... I thought that was basically the intent behind Goodacre's use of the term "knowledge of" rather than "literarily dependent upon." I realize that Tony...
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JamesFrankMcGrath
JamesFrankMc...
Mar 27, 2013 12:28 pm
Tom, Hopefully the image used can show what is wrong with this reasoning, and why fewer and fewer scholars adopt the stance if they have kept up to date on the...
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E Bruce Brooks
ebrucebrooks
Mar 27, 2013 2:04 pm
To: GThos In Response To: Judy Redman On: Redactional Models From: Bruce Judy: One issue I have with redactional models is that they imply that a later author...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 2, 2013 6:18 pm
An excellent (as far as content) joint interview with Mark Goodacre and Simon Gathercole was posted to the Marginalia Review of Books a few days ago:...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 3, 2013 5:59 pm
Last month was just about an ideal one, for several reasons: (1) volume: not too heavy, not too light; 46 messages posted*, above average for the month, and...
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chaptim45
Apr 9, 2013 7:08 pm
I've been reading other Coptic literature to further my knowledge of Coptic studies and ran across the Coptic martyrdom stories of St. Victor the General, and...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 11, 2013 6:00 pm
... It makes sense to me that Thomasines would see no spiritual value in martyrdom, since they placed no spiritual value on the death of Jesus. Associated with...
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chaptim45
Apr 15, 2013 4:43 pm
Mike, Yes, Thomas would likely have seen martrydom as missing the point. Martyrdom came to be understood by the traditional Christians as an instant ticket to...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 15, 2013 5:48 pm
... Hi Tim, I'm more inclined to interpret this passage as DeConick does, namely as an encratic admonition to renounce the body as part of renouncing the...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 16, 2013 8:17 pm
Thanks to GThomas member Mark Mattison, I've just today become aware of the passing of T. Paterson Brown on June 6, 2012. Paterson (or 'TP' as he was...
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Judy Redman
judyr54
Apr 16, 2013 9:12 pm
Thanks for letting us know, Mike. Judy From: gthomas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:gthomas@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Grondin Sent: Wednesday, 17 April 2013...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
May 2, 2013 3:53 pm
April was a very poor month for the list - the worst since Nov 2011. Only 8 messages were posted - all in the first 16 days of the month. The year-to-date is...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
May 3, 2013 5:55 pm
I've long had a desire to make the indices on my website more user-friendly. Both the general index and the mini-indices under each saying list the sayings ...
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Mark M. Mattison
shantidals
May 4, 2013 2:34 am
Thank you for making this available, Mike ... it is an awesome resource! -Mark...
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rickhubbardus
May 4, 2013 4:22 pm
Very nice work Mike! Sent from my iPhone...
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Rick Hubbard
rickhubbardus
May 8, 2013 11:28 am
There are some things worthy of note relating to some of our group members: First, Chris Skinner's new book is out: _Characters and Characterization in the...
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Christopher W. Skinner
ravensschmavens
May 8, 2013 1:06 pm
Thanks for noting this, Rick! Chris...
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Rick Hubbard
rickhubbardus
May 8, 2013 1:09 pm
I neglected to mention the name of the new full professor: BILL ARNAL (sorry about that) From: gthomas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:gthomas@yahoogroups.com] On...
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Tom Reynolds
tomreynolds_...
May 8, 2013 3:12 pm
Rick- Â Amazon has the book but not a Kindle edition. Is the electronic copy available from another source? Â Tom Reynolds ________________________________ ...
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Rick Hubbard
rickhubbardus
May 8, 2013 3:18 pm
Hi Tom All I know is what was on the web site at the link I provided. HOWEVER, I see that the link was truncated in my original notice and so probably did not...
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William Arnal
warnalca
May 8, 2013 5:21 pm
Thanks, Rick. And as long as Facebook is leaking onto the interwebs, you should also note that the amazing Chris Skinner, in addition to putting out another...
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Christopher W. Skinner
ravensschmavens
May 8, 2013 6:42 pm
Thanks for mentioning this, Bill....
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Tom Reynolds
tomreynolds_...
May 8, 2013 8:27 pm
Rick,  So, would you believe that I have the ebook and am reading Judy's chapter. I even told Bloomsbery that I was a Pastor not a Professor and they still...
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Judy Redman
judyr54
May 8, 2013 10:34 pm
Tom, I hope you enjoy reading my chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. Pity it’s not about Thomas, so off-topic for this list. ☺ I’m also very...
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Tom Reynolds
tomreynolds_...
May 9, 2013 4:38 am
Judy- I have read your Chapter. What I found was your proper hermeneutics, specifically starting with the author's purpose and viewing it within the setting...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
May 16, 2013 7:06 pm
First, thanks to Mark M. & Rick for your kind responses. I've been hard at work the last 12 days getting the Coptic index filled in (not done yet, but close)....
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Stephen Carlson
scarlson_min...
May 16, 2013 7:12 pm
I think "concordance" is perfectly fine for source language work, and "Coptic Concordance" has a certain ring to it. Technically, "the entire corpus of a given...
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Johnson Thomaskutty
jesusandjohnson
May 19, 2013 7:52 pm
please post this link on the gthomas group. Link is here: http://ntscholarship.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/critical-reading-of-thomas-literature/ [Johnson...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
May 19, 2013 8:18 pm
JT's link didn't go through properly on my system. Let's see if this works:...
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Mike Grondin
mwgrondin
May 23, 2013 6:06 pm
After three weeks work on the Coptic index, I'm pleased (and relieved) to be able to announce that it's now reached the point where it includes basically all...