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Wikipedia explains Symposium as derived from συμπίνειν, which Perseus defines as A.“σύμπωθι” Alc.54:—drink together But that synonym, σύμπωθι, just means "together anytime", which I'd take to mean "take a break" from something. If the Gospels use "symposia symposia" not...

A real Jew. An oppressed Israelite. The exact opposite culturally speaking from a Koine speaking Hellenistic Jew typical of those living in the Diaspora. You know, the people who wrote all of the NT. Who are you saying wrote the NT a. a real Jew or real Jews ?? --- or b. one or more Koine-speaking,...

Just curious Secrit, I think there is a search function, but how good it is, or how versatile, I do not know. Don't they have a company web page that outlines what you get for the money (although not cheap for the everyday individual)? It seemed a bit sparse on details when I looked at it when it f...

No, throwing sticks at hollows serves to scare away predators, therefore ensuring their survival. https://hiddenchops.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/monkey.jpg?w=640&h=360 Y'noe, I have a fake carved stone statue of the three monkeys who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil," in...

That Wikipedia also quotes pseudo-Heraclitus (c. first century CE): ""From the earliest age, children beginning their studies are nursed on Homer's teaching. One might say that while we were still in swathing bands we sucked from his epics as from fresh milk. He assists the beginner and l...

In Carrier's book, "On the Historicity of Jesus", Carrier proposes that the gospel of Mark was based off the Homeric epics. He cites Dennis Macdonald extensively. Now Macdonald came out with a lot of this work quite a few years ago and it hasn't really caught on. Has his work been debunke...

I have noticed a great divide between two groups of scholars in whom I am interested. On the one hand, representatives of the "New Perspective" are very good at reading Paul in an historical context that makes sense, elucidating what were once dark corners of Pauline thought and scriptura...

All the online links to papers mentioned in Nanos' CV, or on Dr. Eli's web blog, are: (Nanos, Crossan & Eisenbaum) Panel discussion about Bernard Brandon Scott's The Real Paul-Recovering His Radical Challenge (Westar seminar 2015-12-07).doc (Nanos, Mark D & Philip Cunningham) Implications of...

Several times in the past, both here and @ FRDB, I have attempted to get a discussion going about Mark D. Nano's views on Paul and his relationship with Judaism in general. Unlike me, Mark does not use "Judean" to refer to "Jews" of Paul's period, but he is a wonderful writer jus...

15 In those days Peter stood up among the believers ( a group numbering about a hundred and twenty ) 16 and said, “Brothers and sisters,[a] the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. 17 ...