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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Jack Kilmon
jkilmon_2000
Feb 9, 2012 3:17 am
Hi Dennis: I have never been convinced that the Ἰσκαρώθ came from the Latin Sicarius and I have never been able to make sense of it from a...
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Dennis Goffin
dennis2405
Feb 9, 2012 3:21 pm
Thank you for your note, Jack. If you transliterate Sicarius into Greek, you would get a noun sikarios, sikariot- which merely requires moving the first...
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Ronald Price
ron18price
Feb 9, 2012 5:11 pm
Dennis and Jack, Davies & Allison survey the suggested origins of 'Iscariot' with their usual thoroughness ("Matthew";, Vol II, p.157). They mention ten...
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dbockdts
Feb 9, 2012 6:01 pm
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Sid Martin
sid.martin64
Feb 9, 2012 8:01 pm
Jack, Are there any other examples in the ancient Jewish world where an individual is identified as the "man" from somewhere? Why Hebrew and not...
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Jack Kilmon
jkilmon_2000
Feb 9, 2012 9:08 pm
Hi Ron, Dennis and Sid: The name of this person, if indeed he was historical, would have been Yehudah Bar Shymeon under normal convention of the times. It...
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Dennis Goffin
dennis2405
Feb 10, 2012 4:17 am
Correct me if I'm wrong, Jack, but what I found extremely interesting about the IAA ossuaries was that about two thirds had nicknames and only one third...
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David Mealand
D.Mealand@...
Feb 10, 2012 12:38 pm
Sicarius was used in latin to refer to an assassin (sica being a curved dagger). The term was used in latin at least as early as Cicero, so 1st C BCE. It...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
Feb 10, 2012 4:20 pm
David: A quick check of TLG using search string "sikar" found extensive use by Josephus (AJ and BJ), and then Acts 21:38, and then by church historians and...
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Bob Schacht
r_schacht
Feb 10, 2012 5:19 pm
... Oh boy. The implications of that information are pretty serious. Judas the Assassin? Maybe he did more than turn Jesus over to the Romans? Bob Schacht ...
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Jack Kilmon
jkilmon_2000
Feb 10, 2012 5:25 pm
Good Morning, Dennis: Ossuaries were "family things" and family members would not refer to their fathers, husbands, sons, etc as "Dennis from Hertfordshire"...
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Dennis Goffin
dennis2405
Feb 10, 2012 5:59 pm
Thanks to David, we have established that sicarius does exist in transliterated Greek form from the time of Acts and the writings of Josephus, which I would...
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Jack Kilmon
jkilmon_2000
Feb 10, 2012 6:14 pm
... From: Bob Schacht Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:11 AM To: crosstalk2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [XTalk] Judas and the sicarii ? ... Oh boy. The...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
Feb 10, 2012 6:15 pm
Bob: More likely this points to the fact that the meaning is really "man from Kerioth" as Jack has proposed. One other thing that is worth noting. For...
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Gary Greenberg
garygreenberg@...
Feb 10, 2012 6:58 pm
John indicates that Iscariot was a family name of some sort and that Judas’ father Simon was also an Iscariot. It seems unlikely that multiple family members...
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David Mealand
D.Mealand@...
Feb 16, 2012 6:50 pm
This topic ran for a while back in January. I have just seen a review of a book on Philo which gives particular attention to Philo's use of some passages from...
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Bob Schacht
r_schacht
Mar 4, 2012 7:25 am
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...
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Stephen Goranson
goranson11
Mar 4, 2012 1:18 pm
Bob, are you asking for discussions such as Max Weber on "routinization of charisma" or Peter L. Berger on "domestication"? Stephen Goranson ...
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Bob Schacht
r_schacht
Mar 4, 2012 3:39 pm
... Thanks. I gather that you think these sources are relevant, and will look into them. Bob Schacht Northern Arizona University P.S. Google has its eyes on...
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David Mealand
D.Mealand@...
Mar 4, 2012 8:10 pm
Seem to remember this book looked at routinization in NT period: The Pauline Churches: A Socio-historical Study of Institutionalization in the Pauline and...
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ph.maertens
philip_maertens
Mar 5, 2012 5:19 pm
Interesting question. My guess is that in the initial stage there exist high expectations which are not always fulfilled. In the case of Primitive...
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Bob Schacht
r_schacht
Mar 12, 2012 2:08 am
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...
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Ed
ebabinski2002
Mar 12, 2012 8:38 pm
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...
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Jack Kilmon
jkilmon_2000
Mar 13, 2012 4:43 am
... From: Ed Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 2:09 PM To: crosstalk2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [XTalk] Two questions related to Mark & Luke's trial scene If I...
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Matson, Mark (Academic)
markmatsona
Mar 13, 2012 6:58 pm
Ed: Your question is the grammatical difference? Both Mark and Luke use the same verb, perikaluptein... Mark as an infinitive and Luke as a participle. Mark...
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John E Staton
johnestaton
Apr 8, 2012 4:50 pm
A happy Easter to all listmembers. Best Wishes -- JOHN E STATON www.christianreflection.org.uk...
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Jgibson
jgibson000
Apr 8, 2012 4:59 pm
... And a good Pesach, too. Jeffrey -- ... Jeffrey B. Gibson D.Phil. Oxon. 1500 W. Pratt Blvd Chicago, Il. jgibson000@......
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Bob Schacht
r_schacht
Apr 8, 2012 8:08 pm
... This morning, one of the readings was from Acts 10:34-43, which portrays Peter saying, "That message spread throughout Judea[!], beginning in Galilee[!]...
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Dennis Goffin
dennis2405
Apr 9, 2012 9:08 am
Bob, I think that 'beginning in Galilee' could well be a later insertion like Mk 14:28 & 16:7, not to mention the whole of John 21. To my mind, after Peter's...
