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by DCHindley
Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:09 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Siege of Bethsura
Replies: 13
Views: 18724

Re: Siege of Bethsura

Remember that any particular Year of the Greeks (Seleucid era) may be stated according to a local calendar with a Fall or a Spring epoch (depending on specific region). This means that the Greek year will span parts of two years stated according to our Julian reckoning (January 1st epoch), which has...
by DCHindley
Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:29 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jason BeDuhn's reconstruction/translation of Marcion...
Replies: 57
Views: 47713

Re: Jason BeDuhn's reconstruction/translation of Marcion...

Well, Jason BeDuhn's book has arrived. I like the guy's style. Very cautiously describes what he thinks can and cannot be reconstructed from the sources. Like a lot of Polebridge books, the translation he offers has lots of concessions to Jesus Seminar type conventions, but not excessively so, and n...
by DCHindley
Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:18 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Methodology for Ancient Historical Sources
Replies: 12
Views: 19321

Re: Methodology for Ancient Historical Sources

Very interesting, thanks. I haven't read White. I don't think I can engage his thought right now, to the extent that I can guess about it from what you offer above. All I can do is throw out the question, what are the practical implications for today's historian if s/he works from an assumption tha...
by DCHindley
Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Eisenman and the DSS
Replies: 271
Views: 160895

Re: Eisenman and the DSS

MH, I did not realize that Eisenman was still so upset with the whole C-14 dating issue. I've corresponded with him in the past and he has strong opinions, to be sure. Definitely does not like Hershel Shanks of BAR, who he thinks is not an honest fellow (i.e., anything for a buck), which I can agree...
by DCHindley
Sun Jul 06, 2014 6:35 pm
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Methodology for Ancient Historical Sources
Replies: 12
Views: 19321

Re: Methodology for Ancient Historical Sources

I guess I was venting. I am influenced by Hayden V. White. While I have read pretty much all of his books, I am going to let a website (e Notes) speak for me, because it is getting late: White is known for his analysis of the literary structures of the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century hist...
by DCHindley
Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:40 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Real Bottom Line in the Mythicism Debate
Replies: 139
Views: 88007

Re: The Real Bottom Line in the Mythicism Debate

There needs to be a referee or referees in this game, arbiters who have no cock in the cockfight. It isn't enough to criticize 'religious agendas' where - at least according to my reckoning - atheists seem to be falling into the pattern. We should all just want to find the truth. The cart can't be ...
by DCHindley
Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:57 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Real Bottom Line in the Mythicism Debate
Replies: 139
Views: 88007

Re: The Real Bottom Line in the Mythicism Debate

The following was summarized in 2009, I think as a post to IIDB or possibly another list, from A. Powell Davies, The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls , written in the year of my humble birth: I guess the reaction to the DSS started with a debate about the relative date of the scrolls, with Drs Willia...
by DCHindley
Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:35 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Methodology for Ancient Historical Sources
Replies: 12
Views: 19321

Re: Methodology for Ancient Historical Sources

Dear Skippity Doo Duh! You are indeed evil, and my twin as well. Oh the pain of it all! Then you have, for nefarious reasons known only to someone as stupid and ignorant as you, selectively missed this ! 4. Advantages and limitations. 4.1. Advantages 4.1.1. Some problems cannot be solved in any othe...
by DCHindley
Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:30 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Methodology for Ancient Historical Sources
Replies: 12
Views: 19321

Re: Methodology for Ancient Historical Sources

Mr. Hindley, You are an iggorant and stoopid man! Are you not aware of Research Concepts in Human Behavior , G. C. Helmstadter, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1970? 3.1.2. Data. 3.1.2.1. Types of data. 3.1.2.1.1. Consciously transmitted information. 3.1.2.1.2. Relics. 3.1.2.1.3. Memorials....
by DCHindley
Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:10 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Real Bottom Line in the Mythicism Debate
Replies: 139
Views: 88007

Re: The Real Bottom Line in the Mythicism Debate

[ . . . ]The Dutch radicals and their ideas have but one inconvenience- they published long before the latest archeological findings . Please elaborate. The Dutch Radicals wrote long before the discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi texts. How would those texts have influenced thei...