spin

You simply don't understand what is going on. That is par for the course. You think the issue is about making mistakes. As you don't put anything of significance out there, you don't get the opportunity to make mistakes. All you do is snipe and snivel when people don't rehearse the nonsense you support. Who gives a fuck about your blather when you never say anything of value? All you do is spout empty opinions you've collected.

Would you care to reword that so it makes sense?

Irony.

More subterfuge. It's not a matter of whether you know the languages, but whether you know the evidence and can cite it meaningfully. Who gets anything useful out of you? I mean seriously, people try to deal with the topics here and you shit on them. If you said things that were helpful, meaningful, well-documented, and well-cited, that would be something, but you can barely string a sentence together in good English and never cite anything properly. That's shameful.

Would it hurt you to read a book or two and cite from it properly with author, title, year, page number? You never do that. Would it hurt you to cite primary sources clearly. That seems to be a no-no for you as well. You're a fucking liability in this forum.

Facts are the basis of evidence. They come from sources. Everyone relies on sources. The problem with you is that you can't cite them or can't cite them clearly so others can look them up.

There's a difference here. You don't seem capable.

The fellow who asked the questions of steve_bnk, questions that you thought you'd give trite responses to, responses that had no evidence to back them up, when clearly I was question steve_bnk about supporting his claims. You just demonstrated how not to respond meaningfully to issues. And I'm the fellow who has been clarifying that.

mountainman

No it's not, rather, it is an hypothesis in the field of history.


So was "Paul" a Hellenist?






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MrMacSon

'taking courses and listening to professors & [other] scholars' is Not a methodology.

Assessing & critiquing what (& how) they deduce, and what (& how) they infer, in relation to other's views - including contrary views - is a methodology

I am an educator. I hold tertiary qualifications in clinical sciences & education.

outhouse

Only through education can one learn different methodologies.

My point stands. You received your education from others with more knowledge then you. Appealing to authority is how we learn responsibly.

Many of the best scholars use and rely on material and work done by others, as you have gaining the knowledge you have.

outhouse

Its debated, but I see no reason to claim otherwise.

He was supposed to be born in the Diaspora and hold Roman citizenship, he also had a great degree of education.

All people were Hellenized to some extent. But I personally find Paul very Hellenized.

outhouse

Who the hell do you think you are?

Your in no position to talk down to me.


My position can be refuted if one has the knowledge to do so and I often state "it is my opinion".



Your going on and on attacking me personally BECAUSE you cannot refute my statements. That is weak as hell on your part.

outhouse

By the way, I do understand my shortcomings providing sources, as not all my information comes from books.

That doesn't negate the material in articles I have read and the Yale online courses or what I have heard directly from scholars.

If my information is not accurate I want to be told my methodology is faulty, not when its correct, or simply because someone holds a personal different opinion.

Toto

OK - your methodology is faulty. You think that citing a scholarly consensus without explaining the basis for that consensus is worth posting. It is not.

Please cease and desist from this practice.

Thank you.

MrMacSon

Yes, I received a lot of my education from ppl who then had more knowledge than me; some still have more knowledge than me in some areas. I have more knowledge than some in other areas. We discuss ideas; we reject some; we accept some.

The best scholars critique work done by others; and they reflect on their own work, their own ideas. They form new, modern hypotheses based on new information & new ideas about that information.

mountainman

Spin classes himself amidst the linguistic assets.


This is typical of spin - next step will be the "Ignorance List".

Don't take it personally.

Cite the sources not the names of perceived authorities.





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