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Mark 12: 1 (Alexander Aramaic): [1] And he began speaking to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard and put a waterway around it. And he dug into it a winepress and built in it a cellar, and he took on workers and went to observe from a distance. I believe that there is an entirely differe...

Update from Kenneth J. Dover, The Greeks , p. 10: In discussing the word "Amargi" => "Freedom", he states: "...But there are many different freedoms. " Amargi ", like the Akkadian word which translates it in bilingual documents, covers manumission of slaves, remiss...

Bernard_Muller: Dio Epitome 64: "Again one soldier would have a private conversation with an opponent: "Comrade, fellow-citizen, what are we doing? Why are we fighting? Come over to my side." "No, indeed! You come to my side." But what is there surprising about this, conside...

2nd Post. For those who do not know of me, I believe that a large part of the NT was a re-write of the Temple Slaughter of 4 BCE, given in Josephus, Antiquities... , Book 17 and Wars... , Book 2. I typically follow Logic Trails that somehow consistently end up with the Hasmoneans, The House of Eleaz...

Hello everyone- First Post here! I know (and probably irritate...) a number Posters from other forums who have made their way here. "There goes the neighborhood!" I hope that it'll be good to be here. Jay- I just got through re-reading Hyam Maccoby's, _The Mythmaker_, and many of your conc...