Welcome back, Mahlon. And applause for your wonderful new homepage "Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus". I might also alert you that I plan to...
When I read Biblical stories, I try to strip away the naive and trusting spirituality of the writers, to see what might have really happened, based on certain...
Ah, how sweet to read the calm and measured words of Mahlon Smith once again! Already the new group is beginning to sound like the best of the old, as I knew...
... I kind of read James, the Brother of Jesus like a novel with one hell of a bibliography. I must admit that I was very excited when the book came out to...
Dear dear Isodorus Darwin was wrong. Mankind did not descend from apes, Mankind descended from Sheep, all of them incapable of using the "delete" function on...
Dear Colleagues, Things sure happen quickly in cyberspace these days! In the spirit of Matt 5:9 (whether or not Jesus himself said it), let me make a few...
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The question has been raised, "why do you not think that Paul was a Pharisee?" In the time that it took me to grab lunch, Jack brought out a strong point ... ...
... Well, it seems to have worked fine. Shall we just keep the new name then? Jeffrey Gibson Please note that the address for posting remains the same as it...
... Well, you wouldn't get much agreement here, even from the most stilted of scholars. ... Given that we have p45 and p75 witnessing this author and many ...
... The passage is actually H.E. I.11.9, not I, 12. I can't disclaim any bias, but I would woodenly, literally render the beginning part as something like...
... And he says not a little against the Pharisees specifically in all stages of the sayings tradition: Q, Thomas, Synoptics. Steve Davies ... eGroups.com...
I have taken the liberty of temporarily changing the name of Crosstalk2 to XTalk: Historical Jesus and Christian Origins in the e-groups software. This is...
Hi Jack, Yep. Mythmaker. Well... I need to digest it some more, but I found many of his arguments interesting and a little compelling. Was Jesus a Pharisee?...
One thought: what about calling Crosstalk2 "Xtalk"? Advantages: (1) We have abbreviated it this way in the past. (2) It effectively maintains the name of the...
Just a note to let you know that as of this morning we have 80 subscribers to Crosstalk2. More importantly, though I was certain I automatically subscribed ...
Greetings Crosstalk2, Please advise if this message is off-topic. I was a subscriber to Crosstalk last fall, and now have subscribed to Crosstalk2 at the...
Bernard Muller wrote: First, I want to thank Ian and Joe about their help on my previously requested translations from Josephus' Antiquities. Knowledge of...
I suggest we abandon the name crosstalk. The atonement theology of the cross has very little to do with the discussion in this venue. Getting rid of the cross...
In my unpublished manuscript on gospel origins, co-authored with Livio C. Stecchini, the tentative conclusion is drawn that in the postulated literary source...
Jim West, I want to acknowledge your effort to solve Xtalk problems back in April, when you took the initiative to start a new list . You turned out to be way...
And congratulations upon the moves that are now taking place to establish a moderated group. It's sad that this had to happen, but ultimately necessary, I...
Yes - go ahea and contact Harper Collins and lets see what they have to say. Jacob Knee (Boston, England) ... http://www.bham.ac.uk/theology/goodacre Aseneth...
... BTW, Ian Did you note Jan Sammer's co-author of his paper on John 19:25? The name ring a bell? Livio Catullo Stecchini? Have you never read his lucid...
Today is Pentecost - which provides the context for a few observations: Steve Davies, in his _Jesus the Healer_, calls attention to the continuity between the...
May I remind Crosstalk2 members that unless you actually wish to continue receiving posts sent to Crosstalk (including those from CT), you will need to...
To members to Crosstalk2 -- welcome. One of the things that I was hearing again and again on Crosstalk in recent days -- as the List was being besieged with...
