Mark Loftus and list, Mark, you wrote recently that a or the fulfillment should come "soon" from the time of writing. But since the time of writing (or ...
A few quick note on the history and dating question. The 2002 Scripta Classica Israelica (v.21, pp113) has an article by Christopher P. Jones, "Towards a...
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Ian Paul
revdrianpaul
Feb 7, 2003 11:16 am
... I think this highlights my unease with the discussion we have been having. The heart of this hermeneutical strategy is a particular interpretation which...
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Ian Paul
revdrianpaul
Feb 7, 2003 10:29 am
... archaelogical material, did you come up with any indications of how one's loyalty to the empire might have been displayed outwardly? One wonders, of ...
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kymhsm <ksmith@......
kymhsm
Feb 7, 2003 1:45 am
Dear Ian, Bob and Stephen, Ian, You may be right about Polycarp, but not necessarily so. What is essential is that the Philippian church preceded the church at...
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Paul Anderson
panderso@...
Feb 7, 2003 12:00 am
Thanks, Steve, this is very helpful. By the way, in exploring texts and/or archaelogical material, did you come up with any indications of how one's loyalty...
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Steve Friesen
friesens@...
Feb 6, 2003 11:15 pm
Paul, I can't detect any particular increase in imperial cults in western Asia Minor in the late first century based on the material remains. Archaeological...
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Don K. Preston
dkpret@...
Feb 6, 2003 8:33 pm
Stephen, yes, I did note our differences. :-) And, I would even differ concerning the suggestion that Paul and John (and I would accept the apostolic...
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goranson@...
goranson11
Feb 6, 2003 8:19 pm
Don, I wrote to register my view that dating of Rev. does, to some extent, matter, yet aware also that that date is not agreed upon, especially on this list,...
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Georg S. Adamsen
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Feb 6, 2003 8:00 pm
Dear list members I have not been able to read much on this list for some time because of other duties. However, in an attempt to catch up on that, I noticed a...
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Don K. Preston
dkpret@...
Feb 6, 2003 6:59 pm
As one who accepts the unity of the scriptural testimony, I would aver that John and Paul did indeed share the same "world view" if by "world view" we mean the...
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Paul Anderson
panderso@...
Feb 6, 2003 5:03 pm
Thanks, Steve, good point. We have texts to interpret whenever they were produced, and probably earlier and later material in them, however we look at it. ...
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goranson@...
goranson11
Feb 6, 2003 4:45 pm
I suggest knowing something about the time(s) of the writing of Revelation is of some interpetive consequence, as are the related matter of region (space0 in...
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Bob MacDonald
bobmacdonald@...
Feb 6, 2003 4:41 pm
Kym wrote ... still be given (consider the riots against Paul in a number of places, his stoning [Acts 14:19] – even the riots in Rome at `the preaching of ...
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KennethGentry@...
Feb 6, 2003 4:29 pm
In a message dated 2/6/03 11:20:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... If Revelation is prophesying the destruction of the Temple in AD 70 (as did the Olivet...
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Steve Friesen
friesens@...
Feb 6, 2003 4:20 pm
I would grant that good old academic curiosity is enough to justify questions about the date when Revelation was composed. But I'm wondering what difference...
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Ian Paul
revdrianpaul
Feb 6, 2003 4:08 pm
Kym I am afraid I am not convinced by your argument! ... and ... I agree with you that he is here alluding to Paul's language in 2 Cor 3, but his point is that...
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Ken Flowers
k_flowers
Feb 4, 2003 10:02 pm
I've had two requests for a breakdown of the seven angels in section C' and B' from the chiastic outline I posted a few days again. Here's how I (and Lund)...
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Richard Anderson
randerson58
Feb 4, 2003 12:59 pm
To be first usage, do you then imply that Revelation would predate Galatians or 1 Thessalonians? no because both Galatians and 1 Thessalonians use the word...
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Bob MacDonald
bobmacdonald@...
Feb 4, 2003 7:25 am
Richard wrote ... publication of Revelation is not early but Rev. 14:6 could be the first usage of 'euaggelion'. Aune: volume 2 p 825 the use of euaggelion in...
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Richard Anderson
randerson58
Feb 4, 2003 2:25 am
Greg, greetings: Something for you to consider: Meade asked the question, "Why do none of the gospel writers identify themselves, though at least in some cases...
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kymhsm <ksmith@......
kymhsm
Feb 4, 2003 2:19 am
Dear Greg, <<<The strongest thus far would seem to me to be the fact that the Apostle John was unlikely to pull off such a feat while in his nineties. But this...
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Doug Jantz
dwjantz@...
Feb 4, 2003 1:58 am
All my materials are in storage. My Vespasian comment in essence is this. I think the dating of the book lies in ch 17. (with the 7 kings) I believe the one...
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Greg Clarke
gclarke@...
Feb 4, 2003 1:02 am
Thanks to Kenneth, Ian, Kym, Doug and Don. Kenneth, I know your material (which I read in the enormous PDF download format!) and found very helpful your...
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kymhsm <ksmith@......
kymhsm
Feb 4, 2003 12:17 am
Dear Ian, In prtial answer to your post, I am not sure about Epiphanius, I'll have to look him up, but I can offer a resolution for the Polycarp problem. ...
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KennethGentry@...
Feb 3, 2003 2:59 pm
In a message dated 2/3/03 6:40:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... In Before Jerusalem Fell I provide about 80 pages of argument from the external evidence in...
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Don K
dkpret@...
Feb 3, 2003 11:41 am
In my book, Who Is This Babylon? (230+ pages) I also argue for an early date of Revelation. It is available at: www.eschatology.org ... From:...
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Ian Paul
revdrianpaul
Feb 3, 2003 11:40 am
Greg Clarke asked ... hypothesis ... This is an interesting question, for a couple of reasons: 1. There is some external evidence that Revelation is more...
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kymhsm <ksmith@......
kymhsm
Feb 3, 2003 9:45 am
Dear Greg, Just to give a more direct answer to your question, here is an excerpt from my book that may be helpful. DOUBTS CONCERNING A DOMITIANIC DATE If much...
