The late Joseph M. Baumgarten (of blessed memory) was one of the finest scholars of Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic literature. Now there are misrepresentations ...
Anyone know about this new project? Rather steep cover price. They must think we have deep pockets. Bob Schacht Northern Arizona University ... [Non-text...
Brill prices things according to the library pricing model. They only expect to sell it to libraries and a few select scholars. Consequently, their print runs...
[from Geoff Riggs; not Liz H., my better half] Part I I used to be guilty of charging whatever research I could attempt with considerably hefty sleights of...
Dear all in 1 Pt 2:13 and 2:17 one finds the invitation to submit to the king, to honor the king. The greek word behind "king" is, as I think, basileus. The...
Franco, In 1 Pet 2.13-14, the author is urging the addressees to to be subject to the BASILEUJ (I would translate "ruler") and the governors sent by him. The...
Greetings All, I have attached in this post a story from Tacitus's "Histories" and from Matthew (the story is in all four Gospels). In the current form (from...
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Mar 5, 2010 10:46 am
Wetstein on Luke 22.50 cites various uses of instrumental en in Greek, some of which involve a weapon and an injury or death. Amongst them is this one ...
Yesterday arrived the brand new second edition of James C. vanderKam, the Dead Sea Scrolls Today (Eerdmans, 2010). Even if you read the first edition, I ...
... It's a rebroadcast of the March 4, 2009 show. <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124572693> The site says a podcast will be available at...
1. I thought members of Crosstalk2 would like to know of a substantial bibliography now to be found on the Web at gospelorigins.com. 2. It has about 7,500...
I must apologize for overlooking the signature protocol in my previous message. I should have used the following: Alan Bill, BD, AKC (King's College, London) ...
With apologies for the cross-posting, but the printers at Winged Bull Press have been working overtime! Spring is finally here, and the many avid gardeners...
The Qumran Cave 11 manuscripts--remains of a Zealot library? Such is the proposal in Pfann, Stephen J. "Reassessing the Judean Desert Caves: Libraries,...
Things have been quiet here lately, so I am forwarding this comment from Rick Hubbard over at the GThomas group, because it is certainly of general relevance...
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Jun 14, 2010 2:25 pm
Rick Hubbard raises some good issues with regard to parallels. The discussion is obviously more geared to parallels within a set of biblical texts. So to begin...
Old-time Crosstalkers will remember Steve Davies's contributions to the list back in its heyday and it's great to see news of this award at Misericordia: ...
Hi, We had a discussion of parallels in the introduction to the following volume, to which I contributed. How helpful it would be, I'm not sure. But I'll draw...
To: Crosstalk Cc: GPG In Response To: Bob Schacht On: Parallel Indications From; Bruce There have been several responses to Bob's question about analytical ...
To All: Evidently my query to the GThomas list has made it here, a bit to my surprise. First though, thanks to the folks who have responded off-list about my ...
Having surveyed every christological expression in Acts, it is clear that the Christology of Acts is very early and there is absolutely no reference to any...
Dear Dennis, An interesting observation to be sure, but if Acts 2 is intended to be the key speech for Luke and his concerns here are two: the eschatological...
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Jun 28, 2010 2:26 pm
That Acts 20.28 appears to be an unusual element in Acts is a very interesting and intriguing fact. The primary metaphor is that of purchase here. The author...
To: GPG Cc: Synoptic, Crosstalk, WSW On: Acts From: Bruce Not to come between Dennis Goffin (who has repeated his suggestion about Ac 20:28 and the Christology...
... Bruce, Acts is among a minority of NT books which has come down to us with no substantial changes. How do I know this? Because I have discovered the ...
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Jun 30, 2010 1:59 pm
In the past I have tended to be rather cautious about theories based on estimations of line, page or column, and codex or scroll lengths. However within...
To: Crosstalk Cc: WSW In Response To: Ron Price On: Ac 15:36 From: Bruce RON [following a claim to have reconstructed Acts in terms of exact page boundaries in...
Reading Paul's speech to the Athenians, I was struck by his repetition of the identical statement made by Stephen that God " does not live in houses (shrines)...
