tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post3107371544119609926..comments2024-03-21T14:59:20.729-04:00Comments on NT Blog: Geza Vermes, "A Jewish view of Jesus"Mark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-75954882433617690452011-03-07T12:41:05.665-05:002011-03-07T12:41:05.665-05:00Sorry to have been so dogmatic in the above commen...Sorry to have been so dogmatic in the above comment. I should have said, "It seems to me at least that the idea that there was a strict divide between the two groups--priestly and non-priestly--is a scholarly myth."Michael Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09245959720626825944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-80053122409862209832011-03-07T12:22:30.693-05:002011-03-07T12:22:30.693-05:00It is commonly said that the Pharisees were basica...It is commonly said that the Pharisees were basically middle class and non-priestly. But I'm not convinced of that. Josephus was both a member of the Pharisaic party AND he was from a priestly family (cf. Vita 1.1—2; 9—12).<br /><br />The idea that there was a strict divide between the two groups--priestly and non-priestly--is a scholarly myth.Michael Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09245959720626825944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-73102205439761730832011-03-07T07:24:26.964-05:002011-03-07T07:24:26.964-05:00Thanks, Daniel. It is a lovely place, agreed. I ...Thanks, Daniel. It is a lovely place, agreed. I have visited just once, to film for Mary, Mother of Jesus (BBC), when I ate sandwiches with Geza Vermes as he went out and I came in.Mark Goodacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-11177692599596553212011-03-07T00:47:00.701-05:002011-03-07T00:47:00.701-05:00For any who might be interested, last year I poste...For any who might be interested, last year I posted a short video tour of Yarnton Manor on YouTube. It's a really beautiful place:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV_IgiJj4M8Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-22828526136683613722011-03-06T23:01:58.394-05:002011-03-06T23:01:58.394-05:00Yes, that's what I meant -- thanks. I couldn&...Yes, that's what I meant -- thanks. I couldn't think of the name Yarnton off the top of my head.Mark Goodacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-87387726013658824932011-03-06T21:09:21.731-05:002011-03-06T21:09:21.731-05:00No, that's Yarnton Manor (3 miles east of Wood...No, that's Yarnton Manor (3 miles east of Woodstock), where I lived last year. His wife works there and he's usually there a few days a week because of the Journal of Jewish Studies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com