikk, I don't understand why any serious Jesus researcher would put any more stock in the Gospel of Judas as in the Gospel of Mary and other fantasy Gnostic...
Jack, This interested observer finds himself in complete agreement with you and Rikk that it's scandalous that any reputable scholar would impute any degree of...
Mike Grondin wrote: "In related news, Jeffrey Archer has now written his own "Gospel of Judas" - with assistance from "an eminent Australian biblical scholar",...
I'm in the middle of writing a piece on Jesus and angels and it suddenly struck me that I know little about the first century Jewish concept(s) of the...
If you mean angels in Christology, I would start with April D. Deconick, ed. Paradise Now, just published through SBL. If you mean, angels in general, I...
... Depends on what you mean by "angels." I'd check the Enochian literature, and Middle Platonism in general. There was Intertestamental literature regarding...
... Divine messengers like Gabriel and heavenly protectors like Michael. ... Thanks! I note that Psalm 148:2 and Nehemiah 9 speak of their creation by God. ;...
... Alan, Thanks for your reply. I mean angels in general. I have assumed that they were thought within first century Judaism(s) to have been created by the...
Jeffrey B. Gibson: Crispin H.T. Fletcher-Louis, Luke-Acts: Angels, Christology and Soteriology (Mohr Siebeck 1997) Richard H. Anderson [Non-text portions of...
... If you look in the ABD under MICHAEL (ANGEL), you will find that an "elaborate angelology emerged in Judaism during the Hellenistic period." You will also...
Try 1 Enoch Bill In a message dated 1/14/7 11:33:58 PM, Jeffrey wrote: <<I'm in the middle of writing a piece on Jesus and angels and it suddenly struck me...
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The following books have just arrived from Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, in the NTOA series: "Die Poetik der Apostelgeschichte: Eine narratologische Studie" by Ute...
Jeffrey: Yes, the Pseudepigrapha is loaded with suggestions and 1 Enoch is most detailed. Note that in the Hebrew Scriptures the idea of God as the Creator of...
Please pardon my asking (and the cross-posting), but does anyone out there have access to: Alexander Pallis, *To the Romans* (1920)? If you do, and you...
Yes, Jeffrey - I have both the CD and the hard copy. I'll be happy to look and see what I can find; is there anything in particular you'd like me to search...
... From: "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000@...> To: <crosstalk2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [XTalk] Sad news...
While reading the correspondence between Pliny the Younger and the Roman emperor Trajan, I noticed several references to "travel passes" that were needed for...
Hello everyone; I have been a regular reader here for a few years. It is an invaluable resource for me. Many thanks to the many contributors to this lively ...
Jeffrey, Here is one... "And the angel of the presence spoke to Moses by the word of the Lord, saying, "Write the whole account of creation, that in six days...
These are passes to use the imperial post as a transport system. I seem to remember complaints that so many councils were held in the late empire with bishops...
Dear Leon, With your lengthy attempt to refute the four "irrefutable facts" of Craig, methinks you bark up the wrong tree. J. of A. can have burried Jesus, the...