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by StephenGoranson
Fri May 17, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Possible Hebraisms in Hegesippus
Replies: 2
Views: 53

Re: Possible Hebraisms in Hegesippus

Whether there are possible Hebraisms in Hegesippus is an interesting question. For now I comment merely on one small portion of the OP. In "Ἐσσαῖοι (Essenes): Reflects Hebrew אִסִּיִּים (Isiyim)....." Isiyim is only a relatively modern Hebrew spelling of Essenes. It is, imo, as ancient his...
by StephenGoranson
Tue May 14, 2024 2:53 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Rome and early Christianity
Replies: 8
Views: 413

Re: Rome and early Christianity

From the OP:
"I won't attempt a summary version of those various [Rome] proposals because they do not, even remotely, agree with one another."
or

Attributed to, translated from, Ernest Renan:
Christianity is an "Essenism which succeeded on a broad scale."
or....
by StephenGoranson
Mon May 13, 2024 5:07 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Rome and early Christianity
Replies: 8
Views: 413

Re: Rome and early Christianity

Rome was good at building armies, roads, aqueducts, harbors.
Some other things, not so much.
by StephenGoranson
Mon May 13, 2024 4:51 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: are these supposed to be sound arguments?
Replies: 46
Views: 2486

Re: are these supposed to be sound arguments?

I considered other options, Joe.
by StephenGoranson
Sat May 11, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What do we know about how early Christians construed “self-talk”, “inner speech”, “talking to oneself”?
Replies: 8
Views: 238

Re: What do we know about how early Christians construed “self-talk”, “inner speech”, “talking to oneself”?

Some say Ambrose was not the first nor unusual to read silently. And maybe that he did so this time merely to prevent other hearers.
In either case, Augustine, from another place, was impressed.
by StephenGoranson
Sat May 11, 2024 5:55 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: What do we know about how early Christians construed “self-talk”, “inner speech”, “talking to oneself”?
Replies: 8
Views: 238

Re: What do we know about how early Christians construed “self-talk”, “inner speech”, “talking to oneself”?

Some who call Augustine the first psychologist, iirc, add, suggest, that ancient people earlier than him typically had less inner dialogue than he did.
by StephenGoranson
Fri May 10, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Rome and early Christianity
Replies: 8
Views: 413

Rome and early Christianity

Various posts here propose that Rome invented Christianity. I won't attempt a summary version of those various proposals because they do not, even remotely, agree with one another. Roman religion, early on, seems largely a warmed-over Greek religion, with new names. (Maybe with Etruscan and other in...
by StephenGoranson
Fri May 10, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Last nail on the Testimonium Flavianum. Again.
Replies: 6
Views: 285

Re: Last nail on the Testimonium Flavianum. Again.

Last nail...Again? No more "last nails" to come?
by StephenGoranson
Fri May 10, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: are these supposed to be sound arguments?
Replies: 46
Views: 2486

Re: are these supposed to be sound arguments?

The Smith-Scholem Correspondence book [published in 2008] is interesting, concerning Mark, concerning Sabbatai Sevi, and concerning paleography. Smith p. 23 wrote to Scholem that he (Smith) "shall have in any case to begin learning something about palaeography." Letter date: January, 6, 19...