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...
Actually, Steve, your logic does not stack up. The fact that one believes in spirits/the Holy Spirit/or whatever, does not mean one is required to believe in...
Surely all are aware of at least some of the works of Schubert Ogden, James Robinson and H, D, Betz on the HJ. I attempted a reconstruction based largely on...
Hi folks Bob Schacht has invited me to discuss an idea here on Crosstalk2. (I was one of the original members of Crosstalk!) I do want his, and your,...
To: XTalk (GPG) Re: James on Wisdom From: Bruce A propos wisdom (and whether or not Jesus was a wisdom preacher), James 3:17-18 was mentioned. That is an...
Hi Folks I was serious in asking Rikk to tell me what he meant by the Holy Spirit being Jesus' Spirit. I still would like to know. Rikk, you gave me a nice...
... And also, considering the season, isn't this when we're told that when Mary was in a city of Galilee named Nazareth, (Luke 1:26), she was told that she...
Apologies for cross posting and for getting this out so late! Please come to the 15th annual E-Lister's Meeting at the the Society of Biblical Literature's...
Apologies for cross posting and for getting this out so late -- and the typos in the first version of this message! Please come to the 15th annual E-Lister's...
Bob: Just to let you know, the current issue of the Journal for the Historical Jesus also intertacts with the issues this Key Events in the Life of the...
It is not so easy to find something to say about the historical Jesus that has not been discussed and rehashed many times over. A discussion group like Xtalk...
David, You asked, "Is JSHJ 9.1 the most recent"? As the editor, I can tell you that 9.1 is now out. The PDF versions are available and the hard-copies have...
David: JSHJ 9.1 is the most recent. I think the articles are posted already. I believe reviews of the volume itself (and not the SBL group discussion which are...
Those of you who are not tired of hearing about the Testimonium Flavianum might be interested in Marian Hillar's essay on it, available in pdf form at: ...
This new book caught my eye as particularly relevant to the purpose ... We have engaged with Horsley before, in at least one online seminar. The subject of the...
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To Friends of Mark, I just got a virus which is sending a spam email to everyone on my mail list. It is the virus called J/phish, about a woman in Boone, NC...
The subject of early Christologies has been discussed on our list in order to understand the milieu in which the texts we use to understand the historical...
