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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:57 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Litwa on Marcion as ancient Mythicist
- Replies: 7
- Views: 53
Re: Litwa on Marcion as ancient Mythicist
Litwa has a new (2024) article. (I haven't read it yet.) M. David Litwa, ‘Thomas in Alexandria: Arguments for Locating the Gospel and Book of Thomas in Alexandria,’ Journal of Biblical Literature 143.1 (2024) 163-183. Abstract: “In this article, I argue that the Gospel of Thomas and the Book of Thom...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:47 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Comments on Handwriting Analysis and the Mar Saba Letter
- Replies: 16
- Views: 144
Re: Comments on Handwriting Analysis and the Mar Saba Letter
If I may, I don't agree that "The natural conclusion here is that the text is the Greek handwriting of someone who lived before the 20th century." Tselikas' conclusion that the handwriting is "an imitation of an older script" seems to me sound. When such an imitation occurred cou...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
- Replies: 202
- Views: 1834
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
And, SA, as for your shotgun proposal, above Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:57 am, that WASPs
ganged up on Smith, wasn't Smith, um, a WASP?
ganged up on Smith, wasn't Smith, um, a WASP?
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:22 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
- Replies: 105
- Views: 956
Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Some old carbon ink is readable.
Ever heard of Dead Sea Scrolls?
Ever heard of Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
- Replies: 202
- Views: 1834
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
No.
You apparently can't even bring yourself, yet, to consider, e.g., the new evidence in April Atlantic.
And you, still of and on wavering whether Clement wrote it.
You apparently can't even bring yourself, yet, to consider, e.g., the new evidence in April Atlantic.
And you, still of and on wavering whether Clement wrote it.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
- Replies: 202
- Views: 1834
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
There is, so far, no evidence that Smith mentioned "Secret Mark" to any monk in 1958 or 1959.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
- Replies: 105
- Views: 956
Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Wikipedia may not be the ultimate arbiter.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
- Replies: 202
- Views: 1834
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
Whether cleaning house or spending a day in silence, it may be fair not to consider you a liar, cheat, and horse thief, given that you may not be a horse thief.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:14 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
- Replies: 105
- Views: 956
Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Do you write in archaic scripts?
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:13 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
- Replies: 105
- Views: 956
Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
No.
(Optional: Have you ever spent a day in quiet?)
(Optional: Have you ever spent a day in quiet?)