Good points! I'm reminded of Amy-Jill Levine’s talk at last year's conference, which focused on the Jewish, rather than Greek,…
"did more work & was least of the apostles' Either St paul wasn't considered an apostle or lacked weight as…
A great set of posts. Thanks. I'm old enough to remember The Word as a TV miniseries, which aired in…
1 Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS): Follow a correct teacher Jesus movement also follows a correct teacher 2 DSS – Teacher…
Nestle-Aland tends to favor the Alexandrian text-type, which is generally sparser, less harmonized, and not as pretty as the Byzantine…
I would have been inclined to say that understanding and interpreting the Bible within its social context would be an…
😕 I just assumed you were seeing the entire thread. I was referring to your January 29 post noting that…
Dr Ehrman, I want to thank for your honesty. You have been telling it as you see it. I wish…
Yeah, I meant literal as opposed to symbolic. Bad wording.
Yes, I would call that historical fiction (like Ben-Hur). The books I’m looking at are modern thrillers. But I do…