(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...
I am writing this note on behalf of a fellow list member, who has been prevented by the system from using this "Start a New Topic" feature. The experiment is...
A comment made in respect of my Meditation on COSMOLOGY & APOCALYPTIC was "So far as I know, very few NT scholars believe that Jesus propounded an "interim...
Dennis wrote, "Remove the postulated God, however and, hey presto, the problem of evil disappears." No it doesn't. It just becomes an anthropological problem...
Reading Christopher Rowland's 500 page study of apocalyptic literature from 300BC to 300AD "The Open Heaven", I am struck by the importance of viewing the...
With apologies for cross posting. Can anyone tell me what the substance of the claim is -- made, so I'm told (and am just now beginning to investigate), in...
It occurred to me this morning that perhaps this was an appropriate title for Cross-Talk. I apologize for the late notice, as the sale only lasts until noon,...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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: ...
The Qumran Cave 11 manuscripts--remains of a Zealot library? Such is the proposal in Pfann, Stephen J. "Reassessing the Judean Desert Caves: Libraries,...
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...
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) ...
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...
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 ...
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...
