Re: Andrew Welburn's scholarship

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Subject: Re: Andrew Welburn's scholarship
From: Dierk van den Berg (haGalil@gmx.net)
Date: Sat Sep 25 2004 - 15:11:32 EDT


Are you trying to kidding me? Hopefully not.
Search for somebody else willing to make a review for you, please
I won't - at least not until i'd get my 28 dollars back from Amazon.

BTW we had already threads on Twin-Messianism and on Paradise.
Portions are apparently inspired by Emma Brunner-Traut_Die Stifter
grosser Weltregionen_ Freiburg 1992
However, the next Esoteric Shop shouldn't be that far away, though.

_Dierk






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000@comcast.net>
To: "First Century Judaism Discussion Forum" <ioudaios-l@Lehigh.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: Andrew Welburn's scholarship


>
>
> Dierk van den Berg wrote:
>
> > Answer:
> >
> > The work is to be recommended under the presupposition that the
historicity
> > of both figures mentioned is exepted.
>
> Leaving aside the fact that this is not a straight answer to whether or
not
> you've actually read Welburn's book, could you be more specific please?
>
> What is it, granting  the presuppositions of historicity of both "figures"
,
> that makes Welburn's reconstruction of the beginnings of Christianity
something
> that those who are interested in this subject should read? What new facts
or
> considerations does he bring to light?
>
> Jeffrey
> --
>
> Jeffrey B. Gibson, D.Phil. (Oxon.)
>
> 1500 W. Pratt Blvd. #1
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>
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