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12-15-2002, 05:51 PM
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Jesus and Odysseus
Does anyone have any comment on this. It certainly sounds intriguing.
<a href="http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/richard_carrier/homerandmark.html" target="_blank">Book Review</a> RED DAVE |
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12-15-2002, 05:58 PM
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Here are some links.
<a href="http://www.depts.drew.edu/jhc/mcdonald.html" target="_blank"># Luke's Eutychus and Homer's Elpenor</a> - Dennis R. Macdonald <a href="http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=931&CodePage=2104,1387,931" target="_blank"> Review of Biblical Literature</a> <a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2000/2000-09-16.html" target="_blank"># Bryn Mawr Classical Review</a> - Robert J. Rabel <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/GMark/afr/HomerorNotHomer.htm" target="_blank"># Homer or Not Homer? Mark 4:35-41 in Recent Study</a> - Douglas W. Geyer <a href="http://www.tektonics.org/tekton_04_02_01.html" target="_blank">Homer on the Range</a> - JPH best, Peter Kirby |
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12-15-2002, 09:03 PM
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You can find some old threads on this question. McDonald has an interesting case based on literary analysis, but it is not strong enough to sway a Christian's mind (if anything would be). It does provide an adequate explanation of where Mark got all those details, other than oral history, and is an effective counter to the argument "Mark couldn't have just made all that up!"
McDonald himself is a practicing Christian. |
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