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It is a means of communication, so please share with me and our readers your views - I love opinions, especially if you do not agree with my views. We all can learn from each other, at least that is one of my biggest pleasures in life.
Please let me know, if you want to exchange links or have any other business idea.
Yours Markus
Hi Professor! I am Carlos Fajardo, priest from mexico, I am studying patristics in Rome, and I am starting my research work about Asterius the sofist, I have found that you have written about it and I would like to have a contact with you in order to exchange links or information, hope We can help each other... God Bless you!
ReplyDeletehope your work has come to fruition
DeleteIch fand Mr. Wells Open Letter interessant, habe aber eine eingehende Behandlung Ihres Buches "Christi Thora" vermisst. Stattdessen hat Mr. Wells im Wesentlichen nur von seinem Buch "Sorting Out Paul" abgeschrieben. Obwohl ich seine Prämisse, dass wir eher mit Symbolik als mit Geschichte im "Neuen Testament" zu tun haben teile, finde ich, dass er zu sehr von Annahmen und Behauptungen ausgeht, ohne sie im Detail zu belegen. Ich bin gespannt auf Ihre Antwort.
ReplyDeleteStimme ich gerne zu, ich bin eher an den Zeugnissen interessiert und der Frage, wie wir sie aus unserer heutigen Sicht lesen können.
DeleteHow can Tertullian and other early church writers be against Marcion's Evagelion and Apostolikon if they contain the same information (but reduced) as the Orthodox texts.
ReplyDeleteThe "same" is a slight overstatement. Tertullian and others were on the one side thankful to Marcion for having preserved the material while they were also annoyed by the shape and interpretation he gave to it. Looking at the one gospel and the ten Pauline letters in Marcion's New Testament shows how deeply the text has a Marcionite profile.
ReplyDeleteHi,Markus. Remember me from the academici day's?
ReplyDeleteDear Shimanta, of course, I do - so nice that you came back to me, hope you are well
DeleteGreat to hear from you after such a long time. I am doing fine. How are you and your family? Are you still in London? Ah, a question too many perhaps. Do please keep in touch.
ReplyDeleteThe Dead are Blessed
ReplyDelete(Dedicated to those menaced by Covid)
The dead are blessed but not those who draw breath,
Who scale the cliff-edge everyday to war:
The life they live is but stranger than death.
Dying piecemeal they live each day by stealth─
Flowers storm the grave but don’t deck their door:
The dead are blessed but not those who draw breath.
The sun’s red gash scalds down their holy strath
Infested with foul pestilence and gore:
The life they live is but stranger than death.
Though pale lips lisp prayers for miracle birth,
The sap goes dry in the mouth for they’re sure
The dead are blessed but not those who draw breath.
Hunger flails their frail frames but bread and broth
Feed neither body nor soul anymore─
The life they live is but stranger than death.
Castaways on some darksome bluff on earth,
They question if life is worth striving for:
The dead are blessed but not those who draw breath
The life they live is but stranger than death.
- Shimanta Bhattacharyya