One example may be DIAKONOS which originally meant a helper or servant but which becomes a technical term for a Christian official. In some NT passages it is disputed which of these meanings is involved.
Andrew Criddle
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- Tue Nov 01, 2016 12:33 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: The evolution of christian cultic vocabulary
- Replies: 65
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- Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:41 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Richard Carrier: Science Education in the Early Roman Empire
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Re: Richard Carrier: Science Education in the Early Roman Em
One issue is that doing Science (producing new scientific results) as distinct from learning the established wisdom seems to come to almost a full stop before 200 CE. This is probably too early to blame Christianity. One possible factor in the 3rd century and later is the hostility of the developing...
- Sat Oct 22, 2016 5:04 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
- Replies: 105
- Views: 60432
Re: Jacob Neusner RIP
1) Yes, as Andrew noted, the lines on the first page--28 lines--and the lines on the second page--26 lines--compare in a way such that mastara use "does not seem to be true." 2) And prior to that is the question whether a mastara was typically used on an already-bound book. (In this case ...
- Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:49 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: arguments for/against eusebius' reliability
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Re: arguments for/against eusebius' reliability
Eusebius' reliability was brought up in a different thread (or countless different threads) What are the most convincing reasons for doubting the veracity of the "church history" recorded by Eusebius? I guess at the same time, what are the weaknesses in the argumentation around doubting t...
- Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:25 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
- Replies: 105
- Views: 60432
Re: Jacob Neusner RIP
I'm not an expert here at all. But if a mastara was used it would IIUC leave marks that would be apparent on both sides of a page with the one ruling serving as a guide for writing on both sides. In this case one would expect the lines of writing on the first of the three pages to coincide with the ...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:13 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
- Replies: 105
- Views: 60432
Re: Jacob Neusner RIP
The paper that shook the world of scholarship in 1984 (the year Quesnell and Smith almost met in Jerusalem) https://www.jstor.org/stable/602175?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Lieberman died in an airplane crash a few weeks later. Lieberman actually died in March 1983 (on an airplane but not IIUC in a...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:45 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
- Replies: 105
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Re: Jacob Neusner RIP
The paper that shook the world of scholarship in 1984 (the year Quesnell and Smith almost met in Jerusalem) https://www.jstor.org/stable/602175?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Lieberman died in an airplane crash a few weeks later. Lieberman actually died in March 1983 (on an airplane but not IIUC in a...
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:12 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
- Replies: 105
- Views: 60432
Jacob Neusner RIP
Jewish scholar Jacob Neusner died on Saturday
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Andrew Criddle
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Andrew Criddle
- Sat Oct 08, 2016 6:25 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: A simple question about Bible manuscript variants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11716
- Sat Oct 08, 2016 3:19 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: A simple question about Bible manuscript variants
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11716
Re: A simple question about Bible manuscript variants
very thanks :cheers: i asked this question because of some middle-east pastors ... when i talk about some interpolations .. they say it found in byz text !! or a syriac (pashita) !! for example john 8.1-11 they say it is not problem or interpolation if lacked in alexandrian text ! :scratch: FWIW Jo...