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JW : To the Lab: 2 Corinthians 11:32 Strong's----Transliteration- Greek------English---- Morphology 1722 [e]--- en-----------------ἐν-----------In----------Prep 1154 [e]--- Damaskō-- -------Δαμασκῷ--Damascus-N-DFS 3588 [e]--- ho-----------------ὁ-----------the----------Art-NMS 1481 [e]--- ethnarchē...

DCHindley wrote: I think that many of those sounding out loudest about this are as agenda driven as Christian apologists.

JW:
Hey, at least we Skeptics all agree that "Apologist" is a dirty word.


Joseph

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In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me: (ASV) The Greek has "ethnarch", not governor (giving the impression this guy was governing the city). There is no "under" also, just "of". According to Josephus (Ant....

JW : 2 Corinthians 11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me: (ASV) The issue of whether Aretas was King of Damascus at this time had been extensively argued at BCH and I had the following inventory of reasons to think error based on...

JW : The next best example of Literary Technique I see in "Mark" is Chiastic structure Chiastic structure (also called chiastic pattern or ring structure) is a literary device[1] for chiasmus applied to narrative motifs, turns of phrase, or whole passages. Various structures of chiasmus a...

From my blog, three arguments in Paul's epistles for the existence of a man called Jesus (in Greek) as the man credited later to have started Christianity. JW : There was a rule at the old BCH that spin and I could not be on the same side of an argument but I see no such rule here, so. In order to ...

Is "Mark" a Simple Fish Story or Smooth Sualvific and Deboanerges? An Inventory of Markan Literary Technique. The purpose of this Thread is to: Identify Develop Inventory "Mark's" uses of Literary Technique . In my opinion, the following levels of Belief have the following opini...