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- Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:30 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Dreams of Any Kind You Please
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9032
Re: Dreams of Any Kind You Please
Greek Magical Papyrus I.229-330: And when [the God Apollo] comes [in response to your invocation], ask him about what you wish, about the art of prophecy, about divination with epic verses, about the sending of dreams, about obtaining revelations in dreams, about interpretations of dreams, about cau...
- Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:02 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: On dating the Gospels late e.g. 120CE
- Replies: 600
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Re: On dating the Gospels late e.g. 120CE
I don't know if by 'edited later' Markus Bockmuehl means 'ten years later' or what I suggest but it is worth citing his work: "Justin's Dialogue with Trypho is set in the 130s, although it may have been edited later." [Simon Peter in Scripture and Memory: The New Testament] I seem to reme...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:08 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Reissue of Morton Smith's "Jesus the Magician"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3362
Re: Reissue of Morton Smith's "Jesus the Magician"
Yes, I have. It was pretty interesting, actually. Basically, it looks at what the average Jew or gentile might have thought about Jesus. The model that they all seem to fit him too is that of a Magus (a Median priest who knows how to conjure up the demons who make the world work and get them to do w...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 4:27 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Which stories most influence the Jesus story?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 15355
Re: Which stories most influence the Jesus story?
Oh you evil men (and women, if any)! You seek stories, but you should be looking at emplotment. Jesus' story is a tragedy of sorts, that is, the hero was thwarted in his aim to be the Messianic king by his tragic flaw of being divine. Then again, it is also a comedy, in which the hero's aims are thw...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 4:11 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Dreams of Any Kind You Please
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9032
Re: Dreams of Any Kind You Please
PGM IV. 2039-2066 Then go quickly to where [someone] lies buried ... spread the [magically prepared] hide under him at about sunset. Return [home], and he will actually be present and will stand beside you on that night. And he describes to you how he died, but first he tells you if he has the powe...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:56 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Complete Online Suda
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7569
Re: Complete Online Suda
Wow, good to know about. I usually just use the TLG, but it's great to learn about this, thanks. It is a pretty big deal, yes. The TLG is excellent for source searches, but few outside of academia have access. The Suda is also very interesting, often hinting at things in long lost sources that we w...
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 6:03 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Who Is the Old Man of Ithaca?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3580
Re: Who Is the Old Man of Ithaca?
Yes it must be Odysseus. Memory failing. Thanks. It was Ulysses. And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses Lyrics | Met...
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:51 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: On dating the Gospels late e.g. 120CE
- Replies: 600
- Views: 252333
Re: On dating the Gospels late e.g. 120CE
I haven't seen this reading in Galatians 1:9. Do you have a reference? There is an asterisk by the reading προειρηκα at http://nttranscripts.uni-muenster.de/AnaServer?NTtranscripts+0+start.anv , which signifies the original reading, but a note says that it was corrected to προειρηκαμεν, which is th...
- Sat Jul 26, 2014 9:56 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: "Brothers of the Lord"/"Desposyni" = descendents of David?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11925
Re: "Brothers of the Lord"/"Desposyni" = descendents of Davi
Desposyni (δεσπόσυνοι) is a plural diminutive form of "despotēs" (δεσπότης) = "little despots". "Despotēs" is a technical term roughly equivalent to "kurios" (κύριος) = "lord/master", but refers to a lord/master who exercises absolute rule over a dom...
- Sat Jul 26, 2014 7:58 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Alexandria 200AD: Origen/Ammonius vs Origen/Ammonius
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5275
Re: Alexandria 200AD: Origen/Ammonius vs Origen/Ammonius
theo, I just see this as 4th century Christians wanting to associate generally famous persons with themselves if only on the basis that they shared a name with a Christian author. I think that despite Eusebius' belief to the contrary, Origen the Christian teacher of Alexandria (later Caesarea) was n...