Mt conflates the sent with the not sent in the "missionary" passage. The motif of family turning against family does not make much sense for itinerants who...
... To a degree, politics. There is more at stake for Christian interpreters in the NT than there is in the "OT", so a greater degree of precision is...
... f ! ... Ernest, Thanks very much for the clarification. I think you and I are going in the same direction. Where I would differ from the position you...
... Includes both, yes. I'm suggesting that the tension be read on multiple levels. In terms of Matthean structure, which chiastically moves us inward from a...
Thanks Ernest for including references - very helpful!! ... Forgive me is I am being obtuse. Could you expand on what you've said here - I am not sure that I...
Robert Brenchley wrote: If Gentiles are to have a status comparable to that of resident aliens in the Torah - accepted but not invited, as it were - then that...
... Originally I was plying with the idea that 28:19 was a later interpolation. There are problems with this approach - but not in these early references to...
... I agree that the interpolation as much as it would [almost] tidy things up - it is not very persuasive. For me this is so because of the references to the...
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RSBrenchley@...
Oct 18, 2002 10:07 pm
In a message dated 18/10/02 17:43:32 GMT Daylight Time, eezeogu@... ... Canaanite ... Sidon. ... Sidon. ... If Gentiles are to have a status comparable...
Larry, You are right that reading Matt 29:19 as an in-house directive to admit non-Jews to the ministerial circle of disciples as opposed to making converts...
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Steve Black
sblack@...
Oct 18, 2002 1:45 pm
[I sent this once already and it seems to have been lost in cyber space. If the lost posting suddenly appears I apologize now in advance for the double...
Ernest, Thanks very much for your response to Steve's point. However, I would have to say that even when we accept your conclusion we really haven't done away...
Dear Steve Black, Your observation that there seems to be "a real tension, or even contradiction between Mt 10:5b-6 and Mt 28:19" is right on target. It would...
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Steve Black
sblack@...
Oct 17, 2002 1:46 pm
There is, it seems to me, a real tension, or even contradiction between Mt 10:5b-6 and Mt 28:19. First the disciples are explicitly told NOT to go to the...
Larry, I wish I have developed such a "brief outline" to share with you at the moment but I don't. That is precisely why I am asking list members for help in...
... where I got the ideas from. I reply by offering one bibliographical reference for each of the 4 interpretations of "all nations" I mentioned. If you are...
Thank you Sean and Travis for responding to my posting. Sean asked where I got the ideas from. I reply by offering one bibliographical reference for each of...
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Travis Stolz
tdstolz@...
May 20, 2002 2:41 am
Mr. Ezeogu, In the new ICC commentary on Mt by Davies and Allison, John P. Meier's article, "Nations or Gentiles in Matthew 28.19?" (Catholic Biblical ...
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Sean P. Kealy C.S.Sp
kealy@...
May 19, 2002 12:22 am
... people....
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Sean P. Kealy C.S.Sp
kealy@...
May 19, 2002 12:07 am
Dear Munachi, I will be in Toronto about the 4th June so we can talk about the end of matthew. I am glad someone is tackling it. I never saw your four ...
Dear Listers, I am researching on the Great Commission pericope (Matt 28:16-20) in view of a doctoral dissertation. Right now I am trying to assemble all...
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Things have been quiet here of late, so I thought I would ask a question that involves not only ancient and medieval practices of composition and use, but some...
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MillerJimE@...
Feb 3, 2002 3:37 pm
Sorry about that. My computer glitched and sent an old Email I was trying to print. Jim Miller...
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MillerJimE@...
Feb 3, 2002 3:34 pm
In a message dated 01/11/2002 8:26:29 AM Central Standard Time, MillerJimE@... writes: << Thank you, this is very helpful. I will look this up tomorrow...