From your comments, Mike, I figured you must be the moderator ;-) More seriously, the "scholarly purpose" in citing Jn 16:22b is that even though John does not...
Group moderator here: Seems like it's time to calm down, stop overracting, and get back to John. For the future: yes, this is an academic list, not a religious...
Folks, shortly after Sept 11, 2001 I posted a poem by a British Anglican pastor that, in part, alluded to John 8:1-11. Does anyone remember the author, the...
Friends -- Below are my Triduum and Easter 2003 poems. Some of you may have seen them last year. May the joy of the Risen Christ be yours today and always!...
... From: "John E Staton" <jestaton@...> To: <johannine_literature@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 10:47 AM Subject: [John_Lit] Re: Re:...
A Belated Review: Part passion play, part mystery play, part gospel, part confession, a critique of a time, for all time, a psychological study of good and...
In a message dated 3/16/2004 7:14:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, jestaton@... writes: Not all of us are experts in Heidegger. John: I found Mr. Goodson's...
Dear Joe: You wrote: <<This statement above is provocative. Can there be a "John-as- christology" prior to a "John-as-literature?">> Depends, perhaps, on the...
... I think you can draw the parallel between Jn 2:2 and Exod. 2:20 only by overlooking the significant differences between them. In the Johannine text Jesus...
First, I'd like to thank Leonard for his detailed reply to my rather impulsive response to his posting. Your brief comment sounded dismissive, and so it is...
In a message dated 3/4/2004 7:16:10 PM Central Standard Time, ... Do you mean Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), or Ecclesiasticus and Wisdom (of Solomon)? Leonard Maluf...
If that is the best argument you can come up with, why not turn it on its head and let another group member say 'I am not a Christian, and these assumptions of...
David, I do largely agree with your sentiments about the movie, except for your point about how 'understated' the Gospels are about the details of Roman...
Of course, Mike, that's the point! But I got your attention, didn't I, and if I had simply said, the cross is at the heart of Christianity I would not have....
Mike Grondin writes: "Violence at the heart of Christianity? It should be unnecessary to point out that Paul's "we preach Christ crucified", is not the same as...
In a message dated 3/9/2004 4:21:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, mwgrondin@... writes: Let's not let the poetic instinct carry us away Thank you, Mike. ...
All What are we to make of a Johannine christology in which a pre-existent Logos from above becomes flesh, commands audiences in Palestine, marches on ...
In a message dated 3/6/2004 1:01:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dtrap303@... writes: Verse 10 and the first half of verse 11 provide a context for our ...
In a message dated 3/8/2004 8:10:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, tmcos@... writes: However, both the article and participle PARADOUS are singular and not ...
I'd like to start a new line of questioning only partly related to the Gibson film. In Jn 19:11 Jesus tells Pilate, "He who delivered me to you has the greater...
... Have a look here for a discussion of the background of this and other "fakes". http://essenes.net/strangenew.html Yours, Jeffrey -- Jeffrey B. Gibson,...
I am very interested in the question whether in Mark one can read the reference to Jesus' hometown in the same way as in John. In Mark, the location of the...
In a message dated 3/5/2004 8:27:47 PM Central Standard Time, ... Interesting question. But strictly speaking, it is not Judas who delivers Jesus to Pilate, is...
... I know this story. It is from the so called "Essene Humane Gospel Of Christ", certainly a fake. But I am no expert on this. Probably someone else knows...
