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by Peter Kirby
Thu May 09, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
Replies: 145
Views: 20258

Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

I'm willing to say that the issue of ligatures can, once again, be dropped. There is a possible concern with discussing it much further. While there's no logical reason to think that defusing a weak argument acts as a support for the opposite conclusion, that's not quite how we're wired to think. De...
by Peter Kirby
Wed May 08, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: A Collection of Letters attributed to Clement of Rome
Replies: 1
Views: 81

A Collection of Letters attributed to Clement of Rome

Under the name of Clement of Rome have circulated multiple letters : (1) The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians , generally regarded as authentic (2) The Second Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians , commonly circulated with the previous (3) A First Epistle on Virginity , now only extant i...
by Peter Kirby
Wed May 08, 2024 12:07 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Morton Smith regarding the Writer/Copyist
Replies: 0
Views: 73

Morton Smith regarding the Writer/Copyist

Morton Smith makes a number of observations regarding the circumstances of the 18th century copyist: Clement of Alexandria, p. 2 That the writer was a scholar is also shown by his spelling. Although confusion of the various vowels sounded as £ was common in his time, he has only once fallen into it ...
by Peter Kirby
Mon May 06, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?
Replies: 145
Views: 20258

Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

Given the current state of the discussion in this thread regarding the shape of the letter based on the images shared, where the images of the letter itself have been considered by several participants to be insufficient to resolve the question definitely, a reasonable next stage of discussion is to...
by Peter Kirby
Mon May 06, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' home in Capernaum?
Replies: 76
Views: 2708

Re: Jesus' home in Capernaum?

It's possible that Ephraem attributes 'Bethsaida' here to the Diatessaron, which is a primary focus of his commentary, and that the remarks on Marcion here regard other aspects. Quite so; but Couchcloud does read Ephriam as explicitly saying that in the copy of the Ev which he had, it was Bethsaida...
by Peter Kirby
Mon May 06, 2024 12:54 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Jesus' home in Capernaum?
Replies: 76
Views: 2708

Re: Jesus' home in Capernaum?

Klinghardt, Matthias. The Oldest Gospel: A Missing Link in New Testament Scholarship, Kindle Edition I noticed something when reading a footnote of Couchcloud--he says that in Ephram's copy of the Evangelion has "Bethsaida" here instead of Nazara or Nazareth. Curiouser and curiouser. Here...
by Peter Kirby
Sun May 05, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Carrier - Goodacre conversation on the historicity of Jesus
Replies: 28
Views: 635

Re: Carrier - Goodacre conversation on the historicity of Jesus

How so? Well, it was a long time ago, so I don't remember specifically.....I just remembered, at the end of the debate, that somebody who spends their entire professional life studying the gospels, trained at and working at the best universities in the world should have left no doubt in my mind whe...
by Peter Kirby
Sun May 05, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Carrier - Goodacre conversation on the historicity of Jesus
Replies: 28
Views: 635

Re: Carrier - Goodacre conversation on the historicity of Jesus

RandyHelzerman wrote: Sun May 05, 2024 2:01 pm I was disappointed and thought that Carrier handily won the debate
How so?
by Peter Kirby
Sun May 05, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: might help explain why there are no copies today
Replies: 3
Views: 145

might help explain why there are no copies today

Cyril of Jerusalem (pseudo?), Discourse on Mary Theotokos [ca. 4th/5th century] ... And that monk replied, ‘It is written in | the [Gospel] to the Hebrews that when Christ wished to come upon the earth to men the Good Father called a mighty "power" in the heavens which was called * Michael...