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by billd89
Sat May 04, 2024 7:28 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: "paradigms"
Replies: 8
Views: 3311

Re: "paradigms" & Heidegger

Of course, Martin Heidegger is arguably the most important philosopher of the 20th C. Right or wrong, appealing or not, his paradigm on Being is monumental. Where does that come from? David Farrell Krell, Intimations of Mortality: Time, Truth, and Finitude in Heidegger's Thinking of Being [1986], p....
by billd89
Sat May 04, 2024 4:57 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Revisiting Philo's Therapeutae and their Context/Timeline
Replies: 76
Views: 183931

What did a Therapeutide look like?

A Therapeut female divine, from a wealthy Alexandrian Jewish family (as Philo leads us to believe, DVC ): what would she look like? Oz interpretation: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-03/grafton-head-reconstruction-stuff-the-british-stole/103790776 https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a66b...
by billd89
Sat May 04, 2024 3:18 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Sargon Hypothesis
Replies: 0
Views: 29

Sargon Hypothesis

This scientist's theory sounds clever! https://phys.org/news/2024-05-assyriologist-archaeological-mystery-bc.html Dr. Martin Worthington of Trinity's School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies has proposed a new solution ... He argues the Assyrian words for the five symbols (lion, eagle, ...
by billd89
Fri May 03, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: Can we have an AI Translator Thread?
Replies: 13
Views: 2833

Fascinating article on Claude 3: Hints of Setience?

https://www.consortiuminfo.org/artificial-intelligence/are-ais-self-aware-conversations-with-claude-3/ Conversing with Claude can seem entirely human, with Claude passing the Turing test on steroids. But the AI’s existence is very different from our own, making it challenging to understand what Clau...
by billd89
Fri May 03, 2024 10:11 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Secret Mark and Marcion via Chry
Replies: 3
Views: 125

Re: Dates

John 13:3 does NOT say Jesus 'took the form of a servant', CORRECT. That's Philippians 2:7. John 13:4: ἐγείρεται ἐκ τοῦ δείπνου καὶ τίθησιν τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ λαβὼν λέντιον διέζωσεν ἑαυτόν· λέντιον = Linen, apron. John 13:5: Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to w...
by billd89
Fri May 03, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Niels Lemche, "272 BCE – A Terminus a Quo"
Replies: 3
Views: 160

Re: Link

Sebald Beham [1545], Hercules Carrying the Columns of Gaza : https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/124314.jpg However, if readers are still not satisfied then we move on to the next section of the Book of Judges: The stories about the superhero Samson. Again, we are dealing with a mythological figure and do...
by billd89
Thu May 02, 2024 10:13 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Primal Evil (ἀρχή κακῶν), Inequality (ἀνισότης)?
Replies: 0
Views: 102

Primal Evil (ἀρχή κακῶν), Inequality (ἀνισότης)?

From Philo's DVC , 70. διακονοῦνται δὲ οὐχ ὑπ’ ἀνδραπόδων, ἡγούμενοι συνόλως τὴν θεραπόντων κτῆσιν εἶναι παρὰ φύσιν· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐλευθέρους ἅπαντας γεγέννηκεν, αἱ δέ τινων ἀδικίαι καὶ πλεονεξίαι ζηλωσάντων τὴν ἀρχέκακον ἀνισότητα καταζεύξασαι τὸ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀσθενεστέροις κράτος τοῖς δυνατωτέροις ἀνῆψαν. ...
by billd89
Thu May 02, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: 'Jews Killed Jesus,' a core belief?
Replies: 0
Views: 87

'Jews Killed Jesus,' a core belief?

I am not a Xian, and I do not believe this. But it is, in fact, a standard claim/belief of Christianity & Christians today, no? The two pillars of American Democracy are 1) Freedom of Speech and 2) Freedom of Assembly. Both support maximalist political and religious freedom in the USA. The react...
by billd89
Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Other Texts and History
Topic: Can we have an AI Translator Thread?
Replies: 13
Views: 2833

Re: Reka Core A NEW AI OPTION

Roger Pearse is still using ChatGPT -- what on earth is wrong w/ that fellow!
https://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/202 ... eutychius/

RekaCore: well, some are raving ... honestly, I wasn't that impressed with the translations it gave.