Christian Texts and History • Re: Using ChatGPT
The discussion in the quoted thread revolves around a passage from Clement of Alexandria's Stromata 1:11, where Clement touches on the role of divine providence in establishing the validity of the...
View ArticleClassical Texts and History • Re: Claud 3.5 trans., in 5 Seconds
Here's a full translation of the Pollux 6.26 passage:"To be sober, to be in a sober state, to be inclined to sobriety; for they used to call 'nephalieuin' the act of offering sober sacrifices, which...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Marko A Matho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmyuE0NpNgE1:9Strong'sGreekEnglishMorphology Textual Criticism2532Καὶ KaiAndConj -1096ἐγένετο egenetoit came to passV-AIM-3S -1722ἐν eninPrep -1565ἐκείναις...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Other intriguing passages in Clement of...
The start of Stromata 1:5:Accordingly, before the advent of the Lord, philosophy was necessary to the Greeks for righteousness. And now it becomes conducive to piety; being a kind of preparatory...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: History of the challenge to apostolic...
Still looking for more info on this. Any chance anyone known of any English scholarship on early Protestant arguments against Peter's presence in Rome? What case did 16th and 17th century Protestants...
View ArticleClassical Texts and History • Re: 'Travaux à Kôm el-Nogous/Plinthine,' 2016-2023
Regarding Plinthine, new archeological evidence (2021, 2021) establishes: "habitation on the site stretches back to at least the Ramesside period. A large Ptolemaic temple seems to have been...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: The Skeptical Critical Commentary - Gospel...
Assumed outsourcing on Semitic languages, which may not be skeptical, plus quoting from the Ambrose Bierce book that he originally entitled The Cynic's Word Book, not The Skeptic's Word Book, and...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Why historicists won and will win: the witness...
In his memoirs of his mission to Tibet, Fr. Huc summed up the fascination of simple historical narratives and the advantage they have over mere dogmatic preaching:"We had chosen a mode of instruction...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: On an unobserved Detering's remark about...
i'm not sold on this Isaiah 53 stuff in the epistles, if it's so key to Paul how come he never evangelises the passage?in Romans 10:16 he does quote it, and guess what, he quotes it to make some other...
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Classical Texts and History • Sanctuary of Aphrodite Akraia, at...
** Work in Progress**It is useful to examine the text to see the confusion:(17.1.14) Next is the harbour Derrhis, which has its name from an adjacent black rock, resembling δέῤῥις, a hide. The...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Cephas (according to Paul)
PeterC, above, in part:"....More on Rahmani, the Miriam ossuary, and the two titles that James appeared to have, if anyone is interested."Go on, then.Statistics: Posted by StephenGoranson — Mon Jul...
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Other Texts and History • C.F. Cavafy
Article “Greek poet who inspired Forster, Hockney and Jackie Onassis emerges from the shadows” Guardian, 7/7/2024https://www.theguardian.com/books/artic ... drian-home The God Abandons Antony...
View ArticleOther Texts and History • Re: Essay: Jung & Creuzer
There is an interesting discussion of Creuzer's ideas hereAndrew CriddleStatistics: Posted by andrewcriddle — Tue Jul 09, 2024 7:07 am
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Infancy Gospel of Thomas papyrus
Has anyone argued for its fourth century date and/or pagan authorship yet?Holy Child or Holy Terror ? by Kristi Upson-Saia argues that the stories were originally anti-Christian but have been...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Did the Author of gJohn Know gMark's...
While I would agree that John knew Mark’s account of the Passion Narrative, I also think John knew Luke as well. Mark 14.50 has the disciples forsaking Jesus and fleeing upon his arrest, as does Matt...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Why does Paul say that Jesus was "born...
1. Why does Paul mention that Jesus was "born of a woman" in Gal 4:4?2. What does he intend to convey to his readers with the introduction of this information?3. How does it relate to the argument his...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Understanding How Morton Smith Repurposed...
I am not very smart. I need to actually understand how things work. So let's start from the last line of the letter and try to figure out how this work. Ἡ μὲν οὖν ἀληθὴς καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀληθῆ φιλοσοφίαν...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Understanding How Morton Smith Repurposed...
Detailed Analysis of Each Citation with the Question: Is Ἡ μὲν οὖν used to sum up what was said before it? a) ἐπεὶ διὰ τί μὴ πάντες ἴσασι τὴν ἀλήθειαν; διὰ τί δὲ μὴ ἠγαπήθη ἡ δικαιοσύνη, εἰ πάντων ἡ...
View ArticleChristian Texts and History • Re: Using Claude
I guess I'm more optimisitic, and less negative, than most here. (Surprisingly, since I'm marginally technophobic and actually dystopian in outlook. And I have been my entire adult life.) I use Claude...
View ArticleClassical Texts and History • Mostafa Elshamy, Independent Researcher
Is anyone familiar w/ this alternative scholar? https://independent.academia.edu/MostafaElshamyI’m reading M. Elshamy, Ancient Egypt: The Primal Age of Divine Revelation Volume I Genesis "Revised...
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