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- Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:42 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Eastman on martyrdoms of Peter and Paul
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4450
Re: Eastman on martyrdoms of Peter and Paul
Fascinating article, David, thanks for posting it! It's been a very long time since I've read Clement of Rome. Much in this paper was new to me. What is ZAC - Zeitschrift fur Antike und Christentum? After reading the article, two issues pop into mind: 1. Eastman takes no notice of Otto Zwierlein's a...
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:09 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Eastman on martyrdoms of Peter and Paul
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4450
Eastman on martyrdoms of Peter and Paul
Has anyone seen this yet, and if so, is it any good?
Eastman, David L. The ancient martyrdom accounts of Peter and Paul. Writings from the Greco-Roman world, 39. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015. xxv, 469 p. $59.95 (pb). ISBN 9781628370904
Eastman, David L. The ancient martyrdom accounts of Peter and Paul. Writings from the Greco-Roman world, 39. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015. xxv, 469 p. $59.95 (pb). ISBN 9781628370904
- Sat Aug 01, 2015 6:47 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Myth vs History and the "Boundary of Certainty"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 21156
Re: Myth vs History and the "Boundary of Certainty"
The evidence for ancient Christianity comes in two flavors: literary and documentary. That's it. You've got your books and you got your relics. That's what we go by. For the second century, it's almost entirely books....... Thank you for your extremely informative and relevant reply. seconded Andre...
- Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:21 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: New 3rd Century Papyrus Discovered (re Gothic Invasions)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14015
Re: New 3rd Century Papyrus Discovered (re Gothic Invasions)
Your reply makes no sense. In the attached article, it is stated on p. 29, n. 2, that the writing material is parchment. So this is not papyrus.
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:51 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: New 3rd Century Papyrus Discovered (re Gothic Invasions)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14015
Re: New 3rd Century Papyrus Discovered (re Gothic Invasions)
Very interesting, thanks for the link.
I think you mean "palimpsest" not "papyrus," no? From the attached article, it looks as though the find concerns the undertext of parchment leaves, which had been washed and overwritten in the 11th century.
I think you mean "palimpsest" not "papyrus," no? From the attached article, it looks as though the find concerns the undertext of parchment leaves, which had been washed and overwritten in the 11th century.
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:55 pm
- Forum: Other Texts and History
- Topic: Koran may be older than Mohammed
- Replies: 21
- Views: 59799
Re: Koran may be older than Mohammed
"Saud al-Sarhan, the director of research at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said he doubted that the manuscript found in Birmingham was as old as the researchers claimed, noting that its Arabic script included dots and separated chapters — featu...
- Sun Jul 19, 2015 9:44 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Some Notes on Plato
- Replies: 8
- Views: 17531
Re: Some Notes on Plato
Plato Phil., Respublica Stephanus page 516, section a, line 8 This seems to definitely say that the realm of the really real ideas (called a pattern here) can be called heaven: “Well,” said I, “perhaps there is a pattern2 [ παράδειγμα ] of it laid up in heaven ( ἐν οὐρανῷ ) for him who wishes to co...
- Sun May 31, 2015 10:30 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Making sense of Hebrews 7
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12647
Re: Making sense of Hebrews 7
The Greek term ἀγενεαλόγητος ( without genealogy ), on the other hand, is exceedingly rare. (It may , in fact, appear only here in ancient Greek literature. So much for figuring out its exact meaning by analogy from other instances.) Just did a quickie search of the TLG. Of 152 instances of this ad...
- Fri May 29, 2015 4:44 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: A lengthy note on Hebrews 7.14 (sprung from Judah).
- Replies: 56
- Views: 45563
Re: A lengthy note on Hebrews 7.14 (sprung from Judah).
Also a bit weird is that parenthetical remark of his that Genesis never states what tribe Melchizedek may have been from. Why the tribe that Melchizedek may have been from should ever even surface as a question or issue is a puzzle to me, as Melchizedek is portrayed as a contemporary of Abraham, a ...
- Tue May 26, 2015 6:00 pm
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Origin of the Christian doctrine of eternal torment
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22467
Re: Origin of the Christian doctrine of eternal torment
When I went to an exhibit of 18th and 19th century Japanese prints last week, I discovered that in their branch of Buddhism, there is an eternal hell, replete with various macabre torments. Japan had been closed to the West for some 200 years by that point. Assuming that the Buddhist hell goes back ...