... [snip] ... Let me pick up on this end of the exchange to flesh out my thoughts a little more. 1. By all accounts, Peter was a talker (loquacious?...
... Thank you for providing this link. It seems that Dodd's interest here is in ... Dodd does not actually refer specifically to Acts 3, but he does refer to ...
List members should know that the fourth volume of John Meier's "A Marginal Jew" is now available, but that it isn't the final volume as promised. I suspect...
Well, I am still hoping for more feedback on my Peter thesis. But I am still intrigued by it. Acts 4:5 begins, "The day after they had arrested Peter and John...
To: Crosstalk Cc: WSW; GPG In Response To: Robert Schacht On: Historical Peter From: Bruce Bob, Do you know the collection Peter: The Myth, the Man, and the...
... I think that Luke's inventiveness is not a free-floating tendency, but depends on the materials at his disposal. ... Luke ... continuous narratives; ... ...
To: Crosstalk Cc: WSW, GPG In Response To: Bob Schacht On: The Reliability of Luke From: Bruce I had suggested that before using Luke as a point of departure...
Bob and Bruce: In the exchange below, I think both of you have focused on the central issue of Luke: what was the nature of his writing? He does seem to put ...
... Bruce, here is my chronology, which I believe fits the evidence of Acts and that of the letters. Perhaps you could lay out your chronology and explain what...
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... [snip] ... Thank you, Mark; you understand me perfectly. ... Yes! Bruce put a lot of emphasis on discerning Luke's biases, but he didn't say much about...
Richard, Thanks for your detailed response on Pauline Chronology. I will need time to check my file, and get back to you. It may take a while, since some...
Some XTalk veterans may have a sense of deja vu regarding my questions about Peter. One of the best XTalk discussions ever, IMHO, took place some time ago,...
... Bob and all, This renewed discussion about Peter has led me to muse about a series of what I believe are essential questions to get at the matter of the ...
... Gordon, Thank you for a very interesting set of questions! ... When you say "originating proclamation", I think we have to distinguish a number of phases...
I noted the other day that Peter's speech in Acts 4 was characterized as bold (parrhesia). Interestingly, it is only in Acts 4 that this word is applied to...
Hi Bob, Thanks for your reply and your kind words. I'm very busy this morning and into the afternoon, but I will get back to you and all. I both want to...
Hi Bob, In similar fashion to your post on the first question, below you'll find my proposal which goes at this in another way. For this email I'll simply...
A preliminary apology to all, for the discrepancy in font size between my text and the quotations from Richard's text; this is not something intended and came...
... [snip] ... Gordon, You are quite right to remind me about Q, and the core rituals of communion that helped to sustain the fellowship of believers. But I...
Hi Bob, to shorten, I'll cut out my note and work from yours: ... I am talking about the euangelion! And precisely what I'm suggesting is that this is best...
... A couple of notes on the exchange above: 1. At root, a basic issue is what was the major impetus for the rise of the early church? According to Acts, it...
To: Crosstalk Cc: GPG; WSW [on methodology] In Response To: Mark Matson On: Peter From: Bruce The idea of looking at the Historical Peter is one I have been...
Bruce Brooks wrote, responding to me: MARK: 1. At root, a basic issue is what was the major impetus for the rise of the early church? According to Acts, . . ....
To: Crosstalk In Partial Response To: Mark Matson On: Methodology From: Bruce To keep things as short as possible, I will here concentrate on the basic ...
Thanks for your thoughts, Bruce and Frank. Frank, you are right that my chronology and Knox's do not require the awkward assumption that Paul agreed to collect...
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Hi Mark, I'm cutting down to get to a comments and response to your question: ... Mark I note here you opt for the definite article (***the*** early church...
Rather than reply further to Gordon and Mark, I will summarize my own revised answer to Gordon's first question to close that chapter for the time being, and...
Hi Bob, ... I'm glad you're proceeding on with your approach and likewise I'll continue on with the contrasting way of approaching these questions. It will be...
... [snip] ... Gordon, Rather than reply to the details of your lengthy proposal, please forgive me if I lay out my own take, first. I will distinguish between...
Hi Bob, ... Bob, no need to apologize. As noted, I'm pleased that you found the questions a helpful way to work through these issues and I'm glad you want to...