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by andrewcriddle
Tue Nov 01, 2016 1:03 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Replies: 39
Views: 32870

Re: Church of the Holy Sepulchre

I'm interested in how far back the tradition goes so if it goes no further back than Helena's claims, that would be significant to me. If it goes further back than I see those claims as largely if not completely irrelevant. Our earliest account is Eusebius Life of Constantine it appears to imply th...
by andrewcriddle
Tue Nov 01, 2016 12:33 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The evolution of christian cultic vocabulary
Replies: 65
Views: 21376

Re: The evolution of christian cultic vocabulary

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
by andrewcriddle
Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:41 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Richard Carrier: Science Education in the Early Roman Empire
Replies: 20
Views: 39187

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...
by andrewcriddle
Sat Oct 22, 2016 5:04 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
Replies: 105
Views: 59759

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 ...
by andrewcriddle
Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:49 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: arguments for/against eusebius' reliability
Replies: 4
Views: 3375

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...
by andrewcriddle
Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:25 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
Replies: 105
Views: 59759

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 ...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:13 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
Replies: 105
Views: 59759

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...
by andrewcriddle
Fri Oct 14, 2016 12:45 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
Replies: 105
Views: 59759

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...
by andrewcriddle
Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:12 am
Forum: Jewish Texts and History
Topic: Jacob Neusner RIP
Replies: 105
Views: 59759

Jacob Neusner RIP

Jewish scholar Jacob Neusner died on Saturday
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 10,00.html

Andrew Criddle
by andrewcriddle
Sat Oct 08, 2016 6:25 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: A simple question about Bible manuscript variants
Replies: 13
Views: 11672

Re: A simple question about Bible manuscript variants

For the periscope de adultera in the later Syriac see remnants

Andrew Criddle