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by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Easter, Eostre
Replies: 11
Views: 537

Re: Easter, Eostre

Etymology is interesting to me. I have published on etymology. People offer etymologies, but they are sometimes mistaken. Was Bede an expert etymologist? Even if so, no etymologist is always correct, as far as I know. When did that pagan festival begin? Are two similar words ever confused? Is the na...
by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis Report Did Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?
Replies: 99
Views: 1651

Re: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis Report Did Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?

If David Flusser, who was quite smart, said Smith excused himself by saying he could not marry a Catholic, maybe that is true. Hypothesizing he meant Jewish when he reportedly said Catholic is not yet persuasive. Of course Smith had relationships with women. So what. Wild, unreliable, guess: "S...
by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
Replies: 65
Views: 1483

Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

Why would either reading greatly change the overall facts? In other words, has the significance been, somewhere, exaggerated?
by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis Report Did Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?
Replies: 99
Views: 1651

Re: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis Report Did Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?

Thanks gdoudna for that additional information. Though I think M. Smith was gay (or, bi), that is not at all the main issue for scholarship. People of whatever sexual orientation can contribute to learning. M. Smith surely did. The issue for historians is whether the Letter to Theodore is genuine Cl...
by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Melchizedek 11Q13
Replies: 8
Views: 236

Re: Melchizedek 11Q13

Wasn't that hymn written before Christianity existed?
by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:54 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis Report Did Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?
Replies: 99
Views: 1651

Re: Agamemnon Tselikas’ Handwriting Analysis Report Did Morton Smith Forge "Secret Mark"?

If we trust the published (by BAR) words of Agamemnon Tselikas, rather than hearsay, he stated that the writing in the 1646 Voss book was a modern imitation of older writing, probably done by Morton Smith or an accomplice of Smith, and Smith brought the Voss book (presumably already inscribed) to Ma...
by StephenGoranson
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:32 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Easter, Eostre
Replies: 11
Views: 537

Re: Easter, Eostre

According to the long etymology discussion given in the Oxford English Dictionary, it's more complicated. Here is a small portion of that etymology entry: Bede (De Temporum Ratione 15. 9: see quot. below) derives the word < Eostre (a Northumbrian spelling; also Eastre in a variant reading), accordin...
by StephenGoranson
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:33 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What is the source of this quote: "not protesting against himself being good"
Replies: 9
Views: 185

Re: What is the source of this quote: "not protesting against himself being good"

I try to understand. If my posts and publications do not suggest such to you, I'm not sure what it would take.