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Mark discussed the problem of blind and fanatical followers - from his point of view - extensively (look for the word ὄχλος [ochlos] in GMark) and Paul too (1 Corinthians)? I confess that as I read those gMark passages in which ὄχλος appears, e.g. 2:4, 2:13..., I do not find a pejorative descriptio...

Thank you very much Clive, for submitting that post about one of my favorite heroines. Here's another: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/goldman/ Emma Goldman (1869–1940) stands as a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism. An influential and well-known anarchist of her day, Goldma...

I like your story about "staff." In my opinion, Bart Ehrman's anecdote claiming insignificance of the word "staff", while concurrently boasting of one's (i.e. his) ability to "engage in the interpretation of Paul’s letter to the Romans, or to understand Gnosticism, or to re...

But I'm sure they were good times. Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with gods. (Forgive me WB.) Yeats composed the long legged fly, cleverly adapted by spin, drawing his ins...

Yes everyone does except for you and your dingbat friend. :D I was unaware that I had friends, whether Fledermaus or not. Um, well, let me rephrase the question, then. Why are you confused about a date of publication for Josephus' texts, but, apparently, quite certain about the date of creation of ...

I haven't a clue when the current text of Jewish Wars was written. Do you have a clue when Irenaeus was created? How about Marcion's texts? Clement of Rome? Let's assume the last generation of the first century. The central question for me would be whether Paul and Josephus were writing for the sam...

It's an unfalsifiable proposition that 1 Cor 2(:4?) corresponds to the statement of Clement (who lived 150 years after the time we are considering) and the rest. a. You have not one scintilla of evidence that “Paul” lived in the first century. b. Since you do not know when “Paul” lived, nor when he...

It seems generally accepted that early medieval thinkers such as John Scotus Eriugena knew the City of God There would be major problems claiming it was unknown before Anselm. Thanks, Andrew, it is one of Stephan Huller's most perceptive observations, that you are one of this forum's great treasure...

I'm also not sure how much you want to press "know [[my bold]] nothing, reliably." I assume you are familiar with texts from antiquity, the transmission of which occurred via a single manuscript - e.g. Catullus' poems. I don't think anyone who works on Latin poetry would say that we know ...

Our job is to surgically remove the anachronisms. Then you had best get a clean field, in which to operate. The first time we repair a broken hip, it is as easy as changing a flat tire. Once the person reaches the emergency room, with his/her third fracture of the same hip joint, however, the surge...