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No, I don't agree with that at all. Perhaps my attempt at brevity led to confusion --- "reflect, to varying extents, earlier traditions on blasphemy". I just meant that the "the prohibition against the proper name of god" was an earlier tradition reflected in Mark's trial --- ev...

No, I don't agree with that at all. Perhaps my attempt at brevity led to confusion --- "reflect, to varying extents, earlier traditions on blasphemy". I just meant that the "the prohibition against the proper name of god" was an earlier tradition reflected in Mark's trial --- ev...

I think, at least in part, I have by-passed some of your points. I think it certain that some principles in the Mishnah go back to before Christ, and I think it certain that other principles do not. I think that this Marcan pericope is decent evidence that this part of the Mishnah goes back to befo...

To view the writing of Josephus only as a history genre - and thus accept as fact his account of Jewish history - is to.... Ah, I see your mistake. That dash/hyphen marks a transition which you take as one of necessity ("and thus accept"), but of course there is no such necessity. We can ...

To view the writing of Josephus only as a history genre - and thus accept as fact his account of Jewish history - is to.... Ah, I see your mistake. That dash/hyphen marks a transition which you take as one of necessity ("and thus accept"), but of course there is no such necessity. We can ...

I notice you do not choose to defend your views against my specific criticisms here but do have time to complain about my asking you to leave aside dogmatism and follow comment policy -- which you have obviously not even read. That..... ''Josephus is signalling through his genre and tone that he ex...

It seems to me that there is a very simple answer to my question. Mark changed the reason of the death, so that John is depicted as a suffering Elijah (John = Elijah; Herod + Herodias = Ahab + Jezebel). I assume this was probably one of Mark's main reasons. I think you are probably right. I would m...

Charles Talbert (Paideia Commentary): Who doubts? (Do the Eleven worship and others doubt? Do the Eleven worship but some of them doubt? Do the Eleven worship and the Eleven doubt?) In Matthew, the particular phrase ( hoi de + a verbal construction) always refers to the entire group of people menti...

And again, if you have a minute, can you look up in TLG “euaggelion” as noun before Paul, if there is any hint anyone used as Paul in connection with the “preaching gospel to the afflicted” as per Isa 61:1? I suspect not. That is crazy specific. Jewish writings before Paul written in Greek are rare...

If this interpretation is correct , it may entail certain consequences. I am not 100% certain of the following points yet, and you are free to dissuade me (which is why I am posting this in the first place), but let me outline what I think this interpretation might imply about there being tradition...