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by StephenGoranson
Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:56 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Halakha: retrojection and not retrojection
Replies: 0
Views: 746

Halakha: retrojection and not retrojection

A recent discussion that is not archived online prompted this comment about halahka (plural, halakhot), Jewish rabbinic law. The term is known from the Mishna and later writings up until today, but probably also existed earlier as well. I say this, and wrote about it,* following several others, give...
by StephenGoranson
Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:18 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Sunday service instead of Saturday?
Replies: 8
Views: 809

Re: Sunday service instead of Saturday?

Some relevant information and bibliography are provided in my article:

"7 vs. 8: The Battle Over the Holy Day at Dura-Europos"
https://people.duke.edu/~goranson/Dura-Europos.pdf

As to the second question: no, not just one person.
by StephenGoranson
Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:13 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?
Replies: 121
Views: 7638

Re: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?

CW asked, above, where Marcionite synagogues were located. One Marcionite synagogue inscription, mentioning Jesus Christ, dated to 318-319 CE, was reportedly located in the village of Lebaba, seven kilometers south-east of Damascus, noted e.g. in this review by WHC Frend: https://www.jstor.org/stabl...
by StephenGoranson
Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:57 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: The Problem With The Theory That the Pentateuch Was Written in Alexandria
Replies: 161
Views: 15861

Re: The Problem With The Theory That the Pentateuch Was Written in Alexandria

A reply to neilgodfrey, post just above. I merely copied the time stamp in order to identify the post. The question mark was for the "Contra" phrase, not for the time. Russell Gmirkin wrote, in part, on BC&HF, in the "Two Failures of the 270s creation proposal?" thread, post ...
by StephenGoranson
Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: The Problem With The Theory That the Pentateuch Was Written in Alexandria
Replies: 161
Views: 15861

Re: The Problem With The Theory That the Pentateuch Was Written in Alexandria

Russell E. Gmirkin, Plato's Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts...(2022) page 89: "....It follows that the proto-LXX _Vorlage_ for the Septuagint translation was the original text of the Pentateuch created circa 270 BCE...." That, plus other references to "authoritative copy,&q...
by StephenGoranson
Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: The Origins of Judaism, Yonatan Adler
Replies: 132
Views: 403428

Re: The Origins of Judaism, Yonatan Adler

When Torah was first written is one question. When many tried to follow it is another question. One opinion (not necessarily matching mine): Jerusalem Post 'The Origins of Judaism': Finding how far back rabbinic tradition goes - review Prof. Yonatan Adler’s book provides proofs both for and against ...
by StephenGoranson
Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Bathtime Stories: Ebion and Cerinthus
Replies: 46
Views: 2220

Re: Bathtime Stories: Ebion and Cerinthus

ANE Today June 2023 Vol. 11, No. 6 Baths of the Roman and Byzantine Southern Levant: Roman Ideas and Local Interpretations By Arleta Kowalewska and Craig A. Harvey for text, photos, and bibliography: <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/06/baths-southern-levant__;!!OToaGQ!...
by StephenGoranson
Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:04 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What "Expertise" Can a Scholar of Marcionism Actually Have?
Replies: 12
Views: 602

Re: What "Expertise" Can a Scholar of Marcionism Actually Have?

mlinssen wrote above, in part, apparently addressing SA: "Do yourself and everyone else a favour, and stop posting for a while. Or rather, you can write them but not Submit them, alright? Just put them in draft, let them simmer for a day, then read them again. And ask yourself what impressions ...
by StephenGoranson
Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:31 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: The Problem With The Theory That the Pentateuch Was Written in Alexandria
Replies: 161
Views: 15861

Re: The Problem With The Theory That the Pentateuch Was Written in Alexandria

I may understand why austendw gave up participation in this thread.
by StephenGoranson
Tue May 30, 2023 9:07 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?
Replies: 121
Views: 7638

Re: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?

There may be several barriers to understanding.
fwiw, I do not know what the comment
"fish and ships"
is intented to offer, if anything.
(btw, Ebionites more likely to use "synagogue" word than Nazarenes?)