Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

I don't know if this is what you mean, but as I mentioned in another thread, MacDonald notes that, "Imitations of Homer were common in prose as well ... Quintilian supposed his readers would have taken this activity for granted: 'I think we shall all agree that this [paraphrasing] is specially...

Neil Godfrey has a series of posts on his blog that discusses Robbins (http://vridar.org/2006/11/29/the-we-passages-in-acts-a-roman-audience-interpretation-pt-1/) and another discussing the parallels between the account of Josephus' shipwreck and Paul's in Acts (http://vridar.org/2007/04/25/the-shi...

Ben, This stood out to me in the first link you gave: "Now that we have surveyed the material to which Robbins refers, we can reach some conclusions about maritime narrative and the use of the first person plural. The Shipwrecked Sailor, the Odyssey, the Aeneid, Dio Chrysostom, Josephus, and L...

2 Samuel 4.1-12 [/b] Antiquities 7.2.1 §46-52 [/b] 1 When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the son...

Regarding the other "we" passages in Acts, Robbins notes that: "The coincidence of sea voyages and first person plural narration in Acts is striking. There are four we-sections in Acts: 16:10-17; 20:5-15; 21:1 -18; 27:1 -28:16. In each instance, a sea voyage begins as the first perso...

2 Samuel 3.2-5 [/b] 1 Chronicles 3.1-4a [/b] Antiquities 7.1.4a §21 [/b] 2 Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3 and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai ...

Good video. But does anyone know if Trobisch leans toward HJ or MJ? I just sent him an email to ask him this question. Will post the response if I get one. Well, a few months late, but I finally received an answer. Here is Trobisch's response: "[toejam], sorry for the delay. Your email got bur...

2 Samuel 2.1-3.1 [/b] Antiquities 7.1.2-3 §7-20 [/b] 2.1 After this, David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” Yahweh said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.” 2 So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezr...

What, pray tell, occasioned these synoptic tables to start with? Ultimately, a long abiding curiosity about how Josephus and other ancient writers treated their source materials, a curiosity birthed in me years ago by the synoptic problem. Proximately, this recent post in the Christian Texts and Hi...

2 Samuel 1.1-27 [/b] Antiquities 7.1.1 §1-6 [/b] 1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; 2 on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head. When he ...