Thank you! I think in some cases they are drawing on themes and tricks of the trade they learned about…
Thank you! I also try to remember that people are pretty flexible about sources of "truth" in general! We want…
I think it's readable even if you aren't in the field. I don't come from a family of academics (this…
Yes, absolutely! I don't think the gospel writers only used Paul by any means. They are clearly also using the…
My pleasure! I hope it was a fun read!
This is a terrific question! Scholars often suggest that Paul's letters were copied and shared among various early Christian churches--…
The only gentle push back I would give to this view (for which I have sympathy) is that Paul and…
Exactly-- I also think that Mark is heavily Pauline in many ways (particularly its cosmology) and, if scholars are right…
I wrote another post that might have self-destructed-- but, yes, I agree
YES!