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- Mon Aug 03, 2015 4:06 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: A collection of witnesses to the Marcionite texts.
- Replies: 56
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- Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:59 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: A collection of witnesses to the Marcionite texts.
- Replies: 56
- Views: 50841
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 3:29 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: A collection of witnesses to the Marcionite texts.
- Replies: 56
- Views: 50841
- Sun Aug 02, 2015 8:40 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Book - Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19361
- Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:49 am
- Forum: Classical Texts and History
- Topic: Crucifixion of slaves by masters.
- Replies: 7
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Re: Crucifixion of slaves by masters.
Crucifixion was called the servile supplicium (punishment for slaves) in Roman times. Crucifixion was not, however, solely the prerogative of emperors, prefects, and legates; apparently every male head of household ( pater familias ) technically possessed the power of life and death ( ius vitae nec...
- Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:16 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Book - Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19361
- Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:41 pm
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Book - Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19361
- Sun Jul 26, 2015 9:15 am
- Forum: Jewish Texts and History
- Topic: Book - Parables of Enoch: A Paradigm Shift
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19361
- Sat Jul 25, 2015 5:40 am
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Stephen C. Carlson and the Matthean genealogy.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36380
Re: Stephen C. Carlson and the Matthean genealogy.
It may be too good to be true. Of course it is too good to be true. I mean, the 14 names from Abraham to David (counting inclusively) may be a coincidence (then again, maybe that number was pure Davidic gematria even in the Jewish scriptures), but to get the next 14 this genealogy has to drop a han...
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:49 pm
- Forum: Christian Texts and History
- Topic: Stephen C. Carlson and the Matthean genealogy.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36380
Re: Stephen C. Carlson and the Matthean genealogy.
WRT the possibility of three dynastic lists in the Gospel of Matthew, it seems that a lot of effort - maybe too much - is required to "get" them out of the existing text, unless the author of Matthew encountered them in sources, and wasn't quite sure what he was dealing with and confused ...