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That was explained in my post. It isnt "verse 5:3," but verse 5 followed by verse 3. Indeed, power is displayed in 5 and name is mentioned in 3. In French, the comma is used as our decimal point: 2,5 (French) = 2.5 (English). So "5,3" = "5.3" or "5:3", predic...

Stephen- To what chapter/verse/line does "5:3" refer, exactly? From context, it should include 'fear' and 'the Holy Name' -- do you not see that? That was explained in my post. It isnt "verse 5:3," but verse 5 followed by verse 3. Indeed, power is displayed in 5 and name is ment...

Or. Man. may mean Oratio Manassae, Prayer of Manasseh. This seems a reasonable if not best guess. Prayer of Manasseh . If that's a guess, then I can only imagine what a match would look like. Lol. Kudos, Stephen. (Question moved and refocused from my earlier post) In the OP, you didn't provide the ...

Or. Man. may mean Oratio Manassae, Prayer of Manasseh. I think you've got it. Then "Or. Man. 5, 3" isn't "... 5:3," but just "verse 5, then verse 3." The note is about the Psalm verse: Exceeding Power is the Lord of they who fear Him; and the Name of the Lord of those ...

Based upon Doherty's remarks in GDon's link https://vridar.org/2015/03/05/mcgrath-on-richard-carriers-ohj-a-failure-of-logic-and-accuracy/ It appears that McGrath used the term outer space in a review of Carrier's book where that term appeared. That's fair, and McGrath has nothing to apologize for. ...

There is an antagonism between specificity (which generally improves usefulness) and generality (another term for non-specificity which always improves probability under uncertainty). The logical relation is implication . "P implies Q" means that P is at least as specific as Q. (P cannot b...

Happy Anniversary, lol. I think you have a fine idea to look at Carrier's whole argument rather than just the highlights. And has Carrier's books (as well as his blogs, appearances at conferences and Youtube interviews) made a difference within the scholarly community, even if indirectly? Compared w...

Amen.

Thanks for this. You're right about verses 9-14 having a character that reflects one estimate of the content of Mark, which is roughly equal to what Joe reports (of Ben's estimate) of what would happen in a hypothetical lost portion. There is a threefold repetition of nonbelief. There are a few rea...

It's possible that it was lost but there's no evidence for that. As I've indicated in this unholy Forum, if it was lost, then it's more likely it further discredited the disciples than credited them (something the legendary Ben Smith agreed with). It looks like the most persuasive objections, then,...