Rikk wrote: I was simply noting that I'm not sure Moule thought that the Greek "the son of man" was all that clumsy given the regular usage of the identical...
I'm not sure how Barrett's comment addresses Moule's observation. I don't recall ever seeing any comments to the effect that ho huios tou theou is very odd...
... Rikk, Thanks for this most helpful and clarifying comment/remark, for it does reassure me that my comment was as "off the wall" as I had feared and that I...
Rikk wrote: I'm not sure how Barrett's comment addresses Moule's observation. I don't recall ever seeing any comments to the effect that ho huios tou theou is ...
Hi Tony, I guess that's my point: Since no one seems to remark on the odd construction of 'the son of god' I suspect that it's not so much odd Greek (grammar)...
Maybe the distinction is this: for "ho huios tou anthropou," the Greek is fine, but the expression itself is peculiar (because it's a semantic semitism). ...
Everyone: I think Moule's point is that this construction is "odd" because the biblical idiom from the OT and rendered into Greek would translate "a son of...
... This may be a good time to point out that Mogens Muller has done a really remarkable job of tracing the use of this phrase "son of man" in a forthcoming...
... I'm biased but the most comprehensive analysis in terms of the historical critical and linguistic methods is the forthcoming book on the Son of Man problem...
I have the details on the Moule citation. It is in his The Origin of Christology (1977), esp. pp. 12-18. He speaks of the anarthrous construction in Rev 1:13...
Darrell, Should have mentioned this earlier, but I was referring to his comments in Moule, C.F.D., "'The Son of Man': Some of the Facts," NTStud 41 (1995): ...
Ha'aretz has a bit of a followup story here http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/856808.html -- Jim West, ThD http://drjewest.googlepages.com/ -- Biblical...
Concerning, of course, Herod's tomb. In part: Herodium is the most outstanding among King Herod’s building projects. This is the only site that carries his...
Rikk: I have the NTS 41 (1995) article you mention. It is an update of his Christology discussion I noted in an earlier post. He argues that the articular Son...
The Hebrew University news site has a new essay which contains photos and illustrations of the find. http://www.hunews.huji.ac.il/articles.asp?cat=6&artID=773 ...
Spiegel Online has the best photos of both the site and the press conference I have yet seen and I figured, unless listers were already burned out (but how...
HaAretz reports that Herod's Tomb was likely desecrated sometime soon after is death, perhaps by the zealots who took up refuge there during the revolt against...
Question: Are there any published reviews of this book yet? Jim West wrote: Richard Bauckham will be our guest on the Biblical Studies list for an online...
Not that I know of- but Chris Tilling has written a review that's nearly as long as the book itself on his "Chrisendom" blog. ... Best, Jim -- Jim West, ThD ...
I am seeking information on the so-called Christian inscription at Pompeii. This inscription is CIL IV 679, I believe, and was discovered by A. Kiessling in...
Thanks to Leen Ritmeyer for pointing this out: http://www.usahm.de/Herodes/page_01.htm Jim -- Jim West, ThD http://drjewest.googlepages.com/ -- Biblical...
available here http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/122397 Jim -- Jim West, ThD http://drjewest.googlepages.com/ -- Biblical Studies Resources ...
How does Mark's inclusion of a Judas as a brother of Jesus in Mark 6:3 affect the theory that Judas is a code for the Jews in general? I would suggest that it...
Hi Folks, This is probably old hat to most of you, but I thought I'd risk showing my ignorance and ask some questions that I'm stumped on related to Isaiah 7 &...
With all the talk of tombs lately, it brought me to a question I've had ever since visiting Jerusalem for the first time last year. The current "tomb of Jesus"...