Old-timer (i.e., participant on the old CrossTalk list years ago) Austin Meredith <Ashley_Meredith@...>, a Quaker historian, wrote to me with ... So, to...
As a long time reader and infrequent poster to the group, I offer a response to Bob's questions, because this is a passage that's very dear to my heart. ... ...
<<We have heard that there were moneychangers in the ... The temple tax had to be paid in shekels of Tyre, since that was the only pure silver currency...
OK, I'll take a stab. See below Mark A. Matson Academic Dean Milligan College http://www.milligan.edu/administrative/mmatson/personal.htm Bob Schacht wrote ......
... Your evidence for this is what? ... "Den of thieves" is Jeremiah language (as is much else in the story of the fig tree/temple action/fig tree episode) and...
... Robert, In addition to my previous comments, I'd also like to ask not only why any pilgrim intent on offering a lamb in sacrifice would buy an "ordinary...
... Jeffrey, I don't have a particular dog in this hunt, but I don't see why we should suppose that the meaning of "den of thieves" in its original context in ...
Jeffrey and Jeff: I tend to agree with Jeffrey, though I guess you (jeff) could (and did!) question whether that reading of this Jeremiah citation should be...
... greedy ... in ... How do you know this? Do you have references for this, or is this historical imagination? I have heard this or some similar statement so...
Just a couple of comments on issues that I think have been missed but I could be wrong (I've just checked email and had millions). The DSS (e.g. Hab....
James Crossley wrote: [W]hen prophetic actions in the Hebrew Bible are carried ... James, Seems to me the attentive reader gets plenty of explanation...
... Thanks for this. Yes, I do recall DSS being very critical of the priesthood and especially the Wicked Priest. And of the charges laid against them by the...
... If we take a somewhat common-sense view of the situation, we have a man come up from Galilee on Passover with a group of associates. They are going to need...
James, Thanks for this helpful note (also to Jeffrey for his good words about what "den" really signifies). See below for some thoughts. ... Historically...
<<"Den of thieves" is Jeremiah language (as is much else in the story of the fig tree/temple action/fig tree episode) and it signifies a place where...
".... foreseeing the Temple's destruction and being all worked up about it, is a bit much methinks." If this were a simple matter of Jesus predicting the...
Hi Mark, Thanks for these nice, terse summaries of Sander's, etc. views. (scroll on down) ... Well, as a proponent of such, himself, I'm not:)! To be sure...
... Well, as a proponent of such, himself, I'm not:)! To be sure there were those who belonged to the Jesus folk who held to such notions in various ways,...
Hi Mark, Thanks for the pleasant conversation about differences. Just a few notes to further the conversation... ... I'm less convinced than Crossan is about...
Does anyone here have access to the full text of an article by David Bivin entitled "Abraham’s Tenth Temptation as Background to Jesus' Temptation" and...
I'm working on writing up an over view of the positions that scholars have taken with respect to the question of what source or sources (f any) stand behind...
Jeffrey: Have you read Joseph Fitzmyer's extensive treatment of the temptation and its sources in "The Gospel According to Luke" Vol 1, pp 506-520. It is the ...
... Some time ago, yes. ... Well, then. I guess I'll go immediately and pull it down from the shelf! Jeffrey -- Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon) 1500 W....
With apologies for cross posting. Does anyone here have an English abstract or summary of the following articles by W. Wilkens? "Die Versuchung Jesu nach...
Hi Jeffrey, I realize that this partially overlaps with other messages in the same and related threads. Your summary survey looks about right to me, though I...
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