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If we regard Cassiodorus as based on Clement then he knew something like our John III.—COMMENTS ON THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN. “That which was from the beginning; which we have seen with our eyes; which we have heard.” Following the Gospel according to John, and in accordance with it, this Epistle al...

Clement of Alexandria, as cited by John Moschus in Spiritual Meadow 5.176 (volume 3 of Otto Stählin, 196.21, fragment 6 of the Hypotyposeis ): Ναὶ ἀληθῶς ἐβαπτίσθησαν, καθὼς Κλήμης ὁ Στρωματεὺς ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ τόμῳ τῶν Ὑποτυπώσεων μήμνηται. φησὶ γάρ, τὸ ἀποστολικὸν ῥητὸν ἐξηγούμενος τὸ λέγον «εὐχαριστ...

Mark 10.35-40: 35 James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, come up to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You.” 36 And He said to them, “What do you want Me to do for you?” 37 They said to Him, “Grant that we may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your ...

According to the web page. The fragment comes across as a variant version of Mark (whether later than or earlier than canonical Mark is not clear). With one significant complication Matthew and Fayyum each have εν ταυτη τη νυκτι (on this night), which Mark lacks. However many manuscripts of Mark ar...

One interesting text is Kermode's Genesis of Secrecy
It is about narrative theory in general but the Gospel of Mark is one of its main examples.

Andrew Criddle

Interesting article about the late Biographical tradition for Aristotle
http://www.persee.fr/doc/reg_0035-2039_ ... 7_364_3767
which emphasises Aristotle's supposed tomb at Stagira.

Andrew Criddle

While following the thread about the ending of Mark I became interested in the significance of the Fayyum fragment and consulted Ben's excellent web page http://www.textexcavation.com/pvindobonensis2325.html According to the web page. The fragment comes across as a variant version of Mark (whether l...

Robin Lane Fox explains, http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2388&start=50 Robin Lane Fox is quite possibly right. However he does assume: a/ that the Gospels are correct as to why Herod arrested and killed John, i.e. Herod's controversial marriage. (Josephus does not mention...

Nice work, KK. We may add that the historical scenario surrounding John the Baptist's death (according to Josephus) puts it around 37. This is incompatible with Mark, in which Jesus begins his ministry after JBap's death, yet is crucified by Pilate (who was removed from office in 36). All Josephus ...

In the best manuscripts of Mark, he calls the daughter Herodias. (And as is well known, he get wrong the detail of which of Herod's sons Herodias the mother had been married to. It's quite a spectacular mess.) This reading AUTOU certainly has the best manuscript support; however AUTHS THS read by m...