?Bruce, You say " The phrase which strikes me as inescapably Beta is "who died for us." The Alphas would have been grateful that Jesus had lived for them, and...
To: GPG Cc: Crosstalk On: Luke From: Bruce As if in response to my call for a list of unmistakably Beta passages in Luke and/or Acts, there goes clunk in my...
My memory is that there are at least three ambiguities or uncertainties in the chunk of text in question. a) "in the form of God" may, or may not, hint at the...
To: GPG Cc: Crosstalk On: The Sermon on the Plain From: Bruce Hey, guys, do you want to know something neat about the Gospel of Luke? Michael Goulder (let...
I agree with Tom that there is a puzzle relating to the use of morphe (form) in Phil 2, hence the "may, or may not" in what I wrote. ... Whichever way one...
On page 144 of his book "An Aramaic Approach to the Gospels and Acts" Matthew Black states categorically that ‘nazoraios’ cannot be derived from Nazareth....
To: Crosstalk Cc: GPG In Response To: Tom Kopecek On: The Term "Christian" From: Bruce TOM: I'm talking about the question of terminology I raised way back...
To: GPG Cc: Synoptic, Crosstalk, GThomas On: Alpha Christianity: An Invitation From: Bruce As some will know, but I think it may be proper to mention...
I don't think that using 16th C notions of atonement as characteristic of the main current of Pauline and post-Pauline Christianity produces an accurate...
Does anyone recall the meeting of SBL (or SNTS) sometime in the seventies or eighties (?) when the participants were shown the new computer software of a...
With apologies for cross posting. This is the final notice for the 14th annual E-Lister's Meeting at the the Society of Biblical Literature's Annual Meeting in...
In discussing the authenticity of the Josephean references to Jesus, my friends the ahistoricists have made the claim that "Christos"; would have been...
Sorry everyone. I'm having a great deal of trouble posting to the list from my Mac. Best wishes, Ken Ken Olson, PhD Student, New testament , Duke University ...
First of all, hello to the group since I am a new member and this is my first post. I am currently in a discussion/debate with someone who is not so much a...
Sean Freyne gave the 2010 Shaffer Lectures at Yale Divinity School last week -- "Galilee, Jesus and Christology." (Freyne drew on his most recent book,Jesus,...
With apologies for the cross-posting (and please forward to other interested parties and lists). Eisenbrauns is pleased to introduce the "Journal for the Study...
With apologies for cross posting. This is the second announcement of the now traditional (14th annual!) Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting...
With apologies for cross posting. It's that time of year again when the Society of Biblical Literature's Annual Meeting is just around the corner (Nov. 20th -...
To: Crosstalk On: F C Baur (1792-1860) From: Bruce Baur's name has come up recently. How does his work stand in the eye of a critical posterity? My personal...
Ken Litwak wrote ... His figure of 5 million words is quite an advance even on previous erroneous estimates in writings by NT scholars on this topic. So is it...
With apologies for the cross-posting: Yes, this is it; the sale you've been waiting for. Eisenbrauns is pleased to announce our third annual "SBL in October"...
(Cross-posting to GThomas and Crosstalk2) The Gospel of Thomas goes out of its way to name Jacob the Righteous as a leader worthy of being followed, but Luke...
... Read the rest of the report at http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gznCOrQo0Iw8H1s_BUyqyDXHcO8AD9I7T9380 Bob Schacht Northern Arizona...
In reading several things on literacy and memory in the first-century Greco-Roman world, it seems to me that a couple of points are worth discussing relative...
I am currently reading Howard Marshall's commentary on the Book of Acts. It is clear that the central clues to the development of Christianity are to be found...
I have a question about Passover and the related Temple rituals. How was Passover celebrated in Jerusalem? Were there any special sacrifices at the Temple? How...
I understood the classic presentation of this theory was A. Jaubert, "Date de la cene" (1953), but that the theory has found scant (if any) support among...
To: Crosstalk Cc: Synoptic, GPG On: 25 July: Inverse Virtue From: Bruce While we are waiting for the pizza, here at Papa's, and just to get things started,...
To: Crosstalk Cc: Synoptic, GPG With Thanks To: David Mealand (Edinburgh) Again On: Michael Goulder From: Bruce I am grateful to David for sending me the...
