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by MrMacSon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: BeDuhn: Marcion's instrumentum as "Charter Documents"
Replies: 6
Views: 177

Re: BeDuhn: Marcion's instrumentum as "Charter Documents"

From Jason Beduhn, "Marcion's Gospel and the New Testament: Catalyst or Consequence?", New Testament Studies (March 2017), issue #2, volume 63, pp. 324-329. What then explains this peculiar selection 1 that first Marcion and then his opponents considered Christian scripture? ... 1 to clar...
by MrMacSon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:39 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The "new covenant" in 2 Cor 3 and Jeremiah 31
Replies: 5
Views: 179

Re: The "new covenant" in 2 Cor 3 and Jeremiah 31

... Hays provides a very detailed analyses with good examples of Paul's inventive use of the scriptures. imo, Paul seems to be very 'inventive' in his use (and perhaps misuse) of the Hebrew scriptures, as you note with: Paul's creative and generative use of the scriptures WRT - “In Paul we encounte...
by MrMacSon
Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:18 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The "new covenant" in 2 Cor 3 and Jeremiah 31
Replies: 5
Views: 179

Other references to covenant in Paul

Other references to covenant in Paul https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?search=Covenant+&version=NIV&searchtype=all&spanbegin=52&spanend=60 1 Cor 11:25 in context: 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took ...
by MrMacSon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:48 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius
Replies: 35
Views: 703

Re: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius

nb. https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ ... intro.html
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'Introduction to Ignatius of Antioch,' transcribed from Kirsopp Lake's The Apostolic Fathers (1912), v. I, pp.166-9.
by MrMacSon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius
Replies: 35
Views: 703

Re: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius

For those interested in these topics, there is this reprint of, "The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious": https://depts.drew.edu/jhc/KillenIgnatius.pdf This is in reply to J. B. Lightfoot ... Cheers Peter. That's interesting. I note a letter from William Cureton in the Appendices which i...
by MrMacSon
Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: “Pontius Pilate” was merely a historicization of the original Greek “πόντος πιλητὸς” (dense sea)
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Re: “Pontius Pilate” was merely a historicization of the original Greek “πόντος πιλητὸς” (dense sea)

Definitely on the Semitic root ( PLT ) for release . Pilate releases Barabbas to freedom. Pilate releases Jesus to be crucified. * Pilate releases the body of Jesus to Joseph of Arimathea. * conceptually / theologically ' releasing ' Him to be glorified [as a sacrifice] * eta And it not need be a s...
by MrMacSon
Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius
Replies: 35
Views: 703

Re: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius

Do you have a feel for if the shorter Syriac leters of Ignatius refer to the Pauline Epistles in a way that is above and beyond what could be a reference to Paul-in-Acts? Have a read: https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Antient_Syriac_Version_of_the_Epistl/3UEYAAAAYAAJ?hl=en Thank-you, but ...
by MrMacSon
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius
Replies: 35
Views: 703

Re: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius

"We can hardly suppose that the Syriac translator...should have made such omissions for the sake of brevity, more especially when these Epistles in themselves are so short." No doubt Cureton was more knowledgeable than I'll ever be, but surely this is an argument from incredulity. There a...
by MrMacSon
Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:41 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius
Replies: 35
Views: 703

Re: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius

Have a read: https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Antient_Syriac_Version_of_the_Epistl/3UEYAAAAYAAJ?hl=en In the preface, on pp. x-xvi, Cureton discusses the 12 manuscripts he used to give the Syriac versions he does. Then in § IV, p.xvi, he notes, "In viewing the Syriac version of the ...
by MrMacSon
Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:43 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius
Replies: 35
Views: 703

Re: The Short Recension of Three Letters of Ignatius

ebion wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 8:33 pmDo you have a feel for if the shorter Syriac leters of Ignatius refer to the Pauline Epistles in a way that is above and beyond what could be a reference to Paul-in-Acts?
Have a read: https://www.google.com.au/books/edition ... YAAJ?hl=en