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But mh, while English monarchs might celebrate the 100th anniversary of something as a "jubilee year" is kind of new. I am not aware of any time division system in use then (in Judea), that used any other system than 7 year blocks of years or multiples (7x7=49 for sabbatical years, sometim...

I can't believe that no one has suggested this before. κολοβοδάκτυλος means "truncated-length" (or "short-measured") κολοβός = cut δάκτυλος = measure The measures of Herodotus are almost all drawn either from portions of the human body , or from bodily actions easily performable...

https://earlywritings.com/forum/download/file.php?id=2461 Reminds me a bit of these signs painted on a wall in Pompeii: Image of a gladiatorial scene: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/spectaclesintheromanworldsourcebook/wp-content/uploads/sites/848/2019/10/Ch-7-Pompeii-Graffiti.jpg Image of another g...

Reminds me a bit of this sign painted on a wall in Pompeii: Image of a gladiatorial scene: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/spectaclesintheromanworldsourcebook/wp-content/uploads/sites/848/2019/10/Ch-7-Pompeii-Graffiti.jpg Image of another gladiator scene: https://preview.redd.it/x3ku5jqp1sn41.jpg?wid...

@ DCH, so do you think chapters 1-4 and 17-18 gave a later date, Domitian c95 CE, the traditional date. But the bulk chapters 5-16 an earlier date c68/69 CE. If that was based on my summary of Charles 2 Revelations ICC volumes, all I can say is that I usually find his analyses insightful (he's edit...

Are you referring to the phrase "τῆς ἡγεμονίας" = "(year) of the rule" ...? I notice that the word "year" is not present, but assumed. Or are you referring to the number of the regnal year = asking what calendar era was being used (Roman, Macedonian, Egyptian, etc) as t...

John2, I think I pinpointed the start of the commentary: https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=82345#p82345 SA was also pushing his Shiloh angle as the source of the "ambiguous oracle" mentioned by Josephus. I was quite skeptical myself at first, that the ambiguous oracle referre...

SA,

As I once said of you: “You are out of your mind, SA! Too much learning is driving you insane!”

DCH

https://biblehub.com/interlinear/mark/2.htm and https://biblehub.com/greek/oiko__3624.htm That phrase "ἐν οἴκῳ ἐστίν" rendered in the interlinear as "in (the)-house he-is" (I added dashes). The noun "house" is in the nominative case, so it doesn't necessarily mean &quo...

Sometimes it is as simple as not letting oneself get emotionally invested in an interpretation, no matter how well it "fits" our expectations. Make a mental note, stash them in the back of the mind to ruminate. Keep track of the points of evidence (eg, "This manuscript, which is older...