Some years ago I noted that in within Mk. 2:1-12 Mark has cast Jesus' offer to make something happen in such a way as to call to mind the similar offer on the...
With Thanks to Jim West: from theological musings- Dear Colleague I am deeply saddened to inform you that our dear friend, Professor Geza Vermes, passed away...
As I'm reading through commentaries on this petition I've been noticing that virtually everyone who unpacks it holds a hidden assumption -- that when Jesus...
Just wondering out loud if the use of our in the LP/DP petition for the forgiveness of sins has any significance -- i.e., that it is the remission of the...
Just to insure that I don't miss what I'm looking for, I'm asking for extra eyes for a search of Gospel texts (including Thomas) for Jesus' teaching on...
I've been working for the last few weeks on completing a book on the Lord's/Disciples' Prayer that might be published in the Moorehouse Press "Conversations...
Is anyone here subscribed to the Online JTS. I am in need of the PDF of E.C. E. Owen's, Δαίμωνand Cognate Words: JTSVol 31 (1932) 133-53. With thanks in...
Hi everyone (cross posted to crosstalk and gthomas): I hate to begin your year with bad news, but I discovered last night that our very own Bob Schacht has...
Joan Taylor in this book strengthens the (already-strong) case that some Essenes lived at Qumran and elsewhere for parts of the first centuries BCE and CE. The...
As many of you know, a small number of witnesses to the text of Lk. 11:2 testify that the second petition in the Lukan version of the version of the LP read...
Apologies for cross posting Please come to the 16th annual E-Lister's Meeting at the the Society of Biblical Literature's Annual Meeting in Chicago. This...
1) John J. Collins, The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography (Princeton UP, copyright 2013[?]). This "Lives of Great Religious Books" series contribution offers a...
Apologies for cross posting Please come to the 16th annual E-Lister's Meeting at the the Society of Biblical Literature's Annual Meeting in Chicago. This...
Does anyone here have a copy of C.H. Turner's /Catholic and Apostolic/? I'm in great need of a scan of p. 81 and p. lviii n. 139. With thanks in advance, ...
Discourse about, and commentary upon, the LP is, as is well known, not a modern phenomenon. It is something that has been engaged in since at least the third...
To: XTalk Re: Alpha Christianity at SBL From: Bruce Gordon Raynal has just mentioned the Jesus Seminar meeting at SBL this Nov, with its celebration of...
For all those who are going to SBL this year, the Fall meeting of the Jesus Seminar is being held in conjunction with SBL this year. The meetings will be...
Would any members of thee group be kind enough to suggest for each (or any) of the Gospels what they consider to be the best commentaries for the purposes of...
1. *The Five Gospels* presents a nice overview, and often the collective judgment of the vote is congruent with what I would call the "gravitational weight"of...
For many years now, list members will have appreciated Stephen Carlson's contributions. I am sure that you would all like to join me in taking a moment to...
As portrayed in Acts, the followers of Jesus were transformed at Pentecost, and there began a period of intense fellowship portrayed in Acts 2 & 4. When Paul...
... I was thinking of this as well. But was John really referring to Jews in general, or was he sometimes quite intentionally restricting his focus to the...
If I may ask, what is the exact difference in the covering over Jesus' head/eyes in Mark and Luke? Mark says head covered, Luke says blindfold. Is there any...
Paul wrote, NRS 1 Corinthians 1:22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom,... I got to wondering (again) about these key words, but today I got to...
This is my take on the key people and events in the first period of the Jesus movement before any of the NT documents were written. It is not practicable here...
It is interesting that amongst the followers of Jesus there was not only Simon the Zealot but there was also Judah the Sicarius. The Pharisaic movement was a...
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David Mealand wrote > What I am not at all so sure of is that Acts 2 is at all so close to > historic actuality. There are literary links with symbolism used...
