tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post7492212734873304694..comments2024-03-21T14:59:20.729-04:00Comments on NT Blog: Where single attestation is preferable to multiple attestationMark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-64628057315437108922011-07-26T11:08:17.436-04:002011-07-26T11:08:17.436-04:00I am inclined to agree, mikew. For what it's ...I am inclined to agree, mikew. For what it's worth, I don't think we have multiple independent attestation of the feeding miracles. At least it is not easy to demonstrate that.Mark Goodacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-58878884855488443322011-07-26T11:06:34.663-04:002011-07-26T11:06:34.663-04:00Alex: right, but in the absence of multiple indepe...Alex: right, but in the absence of multiple independent attestation of that event (and many others), it is worth reflecting on what single attestation can imply. It's the logic of single / multiple attestation that I want to try to get at, and to try to think the issue through.Mark Goodacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-56738902539472412402011-07-26T03:59:42.756-04:002011-07-26T03:59:42.756-04:00I don't think the loves is as well attested as...I don't think the loves is as well attested as you state. We have to eliminate instances where one author is merely repeating another. If i tell 50 people at work about the accident I see, it is still only one one witness to the accident. Of course, different criteria can compete with one another, and in this case the healing with one attestation do beat out the more widely told multiplication of loaves (i suspect both have only one attestation.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-44303008007311760112011-07-19T15:33:00.278-04:002011-07-19T15:33:00.278-04:00I doubt the probability of its authenticity would ...I doubt the probability of its authenticity would be reduced if we had multiple independent attestation of this event, so I can't agree with Mark's argument here.Alex Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826568465831489492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-56157524865345276922011-07-19T14:03:45.304-04:002011-07-19T14:03:45.304-04:00In the case of these Markan healings, don't we...In the case of these Markan healings, don't we really have a case of multiple attestation to its embarrassing nature? ;-)Stephen C. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18239379955876245197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-84331194170345519472011-07-19T12:05:30.439-04:002011-07-19T12:05:30.439-04:00I love that unique pericope in Mark about the heal...I love that unique pericope in Mark about the healing of the deaf mute. It strikes me as a literary personal signature. The man who sees trees walking could be a second one since it fits the story of Mark in Paul. I see no reason why these could not have been literary constructions from a young Hebrew created to act out his abbreviation of Matthew-Luke. So I am being Griesbachian.<br /><br />I haven't progressed much in this area of study in 10 years! Too busy learning Hebrew. Thanks for bringing these things up though and reminding me there's a whole other Testament.Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.com