fwiw, Smith does not say he was looking for this particular "Letter" and claimed he was surprised to find it.
He claimed to go to catalog books, not manuscripts.
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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
- Replies: 251
- Views: 2918
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:16 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Comments on Handwriting Analysis and the Mar Saba Letter
- Replies: 27
- Views: 620
Re: Comments on Handwriting Analysis and the Mar Saba Letter
I am not persuaded that nobody has been surprised by this book. Rather, the fact that the current library completely restricts, bans, access to it speaks volumes in the other direction. I have tried to point out that history of writing is more in a paleographer's domain than in that of a modern era ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:19 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Litwa on Marcion as ancient Mythicist
- Replies: 46
- Views: 884
Re: Litwa on Marcion as ancient Mythicist
Dating Jesus to the time of Jannaeus is a mistake,
as I have discussed elsewhere.
as I have discussed elsewhere.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:57 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Litwa on Marcion as ancient Mythicist
- Replies: 46
- Views: 884
Re: Litwa on Marcion as ancient Mythicist
Litwa has a new (2024) article. (I haven't read it yet.) M. David Litwa, ‘Thomas in Alexandria: Arguments for Locating the Gospel and Book of Thomas in Alexandria,’ Journal of Biblical Literature 143.1 (2024) 163-183. Abstract: “In this article, I argue that the Gospel of Thomas and the Book of Thom...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:47 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Comments on Handwriting Analysis and the Mar Saba Letter
- Replies: 27
- Views: 620
Re: Comments on Handwriting Analysis and the Mar Saba Letter
If I may, I don't agree that "The natural conclusion here is that the text is the Greek handwriting of someone who lived before the 20th century." Tselikas' conclusion that the handwriting is "an imitation of an older script" seems to me sound. When such an imitation occurred cou...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
- Replies: 251
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Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
And, SA, as for your shotgun proposal, above Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:57 am, that WASPs
ganged up on Smith, wasn't Smith, um, a WASP?
ganged up on Smith, wasn't Smith, um, a WASP?
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:22 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
- Replies: 113
- Views: 1556
Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Some old carbon ink is readable.
Ever heard of Dead Sea Scrolls?
Ever heard of Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:03 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
- Replies: 251
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Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
No.
You apparently can't even bring yourself, yet, to consider, e.g., the new evidence in April Atlantic.
And you, still of and on wavering whether Clement wrote it.
You apparently can't even bring yourself, yet, to consider, e.g., the new evidence in April Atlantic.
And you, still of and on wavering whether Clement wrote it.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
- Replies: 251
- Views: 2918
Re: Greek Monks Who Thought the Letter to Theodore was in the Mar Saba Monastery Before Morton Smith Arrives
There is, so far, no evidence that Smith mentioned "Secret Mark" to any monk in 1958 or 1959.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
- Replies: 113
- Views: 1556
Re: Distinguishing some questions about the "Letter to Theodore"
Wikipedia may not be the ultimate arbiter.