Thoughts on Antiquity

Thanks to Jim Davila over at Paleojudaica for this bit of news:
The Vatican library has loaned the Israel Museum four illuminated Jewish manuscripts from the 13th and 15th centuries, which will be on exhibit to the public for the next four months.
The manuscripts include a 15th-century manuscript of Maimonides’ Mishne Torah, a 15th-century manuscript of […]

As I mentioned about Palestine, I rarely go into the realms of politics. I also decided to rarely go into the realms of theology as well, however I will make this exception (and who knows, there may be more). Thanks to Languagehat for pointing me to this old article on Talk Origins, something that appears […]

Bryan Cox has informed me of his “Manuscript Walkthrough” where he has been taking readers of his blog, Biblaridion, line-by-line through ms 1432 to explain some of the intricacies of miniscule manuscripts. A treasure of information stored there. He also gives links to many other good websites online, for anyone seriously looking at the later […]

From the BBC:

Israel lowers its flags over Gaza
Israeli troops have begun pulling out of the Gaza Strip 38 years after they captured the narrow coastal area.
The move followed a decision not to demolish more than 20 synagogues, after rabbis argued against it.
Palestinians had urged Israel to raze the synagogues and an official said on […]

This post has been a while in the making and there’s still more to do. Following several debates on the synoptic problem earlier this year (found here: Matthew 3:16 , Synoptic Problem split from Matthew 3:16, and Three Arguments for Lukan-Matthean Dependence) I decided to take a more systematic look at the Matthew-Luke minor agreements […]

I’d like to welcome a new team member to this blog - Walter M. Shandruk. Walt is my co-admin at the forum where he has led the debate against the Farrer’s Hypothesis with Stephen Carlson, also a member of the forum. Let us all welcome him warmly. ~

Here is my first draft of my analysis of the genealogy of the Gospel of Matthew. Critical comments are very welcome. - ChrisThe Gospel of Matthew is the first book of the Christian Testament and one of the most intriguing of the entire corpus. Its composition truly reflects its dynamic beginning as Christian separatists defining […]