If you missed the Colbert Report last night don't miss one of the many airings today. Delightful! -- Jim West, ThD http://drjewest.googlepages.com/ --...
... The video should also be available at comedycentral.com later on today if it isn't already. The session with Bart Ehrman from the Daily Show is still up,...
Hi I saw much of it last night. She seemed to have picked up a technique that worked: she basically agreed without quibble or qualification with everything he...
... I'm really not personally annoyed by it because it's all part and parcel of the 1) open canon movement and 2) Pagels clear preference for gnostic and...
... Same here, except that I though the Gospel of Judas was mid-second century (being referenced by Irenaeus in the late second century). But your point still...
... Yes! Her presentation in popular media lacks discrimination, as does that of many scholars. "Early Christianity" sure, but *how* early? An aside: I...
... That's a reasonable trade-off: If you only have so much air time, do you want to spend it swatting down your host's silly stuff, or do you want to spend it...
... Under the "Tools" menu of the Firefox browser is the category "Add-Ons" Open that and in the new window's lower right-hand corner of the "Extensions" tab...
... Well, having seen both segments (Pagels, Ehrman) , Colbert comes at you fast and hard. It is not a good show for thoughtful reflection. I thought Pagels...
On Judas, it appears Irenaeus knew about this work, so that makes it a second century work. Here is the relevant data from my Missing Gospels: Formal date...
After watching the Pagels interview, I spun through several earlier Colbert videos and came upon one that may be of particular interest to members, and which I...
Hi Darrell, ... Makes it sound as if Irenaeus thought the work was written by Tertullian and Epiphanius. I'm pretty sure you don't mean that. (-:) Mike Grondin...
Hi Mike ... Or at least that he thought that the Torah was normative. I doubt that he did. My present theory vis a vis the astonishing prevalence of data that...
... Mike, I think the question is, what did it mean to be ethnically Jewish in the First Century? There was some question evident in contemporary literature as...
... Well, yeah. I think he is ethnically Galilean and momma too. There were some who were Jewish in Galilee. Maccabees (can't locate place) reports that the...
another degree of separation This reminds that the Pharisees were the separated ones and the successors to the men of Ezra who advocated divorce of the 110 men...
What does it mean to be ethnically Jewish in the first century? Well, the Talmud is clear, isn't it? That it comes from matrilineal descent. I don't know if...
I disagree. That the Torah was normative I think goes back validly to the original Jesus, and the abandonment of the Torah was a later movement. Mark is so far...
... What I remember is that Torah was normative for the Sadducees, who more or less disappeared after the sack of Jerusalem c. 70 C.E.-- i.e., after the death...
... As you admit, this is probably anachronistic. ... It would indeed. If Ioudaios was primarily a geographic marker, that would change the reading of John's...
... According to the wisdom of some (Esler, Elliott, Malina, Rohrbaugh, Oakman, Hanson, etc.), "Jew" is a mistranslation in the NT. "Judean" should be used for...
There is more than one definition of Judaea; Gabinius, Roman governor of Syria, c. 60 BC if I recall correctly, included Judaea (in one sense) and Galilee and ...
Mike: Thanks. It should read: Formal date testing on the codex and the manuscript’s ink verifies that this is a fourth century manuscript.It is written in ...
Jesus' handling of Jewish practice issues is quite complex in the gospels because of the distinction one can make between what Torah observance would be and...
I'm not one to pour water on an issue- but if Jews today are still arguing about what it means to "be Jewish", how is it that we expect to come up with an...
Sdavies0 wrote: Or at least that he thought that the Torah was normative. I doubt that he did. My present theory vis a vis the astonishing prevalence of data ...
At 06:26 AM 4/20/2007, Matson, Mark \(Academic\) wrote: [snip] ... Mark, Isn't it fairly well established that the Maccabees, in their conquest of Galilee,...
... Bob: I am not familiar with the issue of placing prists in Sephoris... Anyone have a reference? Here I am a bit ignorant. I do know that Sephoris was...
