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I can't believe that no one has suggested this before. κολοβοδάκτυλος means "truncated-length" (or "short-measured") κολοβός = cut δάκτυλος = measure The measures of Herodotus are almost all drawn either from portions of the human body , or from bodily actions easily performable...

https://earlywritings.com/forum/download/file.php?id=2461 Reminds me a bit of these signs painted on a wall in Pompeii: Image of a gladiatorial scene: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/spectaclesintheromanworldsourcebook/wp-content/uploads/sites/848/2019/10/Ch-7-Pompeii-Graffiti.jpg Image of another g...

Reminds me a bit of this sign painted on a wall in Pompeii: Image of a gladiatorial scene: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/spectaclesintheromanworldsourcebook/wp-content/uploads/sites/848/2019/10/Ch-7-Pompeii-Graffiti.jpg Image of another gladiator scene: https://preview.redd.it/x3ku5jqp1sn41.jpg?wid...

@ DCH, so do you think chapters 1-4 and 17-18 gave a later date, Domitian c95 CE, the traditional date. But the bulk chapters 5-16 an earlier date c68/69 CE. If that was based on my summary of Charles 2 Revelations ICC volumes, all I can say is that I usually find his analyses insightful (he's edit...

Are you referring to the phrase "τῆς ἡγεμονίας" = "(year) of the rule" ...? I notice that the word "year" is not present, but assumed. Or are you referring to the number of the regnal year = asking what calendar era was being used (Roman, Macedonian, Egyptian, etc) as t...

John2, I think I pinpointed the start of the commentary: https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=82345#p82345 SA was also pushing his Shiloh angle as the source of the "ambiguous oracle" mentioned by Josephus. I was quite skeptical myself at first, that the ambiguous oracle referre...

SA,

As I once said of you: “You are out of your mind, SA! Too much learning is driving you insane!”

DCH

https://biblehub.com/interlinear/mark/2.htm and https://biblehub.com/greek/oiko__3624.htm That phrase "ἐν οἴκῳ ἐστίν" rendered in the interlinear as "in (the)-house he-is" (I added dashes). The noun "house" is in the nominative case, so it doesn't necessarily mean &quo...

Sometimes it is as simple as not letting oneself get emotionally invested in an interpretation, no matter how well it "fits" our expectations. Make a mental note, stash them in the back of the mind to ruminate. Keep track of the points of evidence (eg, "This manuscript, which is older...

Hi Guys, I've been looking at the book of Enoch. Is the book of Parables chapters 37-71 missing from DSS? From wiki DSS chapters 2-14, 30-36, 76-93, 106-7. So Parables is a later work? Thanks What intrigues many about it is the fact that the language resembles language about Jesus Christ in the Gos...