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spin, now you say I am nitpicking about "style," as if you didn't make a big deal about it, more than once. Your hatred is unreliable. I made a big deal of your stubborn refusal to grasp the simple mechanism of referring back to a previous idea. Compound your refractoriness through delibe...

JoeWallack, above, in part: "spin is of course right that the style of presentation has been under covered...." Interesting use of the word "style" for the proposal by spin, since spin, in this thread, excoriated the word "style." Oh, the suspense, will spin chide Jose...

2) Salome who at her mother's bidding asked for John's head after her dance. One has the idea here for her to get John's head on a platter that John is in a nearby dungeon rather than many leagues away in Machaerus on the southern border of Antipas' realm. Unless the birthday festivities were held ...

JW : I don't know spin, they all look pretty similar to me. What don't you know, Joe? Can you not say how much is narrative and how much is commentary? - You've done that elsewhere. Can you not comment on how each passage relates to their context? Can you not think of a hypothetical purpose for the...

One possible explanation for the historical origins of Christian baptism is that, as implied in John's Gospel, Jesus and his early followers started off in close association with John the Baptist and despite later divergences continued the practice of water baptism. I can't see that Jesus started o...

As usual unable to deal with the topic in question. This your last response is all over the place. Until you can add something of use to a topic, don't expect further comment from me.

Why no mention of the above-noted "holy" man? "Josephus mentions Simon the Essene in War 2.111-113 and Antiquities 17.346-348. (Compare Luke 2:25-35?)" I wrote in the o.p.: I'm sure there are other passages that might also be relevant concerning such figures of marvel or astonis...

In Josephus, holy men attracted others. Jesus, no outlier. I love how you can fixate on trivia and thus confirm your bias. But I wish you would try to concentrate on the topic: 1. Similarities and differences 2. Structure 3. Use 4. Fit context I wonder how you all see the similarities and differenc...

As the TF is such a popular subject on the forum, I was hoping to get some thought about how it relates to other passages concerning notable "holy" figures. Honi is brought into the narrative and asked to curse Aristobulus and his supporters. Judas is mentioned because he predicted the dea...

Secret Alias wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 1:47 pm There can't just be apologists and whack jobs.

Which is your category then?