tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.comments2023-10-15T02:05:39.935-06:00As it is WrittenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14412247474926594732noreply@blogger.comBlogger360125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-47376881079528463532022-10-22T16:56:43.112-06:002022-10-22T16:56:43.112-06:00Great bllog I enjoyed readingGreat bllog I enjoyed readingRochester Custom Closetshttps://www.closet-specialists.com/us/custom-wardrobe-minnesota/rochester-custom-closets.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-50217904115018456782022-03-13T00:08:36.620-06:002022-03-13T00:08:36.620-06:00Hi nice readding your postHi nice readding your postTheresa Cookhttps://www.theresacook.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-89746634265156087812022-03-01T15:46:09.877-06:002022-03-01T15:46:09.877-06:00Thanks forr a great readThanks forr a great readTheresa Cookhttps://www.theresacook.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-44528440199140101092021-03-17T05:38:32.841-06:002021-03-17T05:38:32.841-06:00Why did you remove the comment?Why did you remove the comment?We are the People https://www.blogger.com/profile/00232836203411216675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-60081830226698831412016-10-15T18:40:35.033-06:002016-10-15T18:40:35.033-06:00Harpazo, Harpazo, Harpazo.
#Harpazo
http://ttb.o...Harpazo, Harpazo, Harpazo.<br /><br />#Harpazo<br /><br />http://ttb.org/docs/default-source/Booklets/next-happening-in-the-program-of-god.pdf?sfvrsn=2<br />RJeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429330824461684534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-46991147874508329082014-11-07T12:26:38.372-06:002014-11-07T12:26:38.372-06:00Sorry for taking so long to reply i didn't see...Sorry for taking so long to reply i didn't see this.<br /><br />"What are you suggesting that this document "claims to be" exactly?" <br /><br />Its evident the genesis apocryphon claims to be actual documents written by the patriarchs. Lamech, Noah, Abraham. There is no basis for anyone to assume that these books are pseudepigrapha anymore than any book in the Bible. The evidence that exists best supports the Genesis apocryphon as actually being written by someone who was not dependent on the Book of Genesis, and the evidence points rather to the author of Genesis being dependent on the Genesis Apocryphon. You assert that Genesis reflects Hebrew text that is much older than the Genesis Apocryphon but there is no basis for that claim of yours. Genesis apocryphon could be equally as old if not older than the Book of Genesis. There is hardly any textual data that exists for any biblical texts before the 3rd century BC. So to say Genesis predates Genesis apocryphon by thousands of years is an assumption that has not been demonstrated by any scholars or bible readers. One might argue on appeal to church "tradition" or mainstream consensus of a particular theory, but such appeals are not really convincing for the truly skeptical and truth seeking mind.Oniehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08756057717611344654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-31106622251135666472014-04-30T04:16:28.415-06:002014-04-30T04:16:28.415-06:00Good to read in the week after Easter--because man...Good to read in the week after Easter--because many Christians won't hear about the resurrection until next holy week.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-6997544879922585902014-04-07T16:47:48.456-06:002014-04-07T16:47:48.456-06:00On another note, Paul may have came up with the id...On another note, Paul may have came up with the idea to write using a technique that was used in the Hebrew scriptures in order to make his words more authoritative or scriptural sounding.<br /><br />I've organized the New Testament books and letters into newly revealed parables, to replace the chapter, title, subtitle system. Though the texts don't appear to be parables, they are written in the same way the parable of the prodigal son has been written.<br /><br />Paul's letters and the other New Testament books and letters were intentionally seamlessly written using a 5 section literary format. <br /><br />I would like to post a color-coded example of the first parable of Romans here to show you what I am talking about, but I don't think color works in this comment area. Does it? <br /><br />If you are interested, my website introduces the concept and shows some examples on the parables tab, but my books explain more details of course. (If I put all the details on my website, I won't be able to support myself.) <br /><br />www.parableblueprint.com <br /><br />Anne Kanno (Sugano)Anne Kanno (Sugano)http://www.parableblueprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-86085392521446176452014-02-13T11:23:15.469-06:002014-02-13T11:23:15.469-06:00Even if Paul is responsible for theology we would ... Even if Paul is responsible for theology we would not have w/o his epistles, I'd conclude that Christ created the theology since He animated Paul's thinking("we have the mind of Christ").<br /><br /> Or, if Paul didn't exist, Jesus would have elected another hater/killer like Paul had been to get the beatific vision, be converted, be this wonderful servant and write this wonderful theology for us.<br /><br /> From the human viewpoint, someone had to go beyond what Jesus taught as He restricted His ministry to ethnic Israel and wrote nothing. We are dependent on flawed men to tell us what Jesus did say .Patricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-17466686557054758182014-01-10T22:45:21.869-06:002014-01-10T22:45:21.869-06:00ἐκκλησία,
