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maryhelena wrote:

DCHindley wrote:

Likewise, David ...although I'm a little ahead of you - afternoon here.....

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DCH

A rather simpler solution would be that the original text of Antiquities book 20 agreed with our current manuscripts; however an early manuscript of Antiquities book 20 had a marginal note against chapter 9:1 [200] (the passage about Ananus and James) saying "On account of this man's righteous...

In the words of Digbert: "Boo hoo" DCH :whistling: Yes, David, whistling in the wind is just what you are doing with this irrational theory about 'two marginal notes ' in Antiquities. It's a totally unnecessary assumption that is bound to fall at the first hurdle. The external evidence, o...

Thanks DCH I really appreciate that sort of comment. I am in Canada. The paper has been reworked so many times I can believe I made a mistake like that. I just need to go to a wedding tomorrow and then take a look at that page. I really appreciate that. To be honest I would like to get rid of most ...

All DCH has done is put forward an assumption, a speculation. If you want to run with it - then you need to be able to defend it; you need to know the weaknesses of the argument in order to be able to counter the weakness. Simply referencing the argument, and that wrongly, does indicate that you ne...

They like the paper apparently as is so unless there is a clamor here for me to continue (or some discussion) I will stop posting. Well, maybe you're going 5,000 miles/kilometers per hour. It looks like what you want to contribute to the discussion is that Irenaeus "discovered" a set of w...

Thanks ficino, Sorry to be so late to respond. The process by which scholia were made to medieval codex mss may not apply to 1st century or two CE. According to David Trobisch the process of writing books in ancient Roman times involved vetting the drafts with friends before releasing a final versio...

"Josephus actually does say who it was whose death foretold the destruction of the city. It was the very same Ananus, in War 4.318. That is an inconvertible fact that cannot be easily dispensed with. Sorry to disappoint the romanticists." Foretold first by who, Ananus, (War 4.320) as the ...

Hmmm, Good point. However, even scrolls have margins to separate columns of text, and the text from the top and bottom edges so as to avoid loss of text through wear such as cracks or flaked off bits. But I suppose that if one really wanted to make a point, s/he could write the notes between the lin...

21 CE Tiberius Caesar Augustus 4th time and Drusus Iulius Caesar 2nd time So ... I guess his 7th year was not counted from his co-regency with Augustus, but by his sole rule. So? Have a crucifixion story in 21 c.e. by all means. Or run with the 15th year of Tiberius - take your pick...... :) The fa...