tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post2398616317574711917..comments2024-03-21T14:59:20.729-04:00Comments on NT Blog: Jesus' Wife Fragment Round-upMark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-56085239024317681022014-04-30T07:28:59.531-04:002014-04-30T07:28:59.531-04:00One's attitude should be that if it ostensibly...One's attitude should be that if it ostensibly supports the ideological concerns of anyone currently living it should be suspect. It is not to the credit of intellectual integrity in general when King lately asserts she wishes we could all just get beyond the forgery issue and get into a discussion of why the notion of a married Jesus is pivotal for comprehending early Christian discussions about celibacy, sex, gender, etc. Especially since the April 10th Globe article has it that the note of Fecht is only a photostat of a note from Fecht, making that document impervious to modern forensic examination for authentication. If the May 5th tee-vee extravaganza goes forward without a genuine disclaimer then we are clearly in the realm of social agendas. The notion that things become true merely by believing them true isn't wasted on a culture that wants to believe in nazi space aliens and grassy knoll conspiracies. -James Barlow Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-14738390897816968392014-04-30T05:45:11.482-04:002014-04-30T05:45:11.482-04:00An interesting question is where does this fraudul...An interesting question is where does this fraudulent production of manuscripts end? What should be one's attitude to any manuscript that purports to be of a biblical or religious nature, even if it comes from a source of known provenance? There have been artists of chicanery around from time immemorial, as Larry Hurtado illustrates with his article on Simonides. geoffhudson.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14724916983698195467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-25363650405397597662014-04-29T20:46:33.098-04:002014-04-29T20:46:33.098-04:00Thanks, Mike. I assume that that is the date of t...Thanks, Mike. I assume that that is the date of the printed magazine, so it's got a later date than the blog post even though it's written earlier.Mark Goodacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-69927330931655640122014-04-29T20:45:20.066-04:002014-04-29T20:45:20.066-04:00Well spotted, marquetteia. Presumably she means n...Well spotted, marquetteia. Presumably she means not "GJW" but "Gospel of Thomas".Mark Goodacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-88269242854781924512014-04-29T16:17:50.850-04:002014-04-29T16:17:50.850-04:00Avoid the comments of the CNN article at all costs...Avoid the comments of the CNN article at all costs. Richie Daggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679528654977873369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-475637800770933662014-04-29T15:54:56.383-04:002014-04-29T15:54:56.383-04:00Need to get the correct date of that one Charlotte...Need to get the correct date of that one Charlotte Allen piece. It says May 5th.Mike Grondinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488296481232433553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-12877577119667427112014-04-29T14:32:18.566-04:002014-04-29T14:32:18.566-04:00In King's response to Depuvdt she writes, “The...In King's response to Depuvdt she writes, “The meaningfulness of statistical analysis for such a limited data sample is problematic for me to assess but in any case rests on a premise that 'every single phrase of the Text [GJW] can be found in the Gospel of Thomas' (178). That premise, however, requires an inadequate dismissal of the many differences between the two work[s].” [Then in footnote adds:] “Depuydt writes, for example: 'The deviations do not in the least affect the striking individuality of the phrases as distinct from all other possible phrases of the Coptic language' (180). In the line-by-line analysis, he himself repeatedly notes that not every word or phrase in the text comes from GJW.”<br /><br /> What 'text' does she mean? That not every phrase in the text comes from the text? Or that not every phrase in the text comes from GT.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com