Mike, Wasn't it Sam Clemens who said "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."? Accolades are welcome, but I would rather they not be posthumous. Consider...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 19, 2003 4:16 pm
... short, ... I didn't realize you were trying to follow Mark's thought experiment. You seem to have deviated from it at key points, such as when you...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 19, 2003 3:45 pm
... The number of "may have been's" and "perhaps's" are infinite. What's needed is some positive indicators. There's nothing in Thomas to suggest that the ...
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fmmccoy
FMMCCOY@...
Apr 18, 2003 7:22 pm
... From: "Ron McCann" <ronmccann1@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 12:47 AM Subject: Re: [GTh] Timelessness ... Hi...
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fmmccoy
FMMCCOY@...
Apr 18, 2003 7:22 pm
... From: "Michael Grondin" <mwgrondin@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [GTh] Timelessness ... ...
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BitsyCat1@...
bitsycat2
Apr 18, 2003 7:14 pm
In a message dated 04/18/2003 9:22:28AM, mwgrondin writes: << I'm not so sure of this as a general rule, John, but in any case, the Samaritan in GTh 60 doesn't...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 18, 2003 2:17 pm
John Moon observes ... I'm not so sure of this as a general rule, John, but in any case, the Samaritan in GTh 60 doesn't seem to have any special insight or...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 18, 2003 6:19 am
... You're quite right, Dave. According to one modern source: "In the biblical era ... the entire family joined in one common sacrifice. The size of the lamb...
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David C. Hindley
dchindley
Apr 17, 2003 10:28 pm
... Judaea, he can't be already in Judaea. It's a very strange saying, as you know. One might think that the Samaritan is taking (or 'stealing', as Patterson,...
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BitsyCat1@...
bitsycat2
Apr 17, 2003 7:53 pm
In a message dated 04/17/2003 13:42:24PM, mwgrondin@... writes: << , but I would still assume that the imagined setting is Samaria. Sure, there were...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 17, 2003 7:15 pm
... Hi Ron, it's great to have you back! I feared the worst, and more than once considered writing a post-mortem accolade. Please take it easy, so that we can...
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pessy@...
pessoa22000
Apr 17, 2003 6:42 pm
... I see them all as second century pseudoepigraphs, with heretic origin and later catholified, a thesis already proposed by Bruno Bauer around 1850 and later...
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Michael Grondin
mwgrondin
Apr 17, 2003 6:39 pm
... Idumea, ... Hi Frank, Yes, it's clear that since the Samaritan is said to be on his way to Judaea, he can't be already in Judaea. It's a very strange...
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Ron McCann
ronmccann1
Apr 17, 2003 5:32 pm
Numismatics- the gold coin with Caesar's head- is a specific, that dates this saying to the first century. I also think that Thomas has material suggestive...
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fmmccoy
FMMCCOY@...
Apr 17, 2003 5:19 pm
... From: <pessy@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [GTh] Timelessness ... coin ... So, ... Dear...
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Achilles37@...
achilles377
Apr 17, 2003 3:54 pm
See the following website: http://www.newsday.com/features/books/ny-p2cover3221240apr16,0,2665143.story?coll=ny%2Dbookreview%2Dheadlines The article mentions,...
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pessy@...
pessoa22000
Apr 16, 2003 7:12 pm
... did they have to pay taxes directly to Rome before the census of Quirin or just to the ethnarchs Herod and Archelaous who had their own coins with their...
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fmmccoy
FMMCCOY@...
Apr 16, 2003 6:40 pm
... From: "Mark Goodacre" <M.S.Goodacre@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 8:47 AM Subject: [GTh] Timelessness ... Dear...
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Mark Goodacre
marksgoodacre
Apr 16, 2003 1:47 pm
I'm fascinated by the "timelessness" of the Gospel of Thomas. Let me try a thought experiment. Let's say we had no knowledge of any of the major characters...
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Tom Saunders
tom74730
Apr 13, 2003 2:32 pm
Great site Michael McLafferty, Too bad the Giversen did not have "Thomas The Contender" in his mix. I like the part in T-Acts, that tells what Thomas did with...
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Mike McLafferty
michaelmclaf...
Apr 12, 2003 3:51 pm
... At the web page: http://home1.inet.tele.dk/moebjerg/thomas_en.htm#calls ... Just a chance find, which doesn't imply that Giversen ever worked out this case...
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Tom Saunders
tom74730
Apr 12, 2003 2:11 am
Thank you Frank, great post. The version we have, if you mean the one like the Coptic, being written between 60, and 95 CE, I think that is reasonable. This...
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fmmccoy
FMMCCOY@...
Apr 11, 2003 5:35 pm
GTh 12 reads, "The disciples said to Jesus, 'We know that You will depart from us. Who is to be our leader?' Jesus said to them, 'Wherever you are, you are...
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fmmccoy
FMMCCOY@...
Apr 11, 2003 3:50 pm
... From: "Tom Saunders" <tom@...> To: <gthomas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:42 AM Subject: [GTh] James Brother of Jesus ... ...
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Tom Saunders
tom74730
Apr 9, 2003 10:47 am
I have finished the second half of the Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington's "The Brother of Jesus." The first half of the book is about the James' ossuary....
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Tom Saunders
tom74730
Apr 7, 2003 1:14 am
I just read the first half of the Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington's "The Brother of Jesus." The first half of the book is about the James' ossuary. The...
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Wade and April
wadegreiner
Apr 1, 2003 3:46 am
Hello all, A book was published by Sheffield Academic Press in January 2001 arguing that John was written as a polemic against the kind of mysticism evidenced ...
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Rick Sumner
rickmsumner
Mar 31, 2003 11:54 pm
During Jesus' Last Supper discourses, it is readily apparent where he is going. I would suggest that it was to the ancient audience as well. Yet, in 14.5,...
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Rick Hubbard
rickhubbardus
Mar 31, 2003 11:36 pm
[Mark wrote:] I only lurk on this list, but do know that Elaine Pagels is working on John and Thomas. Yep, she is. The title is _Beyond Belief: The Secret...
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Rick Hubbard
rickhubbardus
Mar 31, 2003 11:21 pm
[Rick Sumner wrote:] I must confess, I'm somewhat outside my element on this E-List, however, I'm wondering if any here could recommend works pertaining to...
