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Jewish Texts and History • Re: Two Powers in Heaven
Hello! Melchizedek represents the pastoral archetype who has "the law written on his heart" e.g. he is priest (wisdom) AND king (courage). He is an interpolation in Genesis necessary to complete the...
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JW:BackgroundThe Gospel of Mark is generally thought of as the earliest Gospel. GMark describes Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist as follows:14 John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Source of Mark's Naked Youth Narrative?
???"And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard: and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Ken's Curious Understanding of Probability With...
Once upon a time, a translation of the Letter to Theodore made by a non-expert paleographer (Morton Smith) took it for granted that the letter had Clement speak of the Carpocratians referencing them...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Ken's Curious Understanding of Probability...
I have greatly appreciated Ken Olson's contributions here, even and especially when we've had some disagreements.Statistics: Posted by Peter Kirby — Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:03 pm
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Christian Texts and History • Re: The Torah ordained through angels
ἀγγέλων here are lower level messengers or envoys τὸ σπέρμα ᾧ ἐπήγγελται διαταγεὶς δι’ ἀγγέλων ἐν* χειρὶ μεσίτουthe seed to whom promise has been prescribed through 'angels' by* a mediator's/agent's...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Having It Both Ways With Secret Mark
The paleography is of mixed types and dates, according to a most [notable?] expert Greek paleographer.That's not a proof. Tselikas has his opinion. Apparently you agree that it is unusual that...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The X-Files: Chrēstos / Christos / Χρειστος
Elias Avery Lowe has a section in his papers.Palaeographical papers, 1907-1965 (1972)The Unique Manuscript of Tacitus' Histories https://archive.org/details/palaeograph ... 1/mode/1up Lowe also has...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis...
Do I think that Mark Goodacre would forge a text to prove Q didn't exist? No I would never believe that.I think good scholarship and being a good scholar meant as much to Morton Smith as it does to...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: Two Powers in Heaven
Excerpts from Chapter 2 of Schäfer's Two Gods in Heaven: Jewish Concepts of God in Antiquity:Chapter 2The Personified Wisdom in the Wisdom LiteratureThe noncanonical book Jesus Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • The Name of the Ruse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUUB96c6EpYAgamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis ReportDid Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/dai ... is-report/In his extensive...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Name of the Ruse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUUB96c6EpYAgamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis ReportDid Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/dai ... is-report/In his extensive...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Meaning of παραδοθῆναι?
"....I would like to be able to interpret it as...."red flag?Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:17 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: What is the source of this quote: "not...
I don't follow your proposed reasoning, CW.Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:24 pm
View ArticleClassical Texts and History • Re: Pillars of Hercules
In Psalm 104 the Leviathan is describes as an intelligent mammal that gather around Phoenician ships, the most obvious Animal would be a Dolphin, but I am learning towards the Mediterranean monk seal...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Flaw with Marcion priority theory?
Hey DCHindley. Long time.The only sources are the ones available to us. I am aware of no new discovery about Marcionism, so the only resources I have are church attestation and my own biased...
View ArticleJewish Texts and History • Re: Melchizedek 11Q13
Let's say parents name a child John or Adam or Kim. How much would you claim based on that?Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:12 pm
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis...
Because you wrote "... Martijn unintentionally discourages candid discussion of his work by his toxicity."that's why I thought it relevant.Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:15...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Ploy
Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis ReportDid Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/dai ... is-report/In his extensive multi-part report, Tselikas explains that the...
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Academic Discussion • Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
This is an image of the third page of the manuscript I found archived from Wieland Wilker's website. The current site doesn't seem to have the image. I think this is one of the black and white images...
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