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by JoeWallack
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis Report Did Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?
Replies: 30
Views: 342

Re: The Name of the Ruse

Joe, My point in posting this was not that Tselikas proved that Morton Smith forged it. I certainly accept he does not prove that. My point is that Tselikas examined the Letter to Theodore an concluded it was not copied by an 18th century scribe, but by someone trying to imitate the hand of an 18th...
by JoeWallack
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis Report Did Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?
Replies: 30
Views: 342

The Name of the Ruse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUUB96c6EpY Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis Report Did Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"? https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bible-interpretation/agamemnon-tselikas-handwriting-analysis-report/ In his extensive multi-part repor...
by JoeWallack
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Evaluating Evidence For Jesus' Supposed Baptism
Replies: 2
Views: 88

Re: Evaluating Evidence For Jesus' Supposed Baptism

JW : Current Opinion We will look at the opinion of a few Bible scholars and the related Wikipedia entry. A post associated with Bart Ehrman's website: HISTORICITY OF JESUS: 5 UNDENIABLE FACTS THAT PROVE JESUS WAS A REAL PERSON Examples of the Criterion of Embarrassment The first is Jesus’ baptism ...
by JoeWallack
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Evaluating Evidence For Jesus' Supposed Baptism
Replies: 2
Views: 88

Re: Evaluating Evidence For Jesus' Supposed Baptism

JW : Background The Gospel of Mark is generally thought of as the earliest Gospel. GMark describes Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist as follows: 1 4 John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins. 5 And there went out unto him all the countr...
by JoeWallack
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Evaluating Evidence For Jesus' Supposed Baptism
Replies: 2
Views: 88

Evaluating Evidence For Jesus' Supposed Baptism

JW : Introduction to the Thread: This Thread will contain the following parts, just summarized here, which will subsequently be expanded: Background The purpose of this Thread will be to evaluate the strength of the evidence for the historical conclusion that Jesus was baptized by John The Baptist....
by JoeWallack
Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:43 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' home in Capernaum?
Replies: 28
Views: 631

Morton Smith's Homy

StephenGoranson wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:18 am Whew, Joseph, you escaped being "credentialed"--close call?
JW:
Sorry Stephen, but you just don't have that Jez Nu Say Paul.


Joseph
by JoeWallack
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:23 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' home in Capernaum?
Replies: 28
Views: 631

Once You Leave Your Guru You Can Never Go Ohm

The pericope is about the natural family standing outside and the spiritual one sitting inside the house around Jesus. I don't think Mark should have necessarily said where the family comes from. For us this may be an interesting point that we would have liked to have explained in more detail, but ...
by JoeWallack
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:29 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Mark.How Much Ironic Contrast,Transfer&Reversal Did He kraM?
Replies: 90
Views: 165308

A Lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ9_MwZIaoc JW : Chiasm from the legendary Vorkosigan: http://www.michaelturton.com/Mark/GMark14.html 14:1-10 Verse Theme Commentary A It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to ...
by JoeWallack
Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Inside Mark: Voices Come Over Them
Replies: 4
Views: 240

It's My Voice Isn't It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkcKQmr7kRc I don't think Psalm 22 was chosen due to any association with David, it was chosen for its content. imho Mark 6 is particularly interesting because Herod receives his title "King" from the narrator at the very moment when he begins to talk like K...
by JoeWallack
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:19 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Skeptical Critical Commentary - Gospel of Mark
Replies: 52
Views: 111464

X-Curses 1:4-1:8 Chiasm?

JW : Per The Skeptical Critical Commentary the first Paulicope in GMark is 1:4-1:8. It's generally accepted that GMark is Chrestfilled with chiasms. Enough time has now passed since Chrest's imminent return that most readers of this unholy Forum have never heard of The Legendary Vorkosigan. Well he...