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by Peter Kirby
Sun Dec 22, 2024 7:33 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Gmirkin translation proposal is false
Replies: 14
Views: 2553

Re: Gmirkin translation proposal is false

srabi wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2024 2:39 am (just a few thoughts)
Welcome to the forum!
by Peter Kirby
Sat Dec 21, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: 'The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship'
Replies: 202
Views: 21732

Re: 'The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship'

That might sound nice (idk not really) but it's been a waste of time, then, for Livesey, since Basilides (pre-135) already references Paul's letter to the Romans, showing this so-called conclusion to be just a fantasy. Another failed argument for a failed project.
by Peter Kirby
Sat Dec 21, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: On Crossan's proposition that Mark ended at 15:39
Replies: 19
Views: 1128

Re: On Crossan's proposition that Mark ended at 15:39

I've been working on an essay investigating the proposal that Mark originally ended at 15:39. [github dot com /shogun70/Theology/blob/main/Original-Mark/index dot md] Welcome to the forum! https://github.com/shogun70/Theology/blob/main/Original-Mark/index.md You should be able to post links now.
by Peter Kirby
Sat Dec 21, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Is 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 compelling for Historicity
Replies: 41
Views: 5942

Re: Is 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 compelling for Historicity

Doherty and Carrier certainly recognize that "the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets" would be incompatible with their interpretation of the letters of Paul. Others recognize it as an uncomfortable verse from the perspective of the legacy of anti-semitism in Christianity...
by Peter Kirby
Sat Dec 21, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: 'The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship'
Replies: 202
Views: 21732

Re: 'The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship'

While I think that Livesey might be overreaching to rely on Tertullian's claim that "Marcion claimed to have "found" the Letter to the Galatians [per se]," her following propositions — According to modern epistolary theorists, the suggestion of finding a letter is what one would...
by Peter Kirby
Sat Dec 21, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Does everyone here think that Luke used Matthew?
Replies: 26
Views: 1137

Re: Does everyone here think that Luke used Matthew?

Those who think about these problems know that there are always multiple possible accounts consistent with the facts and that multiplying hypothetical sources increases the number of such possibilities. It can only ever be a question of the more probable and less, taking into account all the availab...
by Peter Kirby
Fri Dec 20, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Does your interpretation of probability refer to evidential probability?
Replies: 61
Views: 4013

Re: Does your interpretation of probability refer to evidential probability?

To avoid confusion, I agree with Paul (regarding the minimum of coherence of using 100% or 0% probabilities within Bayesian epistemology) and obviously with Andrew (regarding what he meant). I interpret the "A or ~A" stuff as being less about a claim that Bayesian epistemology cannot ever ...