I don't really know where to begin ...ἐκκλησία,<br /><br />I don't really know where to begin in responding to your comment, which I find problematic for a number of reasons. I assume you mean well and I hope my response will start a conversation rather than a fight, but I must respectfully disagree.<br /><br />First, I think it is a mistake to say that Jesus "confronted religion" as though the particular embodiment of religious practice that he confronted was a wholesale rejection of "religion." This makes for nice slogans, but it's not accurate nor is it really helpful to label "religion" as a bad thing and Christianity as something else, superior and free from the trappings of "religion." Christianity is a religion. I simply don't see the value in using "religion" as a pejorative label. Furthermore, I certainly don't think Pharisees specifically or Second Temple Jews generally had "a dead religion of works." That is a modern misreading that has been rejected by careful scholarship but lingers in a lot of popular-level preaching and teaching. <br /><br />Second, wholesale condemnation of the Pharisees is, I think, highly problematic. Paul after all was a Pharisee as were a number of early Christians according to Acts 15. Furthermore, early Christianity looks substantially like Second Temple Pharisaism.<br /><br />Third, I take your point that Paul did not do something "new" but rather called for renewal, but there were lots of people in Paul's day calling for renewal. What made Paul different? <br /><br />I don't know that I agree with Wright's argument that Paul "invented Christian Theology," and perhaps I have been clear enough about what Wright means, but I don't think your response is nuanced enough to adequately address the question. Furthermore, while Paul upholds Jewish scripture as "the oracles of God" he also has a theology that confronts large parts of the narrative. Paul is doing something new even if it isn't "Christian theology."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412247474926594732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-51183238861324170422014-01-10T11:02:26.376-06:002014-01-10T11:02:26.376-06:00The question of whether or not Paul spoke of one p...The question of whether or not Paul spoke of one particular God, and of the world, in a way nobody had before is parallel to the question of whether or not Jesus acted out His monotheistic faith in one specific God with respect to the world in a way nobody had before. Given a God who is eternal, without shade, variation or hint of change - unlikely the 'newness' introduce by Paul and Jesus was substantial rather than qualitative.<br /><br />Evidence of this can be seen in Jesus. Notwithstanding the role the Cross played with respect to completing the OT requirements for atonement, consider how Jesus confronted religion. When people look back to the religion of the Pharisees for example, and see a dead religion of works and assume that form of region was authentic Judaism, the religion given to Moses passed on to the Prophets. Yet Jesus did not address the the works themselves, rather He addressed the 'intention of the workers'. It was not wrong to tithe, suggested Jesus, it was wrong to tithe hypocritically (tithing dill and mint while ignoring the God-serving purpose behind these acts).<br /><br />That the faith of the Pharisees was devoid of the Spirit of Life does not mean the faith bequeathed to and by Moses was. The faith the prophets embodied included the Spirit of God [Jud 14:6][Sam 16:13] but it departed [Isa 5:5] and was prophesied to return [Eze 37:26,28; 39:29].<br /><br />So too - Paul's way of speaking of one particular God, and of the world, or even the Davidic Kingdom, may have reflected a long forgotten prophetic perspective, but it was not "new" even if it foreign of his generation. The point is that the Law was always spiritual [Rom 7:14], the Abrahamic promise and adoption [Rom 9:4], always set [Matt 15:24], the world always wicked [Gal 4:3], and God always Holy and True [Eph 1:4].<br /><br />The prophets preceding Paul had to 'describe' Christian living to facilitate an understanding holiness within God's Davidic kingdom. Jesus provided a perfect example of this; one that Paul could reference, and did.<br /><br />Therefore what Paul spoke was was not 'new' but 'renew'.ἐκκλησίαhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13337144930591740142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-26441300102267497092013-12-11T09:55:31.898-06:002013-12-11T09:55:31.898-06:00How can humankind speak about God, or learn about ...How can humankind speak about God, or learn about God, or have a theology? Only in parables! The inspired writers of the Greek NT reveal to us that the written expectation of the Law, Prophets and Psalms for the coming of the Messiah has been fulfilled by the spoken Word, Jesus Christ, of the written gospels [which are constructed as a continuous stream of parables]. Again, the inspired written expectation of the Septuagint gives birth to the inspired written fulfillment given by the good news of Jesus Christ. All of the inspired writers of the OT and NT have constructed their texts using the teaching, literary form of the parable [parables of identical construction are present within both OT and NT to identify how the entire texts are written.] to show that they are intimately bound with one another, and in harmony with each other. These parableStories are not about history, and one should ever take a statement from them to defend a given theological position without first understanding the intended meaning given to it by the inspired writers. A tutorial is available for the interested reader to learn how the inspired writers used the Greek language as a tool to reveal both the OT and NT parableStories, and their intended meaning, to us. Mike Carrell, onlyinparablesmike carrellhttp://onlyinparables.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-73558127312502867632013-12-02T03:55:09.611-06:002013-12-02T03:55:09.611-06:00Zeb, here are studies arguing against the effectiv...Zeb, here are studies arguing against the effectiveness of lab studies in representing memory formation in real life because real memory formation is dependent upon social bonds:<br /><br />John Sutton, Celia B. Harris, and Paul G. Keil, "The Psychology of Memory, Extended Cognition, and Socially Distributed Remembering," Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 9 (2010): 521-60.<br /><br />Richard I. Kemp, "Collaborative Recall and Collective Memory: What Happens When We Remember Together?" Memory 16 (2008): 213-30.<br /><br />Qi Wang, "On the Cultural Constitution of Collective Memory," Memory 16 (2008): 305-17.<br /><br />My point is not necessarily that lab studies are irrelevant, though I've avoided using them. My point is only that there is in fact cognitive memory studies that argue that point.Chris Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12007521996155910288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-77047670847587844972013-12-01T15:17:11.351-06:002013-12-01T15:17:11.351-06:00Hi again!
1) I chose Baumeister and Hastings beca...Hi again!<br /><br />1) I chose Baumeister and Hastings because I was asked to speak on memory distortion, not collective memory per se, and because it still gets cited as proof that people don't make stuff up very often.<br /><br />2) Ned Ludd: read anything written on Nedd Ludd by scholars of 19th century Britain. Despite much searching, no one has been able to find any one by that name (or even an Edward Ludd). That was a statement drawn from historical research, not one based on the quality or nature of the memories about him.<br /><br />3) It doesn't make sense to ignore science (lab studies). They show us how the brain actually works. It doesn't work differently outside of the lab. Plus, my paper was stuffed full of examples of distorted and manufactured in the real world. The lab samples help us make sense of the historical examples. They weren't there to the exclusion of historical examples!<br /><br />ZebZeba Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015244423580703611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-585845043772302782013-11-30T13:37:08.740-06:002013-11-30T13:37:08.740-06:00Zeba,
Thanks for your clarification. As I looked ...Zeba,<br /><br />Thanks for your clarification. As I looked through my notes I realized that you said that the <i>Quest </i> was destroyed not the possibility of doing historical Jesus research.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412247474926594732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-73199426058281458912013-11-28T06:32:21.970-06:002013-11-28T06:32:21.970-06:00Just to clarify: I didn't say that Historical ...Just to clarify: I didn't say that Historical Jesus research is impossible. I argued that "the Quest" characterized by the search for things we can know with certainty about Jesus, is rendered impossible by work on memory distortion, and by our inability to differentiate between accurate and inaccurate (and sometimes wholly manufactured) memories. I did admit that other projects are possible (how Jesus was remembered)Zeba Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015244423580703611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-50545423634119742972013-11-27T19:55:26.125-06:002013-11-27T19:55:26.125-06:00thanks Tyler, very helpful intro.thanks Tyler, very helpful intro.Anthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-32304529816700693632013-11-15T10:40:27.519-06:002013-11-15T10:40:27.519-06:00I would highly recommend the works of Alfred Eders...I would highly recommend the works of Alfred Edersheim, particularly "The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah" and "The Temple and it's Ministry in the Time of Jesus Christ." Both are exceptional reference works with copious citations of historical and Rabbinic literature, and written in a very enjoyable style that takes you into the very streets of Jerusalem and the courts of the Temple. A must have for any serious library.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208627993868099386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-25832277400514425182013-09-03T12:53:27.086-06:002013-09-03T12:53:27.086-06:00Taking a hint from the Aquinas reading: "For ...Taking a hint from the Aquinas reading: "For things are likewise recorded in material books in order to aid the memory." (Summa I.Q24.1) <br /><br />I think the question is whether or not the software has itself become the dominant form of the text; whether it is no longer the external voice (anthony's comment) or the aid (Aquinas quotation) that points back to the material text. I would argue the software/digital text is replacing the material text in many readers' minds. It's a huge shift in book technology.Nick E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-11938022972035932852013-09-03T12:39:48.473-06:002013-09-03T12:39:48.473-06:00I think there is also something to hearing and see...I think there is also something to hearing and seeing Scripture, as in oral performance, that can (and probably ought to) be appropriated in both the pulpit and the classroom. Cognitively-speaking, there is just a different process to aural/visual reception than simply visual alone, as is the case of silent reading. Different parts of the brain are activated and, from the limited research I've done, it seems that mixing aural and visual experience actually acts as an aid memory in lab settings. <br /><br />It is entirely anecdotal, but I can say that my memory of particular NT documents, like Mark and Galatians, has been aided both by being an audience-member in live performances as well as being a performer of portions of the texts myself. I think there is something to performance, both as a heuristic tool for studying ancient texts as well as for a teaching device that aids in memory. Plus, as a good ol' Restoration Churcher myself, there's something inherently pleasing about taking up one of the practices of "the New Testament church" in preaching and teaching. ;-)dannyyencichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09043010083839503415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-36832647180155571922013-09-03T11:36:48.668-06:002013-09-03T11:36:48.668-06:00I tend to err on the side of Luddism, but I wonder...I tend to err on the side of Luddism, but I wonder whether social memory theory helps a bit with this one.<br /><br />One of the repeated mantras of memory theorists is that memory is almost always cued by the external. Whether it be a smell, or a book, or our friends/family, memory is as much "out there" as it is "in here".<br /><br />I haven't thought a great deal about this, but I wonder if computer software is just one more external voice in the conversation. <br /><br />That said, I do believe that students are less inclined to learn languages than they used to be.<br /><br />-anthonyAnthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-36689544790348992662013-09-03T11:10:09.122-06:002013-09-03T11:10:09.122-06:00I agree 110%, and as a software user approaching 6...I agree 110%, and as a software user approaching 60 years of age, this resounds with the caution of Nicholas Carr (Google is making me Stupid) and John Dyer (From the Garden to the City), a la McLuhan and Postman.David Fishhttp://davidfish.info/wp/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-20542673871521046932013-08-24T07:05:22.119-06:002013-08-24T07:05:22.119-06:00SWEET! Our God is beyond description! His love i...SWEET! Our God is beyond description! His love is Everlasting as demonstrated in our being raised as He raised Jesus! Thanks for the clear exegesis!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-77240076592760462412013-08-12T04:03:06.887-06:002013-08-12T04:03:06.887-06:00This is cool!This is cool!Veldahttp://bestellipticalsmachine.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588016437086497122.post-45056488451692590752013-08-07T01:26:27.150-06:002013-08-07T01:26:27.150-06:00It’s true that it is hard to find dissertation pap...It’s true that it is hard to find dissertation paper to be available, so it is good to hear that there are people who are willing to publish their paper from <a href="http://thesishelpdesk.com/thesis-abstract/" rel="nofollow">thesis abstract</a> up to the last pages of their work to the public without any fee. And I think it would help a lot of people who are finding it hard to write a research paper. Gertrude Petersonnoreply@blogger.com